I Don’t Want to Even Think About Living Without These Gadgets!-GIVEAWAY
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Slow cookers make sense because they’re just plain-down convenient. I thought of it over and over again as I was working with the recipes for my soon-to-be-published Fix-It and Forget-It NEW Cookbook! . (WHAT?? You haven’t heard!? The new book is full-color and coming October 1!!)
When you make food in a slow cooker, everything is so easy. So quick. So delicious.
But I’ve also been paying attention to those other little tools I use all the time, because they help to make cooking easier and that much more convenient. I get grouchy when I don’t know where they are (like still in the dishwasher or stuck in the wrong drawer).
Here are 3 of my favorite gadgets—and we’re giving them away today if you answer the following question down below.
1. Progressive Citrus Juice and Measure (I call it my “lemon squeezer”). Use this and you’ll have no more seeds in your finished dish. And you’ll measure the lemon juice at the same time as you squeeze the fruit. Why didn’t they think of this before?! I love it for making “Blueberry Crisp,” on page 346 of Fix-It and Forget-It NEW Cookbook!
2. Kyocera Adjustable Ceramic Slicer. Okay, this looks innocent enough—but it is VERY sharp. So treat it with respect. Keep the guard nearby and use it when the potato you’re slicing is down to being only1 inch thick. This is SOOO fast! We have Scalloped Potatoes much oftener ever since I got a mandolin! See my new favorite recipe for “Scalloped Potatoes Supreme,” on page 227 of the brand NEW Cookbook!.
3. The ChopStir. Once you’ve used this, you’ll always want it when you’re browning ground beef or sausage. It breaks up those maddening clumps of meat like a dream. I whip it out when everybody begs for “Yummy Mexican Lasagna.” You’ll find that recipe on page 156 of the Fix-It and Forget-It NEW Cookbook!.
I hope you all win these wonderful tools! They make me so much happier in the kitchen.
And, hey you can place your pre-order for Fix-It and Forget-It NEW Cookbook! right now! Just click the following link ( Fix-It and Forget-It New Cookbook ) and you’ll be among the first to get copies as soon as the pages are dry!
(The manufacturers of these products do not know that we’re giving these items away.)
TO ENTER
To enter Phyllis’ Gadget Giveaway, just answer the following question in the Comments section of this blog:
What is your favorite unusual kitchen gadget?
Scroll down to the very bottom of the page, type your answer into the Comments section, and you’re entered to win! (Or if you don’t have something to share, just say “Hi.” That’s fine, too.)
THE RULES
Just one entry per person. If you would like to respond to another entry, don’t worry; duplicate comments will be weeded out so everyone has an equal chance to win.
No entries after 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time) today, August 8. We’ll post the one (1) lucky random winner here August 9. Don’t forget to check back to see if you won!
(The winners will be chosen completely at random. Winning is not based on the quality of your response.)
My rubber spatula from pampered chef.
My small kitchen aide chopper. Good luck with your new book.
My favorite “gadget” would be my electric can opener. I don’t use much from a can but when I do, my arthritic hands don’t do well with the little turn the handle can openers.
I also Love crock pot cooking. I am a newbie at it but have loved most of the things I’ve made. Especially when its pork chops and gravy.
Ziploc bags for the filling for deviled eggs!
My wooden handheld lemon reamer/juicer!
My kitchen shears, I use them to cut everything, even pizza!
My julienne tool to make zucchini “pasta”
I love my ground beef fat drainer.
My favorite go to gadget is a pair of wooden chop sticks. From turning over a chicken breast or getting toast out of the toaster oven it’s my go to tool.
I have sooo many…I couldn’t live without my microplane for zesting citrus, garlic and nutmeg. I am absolutely in love with my electric skillet in which the pan is removable from the base and is oven safe. My programmable crock pot never gets out away, we use it so much!
apple slicer/corer 🙂
I love my hand held stainless steal chopper it is so easy to ues and I use it for everything I need to chop from nuts to eggs to fruit
I have to say my crock pot. I prepare a dish in the morning and when I come home tired at night…..dinner is ready!
Hi! I don’t think I have a favorite – I use them all!
I love my zester!!!!
I love my onion goggles. No more tears when wearing while cutting onions!
I love my strawberry/tomato stem cutter. I also love my boiled egg slicer.
I love my toast tongs…no more burned fingers!
my garlic press, takes off skin and all
There are several that I can’t live with out, but this time of year I can’t live with out my cherry pitter, I freeze a lot for pie and would be lost with out it.
Rubber jar opener. More uses than just opening jars.
I don’t have one yet but would love one!
Hi there! I have so many different gadgets….but not one favorite one. 🙁
Would love the own these gadgets!
I love gadgets. I probably use my egg slicer most often.
A potato masher.
love all my gadgets
I like my old slotted spoons the best. Always looking for the at yard sales. Never have lumps in the gravy or sauces when I use them.
I love my knit wisk with an egg for the handle!!
Hard to pick just one. Just bought a wire cheese slicer today and it works well.
I would say that my favorite kitchen gadget is my kitchen shears. ✂ They are so handy and I have found so many different uses for them. All gadget are fun, however, and I enjoy finding various applications for their use.
That little brown scraper thingy that comes with Pampered Chef stoneware products. It’s perfect for getting burnt on foods off the stoneware (after it’s been soaked) but………….. It’s perfect for scraping off wall paper, gentler than metal and small and compact for tight corners!!!!
My new cherry pitter. I thought using a round decorating tip was easy, but oh my goodness makes it so much easier. I’m so happy now that I bought it.
I love all gadgets!
I love my metal potato masher. I use it to break up hamburger or sausage into small pieces when cooking for pizza crust. It works great to mix lard/butter into flour for pie crust. And yes, I use it for potatoes as well.
Silicone spatulas are the best. I have 5.
my grater &my tongs
Thankfully, you are not strict about sticking with one answer. With all the kitchen gadgets we use, it is almost impossible to choose just one. I know I use my Pampered Chef small spatula a lot – along with my wire whisk and my peeler. I would love to win these gadgets that you are giving away. Thanks for the opportunity.
The Ball Secure-Grip Hot Jar Handler my sister just gave me. No more singed fingers when canning sauce and apple butter this year!
My large Pampered Chef spatula/spoonula whatever you call it, I use it nearly every meal
My garlic peeler!
My micro-grater is my favorite….from lemon zest, to nutmeg, garlic, and even grated onion, it’s really handy!
I use my Presto Professional Salad Shooter several times a week.
I have the Chop and Stir from Pampered Chef and I wouldn’t be without it for even a day!!! Another gadget that I seem to need all the time is my Pineapple Corer. I always struggled peeling a pineapple and this does it quick as a wink and cuts out the center core too!!!
apple wedger
My ceramic butter keeper. The insert holds the butter and the bowl holds water, so I can keep my butter soft on hot summer days without it melting.
The garlic press is my favorite gadget.
MY WHISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love my pamperd chef apple peeler and coarer.
I love my fruit slicer!
My favorite gadget is a cheap mandolin, circa 1970’s and available, it seems, only through local thrift shops. Makes thin slicing of tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers a breeze.
My fav gadget is my silicon egg poachie.
I love my oil spritzer.
cheese grater, because everything taste better with fresh cheese.
Have to say chopstir as well!
Silicone “pans”
I love my cookie scoop. I use it for cookies, cupcakes, melon balls, and whatever else my kids can think up. Oh and it makes great meatballs!
My favorite gadget in my drawer is my cookie scoop..it makes perfectly shaped cookies!!
my rolling pin with the frozen water in it love it
My SlapChop chopper
I love all kitchen gadgets.
No special gadget!! I use what I have available in whose ever kitchen I am in!!!
I love my melon baller!
I love my garlic press.
I like our ceramic slicer, but alas it only does one size – very thin.
my watermelon knife I got from qvc! love it and my kiddos love watermelon so it makes my job so much easier
I love my slice-o-matic food slicer. it makes slicing potatoes for oven roasted potato rounds so much easier and more evenly cut than with a knife.
My favorite is my Vidalia Onion Chopper, which gives me consistently diced vegetables every time.
I love my melon scoop for the summer!!!
I love my crock pot liners. Make cleaning almost as easy as cooking!
Chopping board and my big chopping knife get used all day long for each meal.
I can’t live without my stand mixer
My Avocado Slicer.
Cannot wait to loose this neck brace so I can discover a new favorite gadget. It was my small rubber spatula!
I think my favorite kitchen tool is my ‘tool turn-about’. I take it for granted as it hold all my kitchen tools, rotates freely and gets overlooked. Keeps everything in one place and at eye level.
Using a recycled ketchup container to squeeze out batter for pancakes.
Love love love Fix It and Forget It and my crockpot!!! ❤
My egg slicer! I have my own hens, so we use eggs everyday and it makes it so much easier to slice my hard boiled eggs for salads or just to eat!
I appreciate my apple corer/slicer; just wish they’d peel themselves.
Rubber spatulas are the best for making fluffy scrambled eggs!!
Debbie Myers green bags. Not sure if it is a gadget or not.
I love my mini food processor…especially at Christmas time for nuts.
My wooden spoons and musubi maker.
My wooden spoons
My favorite kitchen gadget has to be my warped whisk. It is perfect for making my gravy!!!
Hard to pick one. I like the chop stirrer, too. I also like my plate grater
My tiny, SHARP, paring knife. I use it every day.
I need a 12 step program for kitchen gadgets so choosing one would be impossible. AND…..I always need more!
Actually, I don’t have anything unusual, so it would be nice to have something like these items 🙂
Thanks for the chance!
The Pizza cutter is probably my favorite because it works for everything!! From cutting quesadillas, to shaping cookies, its the ultimate cooking utensil. 🙂
my favorite is my citrus peeler
My large bowl, which was my mom’s, my cutting board and very sharp knife.
I love my flexible cutting board sheets. Fold so you can pour ingredients in bowls then you can throw in the dishwasher to sanitize
My favorite kitchen gadget is my micro-planer.
I love an apple peeler!!! Makes apple pie making easier!!!!
I like my cheese slicer
My parents brought me an “Ulu” knife from their once in a lifetime trip to Alaska. It’s basically a half moon shaped knife with a half moon shaped handle. It is sharp and easy to use to cut pizza, breads, veggies and fruits!
Mine is a hand held whisk you just press the top of.
wood turner
My apple slicer/corer. I use it to slice all manner of veg & apples into chuncks
Disposable pastry bags! Also, a shout out to my large wooden stick stirrer.
My Pizzelle irons!
my juicer
Kitchen Shears and that ChopStir looks like a great tool.
My set of graters.
I love my tomato shark. It’s also great for removing the tops of strawberries. Unfortunately mine is AWOL right now!
I don’t have many gadgets… I use wooden spoons to stir, wire whisks, small & large spatulas, knives (but most of my knives are dull)… Would like some new gadgets that really work!
My cookie dough scooper. Love it!
My Vidalia Chop Wizard!
Stir chopper!! 🙂
my favorite unusual gadget is my garlic press.
My favorite is an all-silicone double-ended spatula that my husband and I found several years ago. It is about 2″ wide on one end and just over an inch on the other. We use it to scramble eggs–doesn’t scratch the non-stick and really does a good job stirring the eggs. My other fave is my chop&stir–love it when browning ground meats.
I would love that mandolin as we have fresh roasted veggies a lot and that would be great for squash! Also, I like to add lemon or lime juice to my water and that reamer looks like it would be great for that.
My favorite gadget is a spatula that is kinda made like a spoon.
Plastic Frozen Entrée Trays for dredging fish and or chicken.
I have to say its my microplane i use for garlic in all my meals and i couldnt live without my kitchenaid stand mixer..i bake alot
My micro-plane & my diamond steel for sharpening my knives…
I LOVE MY AVACADO CUT AND SLICER. IT MAKES SLIVING SO MUCH EASIER AND MAKES PERFECT SLICES …
Oh oh the chop stir is my all time favorite!! So easy for taco meat. I even use it to mix tuna salad!
Not so unusual but I use my rubber spatulas a lot. I have all different sizes to cover anything that needs to be scraped out of a bowl, pan, jar or bottle!
I love my Pampered Chef Garlic press!
I love my Pampered Chef Garlic Press. I would be lost with out it.
I like our pineapple cutter!
My oil spritzer. I love being able to use my favorite oils as a spray.
My chopper
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iTS MY PAMAPERED CHEF SCAPER. I COULDNT COOK WITH OUT IT
My microwave boiled egg cooker.
Technically not a gadget but I love my Silpat cooking mat!
Garlic press (for one)
My oil mister is being used the most.
pizza cutter from pampered chef
Pampered Chef Pizza Cutter.
My potato peeler that is shaped like a sling-shot. It helps my hands not hurt so much when I cook.
I am going to have to say my French Chef Knife. Use it more than anything in my kitchen. Learned to use one when I was 17 in a restaurant I worked at, and wouldn’t have a kitchen without it. Got one for my use when helping cut up or slice or dice things at my parents house also. They don’t use it but I sure do.
I absolutely love my emersion blender!!
My Pampered Chef knife sharpener. Can’t live without it!
My favorite gadget is small whisk. Handy for many jobs!
hello from Alabama
my chef’s knife and cutting board for everything!
My Ninja chopper
I am a gadget fanatic. My favorite everyday go to is my garlic peeler. It is a silicone tube that peels the garlic in seconds.
Gadgets make cooking fun!!
My handheld juilenne peeler, I use to make zucchini “noodles”.
Melon baller!
Love my whisks.
Love all my gadgets…favorite would have to be the microplane. Great for anything.
I love my chopper/stirrer, but can always use another so when one is in the dishwasher, still have another!! Love these gadgets.
My current favorite is the little food processor that came with my Ninja blender. I use it to finely chop onions and peppers, make salsa, shred carrots and cabbage for coleslaw. I had previously purchased food processors for both my daughters but had never owned one myself. I’m especially intrigued with the slicer you are talking about. Thank you for your lovely site and your generous give aways.
Hi!
I love my egg slicer. I use it for slicing strawberries for the dehydrator. My youngest daughter loves dried strawberries.
kitchen scissors!!
My Ninja!
My marble rolling pin……so much heavier than my old wooden one. Great for bread and dough making.
My Vidalia onion chopper. It make beautiful, uniform pieces.
Well, its not that unusual but I like my garlic press.
I use my tongs a lot, but I love a micro zester
Can’t live without my whisks!
I love my Pampered Chef Deep Covered Baker!
Spatula without a doubt
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I meant to say Vidalia Chop Wizard!
my vidalia cop wizard so wonderful dices and minces so easily!!!
My tofu press. I use it to get excess liquid out of so many things.
I HAVE THE CHOPSTIR AND I LOVE IT . I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT KITCHEN GADGETS. LOVE TO COOK
I love using my Ninja blender. It does a great job of chopping most everything!
I love that you asked this question. I like to read all the replies. I enjoy my oil mister and micro-plane quite a bit!
pampered chef garlic press
my pasta maker.. makes the best pasta in the world ( or so my kids say)
my pizza slicer
I like my whisk that you pump up and down. It’s very efficient.
My silicone tongs. They can pick up a single strand of spaghetti.
My 3 rubber spatula but then they’re not a spatula or a spoon. I use them every day. Thank you for the give away!
I love my flat whisk. It makes it easy to get my sauces to a great consistency.
I love my pickle grabber . Nobody wants to stick their fingers down into the brine, and I am no exception. Found it at our local apple orchard store. A true must have!
I love my grater, use it for baking, cooking.it’s a great gaget.
Hi There,
I LOVE kitchen gadgets. I love my mini chopper, my mushroom/egg slicer, my corn butterer … I could list a ton of them!
My Lettuce spinner…
My Pampered Chef mini spatula AND the garlic press.
My potato peeler. Thanks for the give away!
My fav is a pair of oddly shaped scissors for cutting up lettuce, tomatoes etc…when making a salad. You just dump the whole pieces in the salad bowl and cut up. Have used this for several years now, I love it.
I am a gadget person and I love them all equally. Probably could use a bigger area to keep them in
I love my mini blender. It chops an onion in no time along with many other uses,
my crockpot ! =)
I have a silicone ‘priate’ shaped knife I use for scraping a bowl, stirring, and even cutting cake. Love it–I now have two!
I love to cook, so I love all my gadgets, and there are so many. I love spatulas of all kinds, whisks, but one of my new favorites is my infuser so that I can infuse herbs and citrus into water, teas, etc.
Wooden Mallet to tenderize my meats have had for 40 years
Mine has to be my plastic wrap. It works great for rolling pie dough, also you can make cones and you it to decorate… but if I had to put a gadget gadget it would have to be my potatoe masher.
My chop and stir and my slap and chop run a tie in my kitchen both pampered chef pieces
my little cob looking things to hold corn on the cob
my crock pot 🙂
Meat hammer.
My Kuhn Rikon hand chopper-great for onions or garlic for slow cooker recipes!
My favorite is actually scissors. Can’t open anything these days without them.
I like my kitty litter scooper (no I haven’t used it in the litter box) but I use it to get my vegetable’s out of the hot water when I blanch them
Food Processor
my new Ball jar lid tightener which also has a lid remover
I have a parm. grater that I like works great for garlic makes paste out of it and you can zest with it to
My one-piece silicone skinny spatula.
I have an old fashioned rolling pin that gets used for so much more that just rolling pastries.
My pampered chef pizza slicer!!
My micro planer!
hard to pick just one, I do enjoy my strawberry huller
My apple wedger!
I love my corn kernel cutter it just zips thru ears of corn in secs. makes summer corn that much sweeter!
Hello there! Can’t wait for the new book! 🙂
I don’t have an “unusual” gadget but my favorite is the micro plane. I use it for many things while cooking. Your gadgets would definitely be put to use i my kitchen if I won! 🙂
one of my favorite kitchen gadgets is my cake tester…or my instant read thermometer…
My favorite gadget is my pastry cutter/blender. I use it to make pie toppings, to chop eggs, and more!
I don’t have a favorite gadget….I guess I need to get out more huh?
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Love my slotted bamboo spoon! My plastic and metal slotted spoons work just fine, but the bamboo spoon feels better in my hand.
I think my most unusual item is a potato masher. I use it to do mash potatoes but also to chop up meat while I am cooking it. Does it so quickly & there is no mess.
My little gadget that pops the seal on jars — pickles, pasta sauce, etc.
My high heat rubber spatula. I cried when I realized a melted my regular spatula in my simple syrup.
Chop stirrer
My Rada tomato knife.
I really like my gravy whisk. The little spring part make it great to use for gravy and sauces.
I don’t know if this is considered a gadget but I love using parchment paper to line about everything I put in the oven – easy cleanup and makes it easy to get cakes out of a pan!
My apple peeler/slicer/corer.
I love my micro plane.
MY PIZZA SLICER DOES A LOT IN MY KITCHEN
My Pampered Chef knife with the self sharpening case. I use it everyday.
Not sure what my favorite kitchen gadget is. I have so many and I like to think that I use them all the time equally. However, my fav is probably my garlic press. Love fresh garlic and get tired of mincing all the time.
I have a whisk that isnt a full sized one, the whisk is all at the end, almost like a ball. I pull that out more than the full sized ones that tend to bend easier.
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I love my spoon handle holder, no more spoon in my pots even if it short, works great for crock pot,, stew pot, or just a pan on the stove.
my favorite kitchen gadget is my rubber spatula. LOL! I know it’s not a very unusual one, but it is just SO useful, in so many ways! For a more “unusual” one, I would have to say that I have found a great love for our ‘zester’. I use it to zest lemons and limes for marinades. It’s been a great tool!
This is not unusual but I love my Ninja for shredding zucchini, cheese, etc.. Mixing up sauces, smoothies, and ice cream. Making bread crumbs. So versatile and many great uses in the kitchen
My favorite kitchen gadget is my daughter, who makes the best chocolate chip cookies ever!
I had a lil gadget that had 3 wheels on it that rolled… not really sure what it was for originally, but I used it to cut my noodles… it made them uniform… but it broke, it looked like it was about 50 yrs old when I got it.. I sure do miss it
I love my Pampered Chef mini spatula.
crinkle cutter
I live it when I can fix something and not worry about it till it is done. I use my slow cooker for every thing.
I love my salad shooter!!! I just it for everything!
Can’t decide on a favorite…If it’s a kitchen gadget, I love it! 🙂
It’s not unusual but I love my rolling pin, I use it for so many things!
My favorite kitchen gadget is my mini chopper ,I chop onions ,peppers , celery, nuts or anything that needs to chopped. Thank you for the chance to win these great gadgets!
My Mom’s old paring knives. Not sure if it’s the knives or the memories 🙂
I think if I had the chopstir it would be my favorite. My best friend has one and when she uses I wish I had one.
my pampered chef mini food chopper ! love it !
I think I like all of my gadgets
The stir-stick. Looks like a paint stick with silicone dripping on it. Works awesome.
I’d have to say a rubber mallet. I use it to flatten meat. I put the meat into a zip top freezer bag (it’s thicker than the regular bags) then use the mallet. Works great and then I can just add marinade to the bag once I’m done. 🙂
My favorite gadget would be my Pampered Chef Spatula.
My pizza cutter, I use it to cut everything from sandwiches to quesadillas to cookies!
my egg slicer.
My avocado cutter
my flour and butter cutter. I use it for all sorts of things.
I really would be lost without my bamboo spoons.
I love slicers for alot of things!
My ball whisk rocks!!!
I love my oil spritzer so I can grease a baking dish with out all the icky additives of Pam
My garlic press
I love my whisk everything is better when whisked
I love ALL kitchen gadgets as I love to cook. I would love to be entered into your giveaway and my fingers will be crossed as Friday is my birthday and I would love to win and add these to my collection of gadgets that I use all the time. 🙂
Can’t live without my lemon squeezer! Use it to make lemonaide, add lemon & lime juice while cooking as well as squeeze on fresh lemon on fish before I bring it to the table.
My fav gadget is the pampered chef spatula. (Spoon/spatula)
I love my grandmothers juicer. It reminds me of being in her kitchen long ago.
I have a lot of gadgets I use but I think my slow cookers are my favs. I have 3 in difference sizes and use all of them, even bake quick bread in them!
Kuhn Rikon Spill Stopper!
Wooden spoons!
a tall spreader that my friend’s husband made, that can get mayo and honey out of the taller jars.
my micro-planer – we use it for cheese, lemon zest, all sorts of things.
my kitchenaid blender/chopper/do everything gadget
Hi!
My tomato slicer
I love my apple slicer/corer!
my microplane
I love my microplane and find 77 uses for it!
I have a mini spatula that I just love
My favorite kitchen gadget is my ninja blender.
pampered chef’s garlic press
My potato peeler that attaches to my middle finger.
Hah! I thought it was a tenderizing mallet. Was thinking “why do you need that for slow cooking?” 😀
My favorite unusual kitchen gadget is a mandoline slicer. Much the same as Kyocera (which I also have), but is larger and has more blade options.
I love my chop and stir as well! I also love my Pampered Chef adjustable measuring spoon!!! 1 utensil for multiple measuring in recipes from 1 tsp to 1 tbl. I also love my Black and Decker mini-chop-it does 1 whole pepper or onion or mushrooms – usually just enough for a recipe – a small powerhouse!
I do have one of the chopstir gadget and I love it!! Would love to win the adjustable slicer!!
It’s not really unusual, but I love my mini chopper for anything from onions to nuts!
I use an old fashioned slice/cutter for potatoes to make crinkle cut potatoes, BUT use it to chop up hamburger meat in crock pot or stainless steel skillet.. works great !
Great giveaway!
I bake a lot so I love my zester!! 🙂
This summer season with garden produce, I have been using my apple corer on cukes and squash that are just maybe a little larger than normal due to a lot of rain and not being able to get in the garden to pick them. This little gadget removes those seeds from slices and leave an even edge.
Pastry bags!!! I love pastry bags but not just for pastries.. i use them for deviled eggs too! Make a great presentation!
Hi there!
I like the Kyocera Adjustable Ceramic Slicer
My favorite kitchen gadget is the little bowl I have that makes citrus zest.
Kyocera Adjustable Ceramic Slicer
My onion dicer…. so quick and easy
Love onions hate to cry!
i love my flat whisk. gets every last bit of sauce, batter, whatever out of a bowl.
My rubber spatula that is for mayonnaise jars that I got at Avery Island.
My Pampered Chef Deep Covered Baker!