So I figured I'd start a spin-off question. The question about convection ovens got me thinking...
What's your very favorite appliance in your home? Why? What makes it better than others?
Mine is my Keurig. I want some decaf in the evening, so I just pop the little cup in and push a button. Coffee's done in less than one minute. Friggen AWESOME!
LOL! When I posted this I guess I wasn't specific. I was thinking of "specialty" appliances. You know...like the Keurig coffeemaker or the NuWave oven....or the Shark Steam Mop. Stuff we don't want to go a week without. :-)
Anyone in love with a super duper appliance?
A working dishwasher.
Haven't had one for 2 years.
A broken washer or dyer one can go to the laundrymat. But there isn't a dishomat!!! Fridge dies and coolers or college fridges are dirt cheap. But man oh man oh man... do I miss my dishwasher.
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Bwahahaha.... I'm officially old. Jo's answer is now taking a solid 2nd place! Oy vey. I'm choosing clean dishes over sex. <shakes head in disgust>
My husband - he chops anything beautifully, shreds mounds of cheese with nary a hesitation, stirs pots effortlessly, boils water so I can do other things, cleans up while I cook so we have fewer dishes at the end, opens beer/wine to aid cooking (for us not the food), keeps me company and referees our toddler while I cook, sets the table, puts out any needed condiments...
LOL...I second Jo's answer also. Hey, nothing wrong with a favored appliance in each room. :)
Vibrator?
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Gads I don't have a serious answer. There are four appliances I couldn't live without. I guess the coffee maker would top the list but barely.
Automatic laundry machines. I can't even imagine having to scrub my clothes & then line dry them. I really can't imagine how the pioneers survived brutal Midwestern winters.
The REFRIGERATOR!!! Lol. For about 3 months when I was a teenager, I had to live in a cabin with no running water or electricity. We used to go to my Grandma's house for showers, and we had gas-powered tabletop cooking ranges, but the no fridge KILLED us! Lol. No milk, no jelly, no eggs, no cheese, etc. etc. etc.
The dishwasher.
I HATE washing dishes by hand.
Wow, Jo, that is quite the vibrator to be considered an appliance. LOL
I don't have a favorite appliance. I think my favorite is the one I don't have to use. LOL Ahh if only I were rich and could afford someone else to use my appliances for me. :)
Alas, I will never have an appliance that matches my late mother's amazing Kirby vacuum cleaner, now in appliance heaven.
That sucker (and really, it WAS a super-sucker of all dirt) not only worked brilliantly, it lasted for more than THIRTY years. It was heavy compared to today's vacuums, sure, and had the old-fashioned type of bag you had to change. But heaven knows, that Kirby would suck a carpet clean and keep on going. It never wore out. Wow, your question really sent me down memory lane....
My dyson!! I don't know how I ever lived without it!!!
My Dyson vaccum and low-noise dishwasher.
The Dyson is bar-none the best vacuum I've ever owned. You empty the canister after each use and it's mind-bending the dirt and debris that it picks up.
The low-noise dishwasher is sooooo quiet compared to what we had before. We used to have to turn our TV up at night because the old behemoth was loud! I can barely hear the new one now.
I could never survive cleanly without the normal appliances - fridge, dishwasher, washer. But my new house has a trash compactor - it is the "luxury" appliance I never knew I always wanted. Loving that thing.
