Different Uses for Kitchen Gadgets

Although I love to cook, I can't say that I'm a big kitchen gadget person. I like nice kitchen stuff, but get annoyed at kitchen tools that have just one use. Kitchen gadgets should have to earn the space they take up. I feel like it's a waste of space to buy say, a strawberry huller, when it's just as easy to use a knife and is only used for strawberries. Recently, I learned of new ways to use the melon baller and the vegetable peeler, which in my mind, already earn their keep in the kitchen. There are lots of different types of melons to be balled and lots of different types of vegetables to be peeled! I made an apple pie the other day, and used the melon baller to core the apples. I found that idea somewhere on the Food Network website. It worked really well, and left more of the apple intact than doing it the old-fashioned way. I learned from my sister-in-law that the vegetable peeler is a great way to shave cheese. I hope these tips help!