 | 16 inch Traditional Cast Iron Wokset
Buy new: $39.95 This Wok set comes with a cast iron Wok, which you will find cooks extremely well and handles just about every non-frying-pan function you can handle (boil soup, stir fry, deep fry, pop popcorn). Read up on how to use it; it even comes with a cookbook.
Best with a gas stove, but an electric burner can handle it.
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 | Lid for 16" Wok (dome lid 18 gauge) Made in USA
Buy new: $12.95 You might like this dome lid better than the flat that comes with your Wok set. It probably won't make a difference to you.
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 | Lodge Logic Pro 20-by-10-7/16-Inch Cast-Iron Grill/Griddle
Buy new: $47.21 / Used from: $41.99 This griddle is nice and thin on the cooking surface, cast iron, and has a ribbed "grill" side for meats. You want a thin one; a thicker one acts as a heat sink and takes more fire (read: gas) to heat.
You should find this large enough to fry up eggs, bacon, and pancakes all at once. You can grill a steak, sausage, and hot dogs on the grill side.
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 | Rome's #1100 Old Fashioned Waffle Iron, Cast Iron
Buy new: $19.99 Waffle iron. Cast iron, take care because it will burn you. Might set fire to pot holders. This makes thin, crispy waffles instead of thick, fluffy Belgian waffles; personally I prefer Belgians.
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 | Cajun Cookware Seasoned Cast Iron Tea Kettle - 2 Qt.
Buy new: $32.34 This heats water fast! Rinse it out, then fill and boil and empty, brush it down gently with a sponge or rag, and heat it dry.
Using a cast iron tea kettle leeches bits of iron into the water as it's heated. This gives a slight dietary iron supplement.
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 | Japanese Cast Iron Tea Pot Tea Set /Dragon Fly Black
Buy new: $59.99 Japanese Cast Iron Tea Pot. You can find these in different colors and with different designs. These cast iron tea pots keep tea hot, and have a mesh ball for keeping tea in so you can make tea in the pot. Don't heat this on the stove, pour hot water in it.
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 | Norpro Egg Rite Egg Timer
Buy new: $4.99 Making hard boiled eggs is too damn hard, throw this in with them and be done with it. No timers, just look and see how done they are, turn the heat off when ready.
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 | George Foreman GRP90WGR Next Grilleration Removable-Plate Grill with 5 Plates, Red
Buy new: $91.51 / Used from: $85.99 Efficient, easy to use, easy to clean, comes with a cookbook. You can probably forgo the griddle and waffle iron if you get this; you will still need the Wok. The plates and drain trays come out, so unlike other fixed George Foreman grills you can actually clean this one without retarded amounts of effort.
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 | Cannon Potholder, Red
You need these to handle freaking hot cast iron cookware when cooking!
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 | Ginsu 14-Piece Stainless Knife Set with Block
Buy new: $38.04 / Used from: $36.99 Sharp Ginsu knife set. Includes preparatory knives, so you can hold off on getting a $300 3-piece chef's knife set. Again, stainless steel, it rusts, you hand wash these and wipe them clean.
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 | Ran Japanese Damascus 5-Piece Knife Set
This used to be listed as $130 but now it's twice as much! These are professional-grade cooking knives. You use them, you clean them, you dry them (with a towel, not in the rack), you set them aside. At the end of the day, you sharpen them and put them back in the case.
If you spend $300 on knives you better damn well take care of them. They should last you forever.
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 | Rubbermaid 6032ARWHT Antimicrobial Large Dish Drainer, White
Buy new: $8.80 Your apartment probably doesn't have a dishwasher. You'll need this, in whatever color. Chrome gets water spots; black or white should go with your motif.
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 | Rubbermaid L3-1182-M6-CLR Antimicrobial Large Drain Board, Clear
Buy new: $12.99 Set the draining tray on top this so the water doesn't stain your counter. If your counter can take care of itself (thick, water proof laminate or it's a solid piece of Corian or engineered stone), you can live without a draining board if you really want to.
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 | Honeywell HW-628 Enviracaire Twin Window Fan
Buy new: $38.99 / Used from: $33.99 Put this in the window of your kitchen and exhaust the hot air out of your kitchen. In the winter, stop doing this except when you are cooking on the stove top; the grease gets in the air, then settles on surfaces and makes a gross mess.
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 | Black & Decker F1000 Steam Advantage Iron, White
Buy new: $27.47 / Used from: $24.99 You will need this to keep your clothes touched up well. It's an inexpensive but good iron.
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 | Rowenta IB-6200 Professional Ironing Board
This expensive ironing board is very solid, stable, and comfortable to use. When you have to bend down for 2 hours to re-iron all 15 shirts you left balled up in the corner for 2 days after pulling them from the dryer, you will realize a rickety $20 ironing board does not cut it.
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 | Hoover S2220 Flair Bagless Upright Stick Vacuum with Power Nozzle
Buy new: $47.00 / Used from: $40.99 Has a beater bar to clean carpets. Does floor and carpet easy.
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 | Honeywell HHT-011 Compact Air Purifier with Permanent HEPA Filter
Buy new: $59.99 / Used from: $46.99 These things clean the air. Every time you inhale you breath in chunks of dust, dirt, dead skin, whatever else... evaporated grease, fiberglass. Especially if you have carpets, which collect dust until you walk over them (see Hoover? Use Hoover). You want these in your main room and bedroom. Vacuum clean the filters, no replacements.
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 | PlayStation 2 Console - Silver
Buy used from: $65.99 This is a DVD player and game console. You will need one or the other to entertain yourself; this does the job of both.
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