For the cook who has everything

by Nicola Shepherd

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WHAT�do you buy for the cook who has everything Why, the ultimate kitchen gadget of course.

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Here are a few suggestions:

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Electric pepper grinder - comes complete with light in case you can't find the pan

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Poultry shears - for cutting up chickens in those hard to get at places

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Fish tweezers - because fish can be slippery litle suckers

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Garlic peeler - a plastic tube�that rolls the clove free of its papery shell

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Cast iron pestle and mortar - too heavy to slide about while grinding

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Portuguese Cataplana - a copper pan made of two domed lids which clamp together and steam meat into perfect tenderness

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Cheese knife - not just a serated edge, but holes in the blade so that slices are clean and not squashed

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Pasta drying stand - because we all make our own pasta nowadays, don't we

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Ham stand - so that when it is carved�it falls in�beautiful slices onto the plate underneath

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Oyster clamp with knife - spare those fingers - the clamp holds the shell while you twist the knife

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