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[redfrock]

I must admit I would feel bad if I bought an expensive one and then it ended up in the cupboard next to the steamer and slow cooker

 

Now that's interesting. I have used a steamer everyday for about the last 8 years (unless we are having salad). I never cook my veg using any other method. I also use my slow cooker a lot - to the point, that I started with a very very cheap small one and upgraded to a bigger, better one.

 

The breadmaker and steamer live side by side on the worktop (one behind the other) and are swapped round depending on what is being cooked at that moment.

 

I also have a tiny kitchen in this place (not something I have ever had before), so I really have to play clever with the space. I must admit that if I kept either the steamer or the breadmaker in a cupboard they would never get used because of the palaver of getting them out.

[Seagazer]

I must admit I would feel bad if I bought an expensive one and then it ended up in the cupboard next to the steamer and slow cooker

 

Now that's interesting. I have used a steamer everyday for about the last 8 years (unless we are having salad). I never cook my veg using any other method. I also use my slow cooker a lot - to the point, that I started with a very very cheap small one and upgraded to a bigger, better one.

 

The breadmaker and steamer live side by side on the worktop (one behind the other) and are swapped round depending on what is being cooked at that moment.

 

I also have a tiny kitchen in this place (not something I have ever had before), so I really have to play clever with the space. I must admit that if I kept either the steamer or the breadmaker in a cupboard they would never get used because of the palaver of getting them out.

 

I think thats the problem - the fact they're in the cupboard and they're the other side of the breakfast bar so not within easy reach. My food processor is on top so I do use that. Trouble is my OH hates having things on the worktop and its quite full already

[chickencam]

I have a Tefal electric steamer, and it is not the getting it out that drives me mad but the cleaning of it. I hate washing plastic things because they don't drain well and stay wet and take ages to dry all the fiddly bits before putting away

 

It cooks new potatoes very well but all other veg seems to cook better in my hob stacking steamer. I find veg loses some colour in the electric one.

 

Mine is consigned to the garage at the moment, but I may give it an outing for potatoes soon

[redfrock]

I have a Tefal electric steamer, and it is not the getting it out that drives me mad but the cleaning of it. I hate washing plastic things because they don't drain well and stay wet and take ages to dry all the fiddly bits before putting away

 

my manual says quite sternly that I should not put it through the dishwasher ..... all bar the electric bit goes through no problem there was no way I was washing those basket bases by hand!

[Lesley]

We put all ours in the top of the dishwasher as well - but still dry them by hand as they don't dry.

[missuscluck]

I have ofen wondered about getting a steamer. Are thay any good?

[Lesley]

I love mine

 

Three layers - all slot into each other when not in use, so it doesn't take up too much room.

 

We use two of them at Christmas for all the sprouts/carrots

[Lesley]

I've just split this from the Breadmaker thread.

[Guest]

I have a pan with holes in that slots on top of my normal pan, I'll normally boil spuds in the bottm one and steam veg or salmon in the one above. It actually has 3 tiers so I can boils spuds, steam mange tout/spinach or greens above that and then salmon on top, for example.

 

You don't need an electric one IMO, the pan ones work very well and the steamer bits dble as colanders

[Lesley]

I have one as well - it fits on any of the three saucepans in my set - but if a lot of veg are needed then the electric one just has so much more space.

[Mrs Frugal]

I have a pan with holes in that slots on top of my normal pan, I'll normally boil spuds in the bottm one and steam veg or salmon in the one above. It actually has 3 tiers so I can boils spuds, steam mange tout/spinach or greens above that and then salmon on top, for example.

 

You don't need an electric one IMO, the pan ones work very well and the steamer bits dble as colanders

 

Ditto! I have one like this with 3 tiers plus an older smaller one with just one tier and they are a godsend. Far more useful than an electric one as you have a large pan for general use plus the steamer inserts which, as Poet's said, make great colanders.

[The Dogmother]

I have a plastic microwave steamer and it works brilliantly.

[chickencam]

I use my pan one all the time. I have a smaller one with 2 tiers which we used a lot, but it is now too small for our greedy growing family

 

My MIL found the one which I use now in a charity shop and paid £3 for it, it has one normal tier and a deep pasta one which I don't use very much.

 

The plastic baskets from the electric steamer go into the dishwasher but as Lesley says they don't dry which is a pain plus we only have a slimline dishwasher which struggles with a family of 5 anyway. I don't have room for a bigger one One day it will pack up for good ,it has been limping for a while it is 15 years old, slimlines are so much more expensive