What kitchen tool would you consider indispensible? And what all do you use it for?

I choose kitchen shears, I think they are so neat because I hadn't heard of them until I got married. I use them for cutting:

Bacon pound in half
romaine lettuce
half-frozen roast meat
the corner off a freezer bag so the thawed soup comes out without making a mess
bagels (after cutting my hand one too many times)
some craft flowers
shapes out of tortillas to make chips/trim tortillas to pan
anything into pieces (cooked chicken, etc)

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I was gonna say kitchen shears too. I use them also for cutting apart pizza, raw dough, noodles, raw meats... geez, I can't imagine life without them. lol. I haev been married for 5 years and have already replaced them once.

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My chef's knife - I call it my food processor.

My mortar and pestle.

My cast iron pots and pans.

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Kitchen Shears for a tool I can't live without!

Coffee pot for an appliance, I can't live without!

my cutting board, I was without one for a while and it was horrible.

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Kitchen shears-cutting everything

potato masher-mashed potatoes, breaking up ground meat like hamburger while its browning, mash up whole tomatoes for spaghetti sauce

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My pampered chef can opener. I have had it for over seven years. It is the only can opener that has even been able to keep up opening 30 plus cans of formula per month X's 4 kids (one is still on formula) plus all the other cans that I open monthly. All the other hand held and automatic can openers only would last a few months.
I have never had a pair of kitchen shears, might have to invest in a pair.

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I'm going to add cheese grater. obviously its uses are limited but after going without one for a while I got so sick of cutting cheddar into teeeeeny cubes LOL! i couldn't believe how long it took!!

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