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Identify Kitchen Appliances

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Around the stove: recognise kitchen appliances like the toaster, blender, kettle, coffee machine, microwave, hand blender, waffle iron, kitchen scale, hand mixer, grater, rolling pin and whisk. Good to know: The toaster crisps slices of bread with hot heating wires. Finished slices pop up. The blender chops and mixes in a tall jug with rotating blades. Ideal for smoothies and soups. The kettle heats water very quickly with a heating element. It switches off automatically when boiling. The coffee machine brews filter coffee by running hot water through the grounds. The pot keeps the coffee warm. The microwave heats food from the inside with electromagnetic waves. It mainly makes the water molecules vibrate. The hand blender purées directly in the pot or beaker. Perfect for soups and sauces. The waffle iron bakes batter between two patterned hot plates. The pattern gives the waffle its shape. The kitchen scale weighs ingredients to the gram. It is especially important for baking. The hand mixer beats dough, cream or egg whites with two beaters.

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Which kitchen appliance is this?

Kitchen appliance

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Toaster

The toaster crisps slices of bread with hot heating wires.

💡 Did you know? Finished slices pop up.

Kitchen appliance

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Blender

The blender chops and mixes in a tall jug with rotating blades.

💡 Did you know? Ideal for smoothies and soups.

Kitchen appliance

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Kettle

The kettle heats water very quickly with a heating element.

💡 Did you know? It switches off automatically when boiling.

Kitchen appliance

Foto: Photograph: Frank C. Müller, Baden-Baden · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Coffee machine

The coffee machine brews filter coffee by running hot water through the grounds.

💡 Did you know? The pot keeps the coffee warm.

Kitchen appliance

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Microwave

The microwave heats food with electromagnetic waves that penetrate only a few centimetres.

💡 Did you know? It mainly makes the water molecules vibrate.

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Hand blender

The hand blender purées directly in the pot or beaker.

💡 Did you know? Perfect for soups and sauces.

Kitchen appliance

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Waffle iron

The waffle iron bakes batter between two patterned hot plates.

💡 Did you know? The pattern gives the waffle its shape.

Kitchen appliance

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Kitchen scale

The kitchen scale weighs ingredients to the gram.

💡 Did you know? It is especially important for baking.

Kitchen appliance

Foto: Donovan Govan. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Hand mixer

The hand mixer beats dough, cream or egg whites with two beaters.

💡 Did you know? The beaters detach for cleaning.

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Grater

The grater shreds cheese, vegetables or chocolate over sharp holes.

💡 Did you know? Different sides grate fine or coarse.

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Rolling pin

The rolling pin flattens dough evenly.

💡 Did you know? Dusted with flour, the dough won't stick.

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Whisk

The whisk beats air into cream or eggs with many wire loops.

💡 Did you know? This makes stiff beaten egg white.

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