| Dr. Dog |
Emma Thackery wrote:
> In article <1114110890.887833.128590@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> "Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyone have any nominations?
> >
> > I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a
slotted
> > olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our way. But is
> > there anything truly useless and preferably expensive that is on
the
> > market now for chefs who have everything?
>
>
> Electric can openers and microwave "rice cookers".
Actually, I just remembered my grandfather's electric carving knife, a
Christmas present from my parents. He carefully took it to the basement
and stored it, unopened. He preferred sharpening up the steel knife on
a Sunday, and good for him.
They still make those things?
Dog
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| Dr. Dog |
Dimitri wrote:
> "Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1114110890.887833.128590@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> > Anyone have any nominations?
> >
> > I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a
slotted
> > olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our way. But is
> > there anything truly useless and preferably expensive that is on
the
> > market now for chefs who have everything?
> >
> > A pizza-warmer is the closest I can come to the ideal.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dog
>
> Around in the 30's to 40's there were electric margerine mixers.
Slightly OT, but you prodded my memory. When I was a very small kid, my
Mom gave me the task of kneading margarine--it came in a box like
butter, but inside was a thick platic wrap and a little bubble of
yellow food-colouring to be mixed by kneading with the white,
lardy-looking paste. First time I tasted butter was when we moved to
Quebec--where margarine was illegal!
Dog
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| Chris Neidecker |
"Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1114114942.295917.194730@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
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>
> Actually, I just remembered my grandfather's electric carving knife, a
> Christmas present from my parents. He carefully took it to the basement
> and stored it, unopened. He preferred sharpening up the steel knife on
> a Sunday, and good for him.
>
> They still make those things?
Ugh! Yes, they do. My husband has one and he always liked to use it for
carving turkey, slicing flank steak, and a few other chores. I hate it
because it vibrates so much that the meat gets all shredded around the
edges. For Christmas, I bought him a Granton edge slicer, and he loves it.
Flank steak night is much more peaceful at our house without the racket from
that stupid electric knife .
My husband's parents still have one, too. They're not really knife people.
Chris
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| Sheldon |
Goomba38 wrote:
> Margaret Suran wrote:
>
> > I have a battery powered flour sifter. I have never used it,
because
> > sifting is seldom required now. Does anybody want it? :o)
>
> I lost my sifter years ago in a move and never replaced it when I
> realized that using a simple wire mesh sift/drainer (bowl sized on a
> handle) works just as well.
>
> I love anything that can do double duty. :)
> Goomba
That's what's so great about a penis! ;)
Sheldon
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| sueb |
Dr. Dog wrote:
> Emma Thackery wrote:
> > In article <1114110890.887833.128590@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone have any nominations?
> > >
> > > I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a
> slotted
> > > olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our way. But
is
> > > there anything truly useless and preferably expensive that is on
> the
> > > market now for chefs who have everything?
> >
> >
> > Electric can openers and microwave "rice cookers".
>
> Actually, I just remembered my grandfather's electric carving knife,
a
> Christmas present from my parents. He carefully took it to the
basement
> and stored it, unopened. He preferred sharpening up the steel knife
on
> a Sunday, and good for him.
>
> They still make those things?
>
Yup.
I have one. It's great for carving styrofoam to make theatrical props.
My nomination would be the huge home espresso makers, probably because
I have a kitchen the size of a large closet and can't conceive of using
that much counter space for a single purpose appliance. Isn't it more
fun to go out for coffee?
Susan B.
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| Lynn from Fargo |
Love my:
Garlic press (for LOTS of garlic at one time)
Zyliss chopper
Cheapo mandoline
Standard #11 blade Xacto knife (deveining shrimp)
Hate(d) my:
apple-peeler-corer-slicer
cookie gun (cookies on the floor, the walls, the ceiling . . . )
Pampered Chef killer garnishing knife/guillotine
Strawberry Huller
Tomato Slicer
Expensive (Pampered Chef) Egg Slicer (broke 3)
Learned to love my:
Cheapo Egg Slicer (from the $1 store - buy 'em 2 at a time)
Pizza stone - call for pizza delivery. Put stone in 450 oven. Wait 20
minutes for delivery. Take stone from oven. Put pizza on hot stone.
Pizza stays hot & crust stays crisp for over an hour.
Lynn from Fargo
Gadget Queen No More . . . (some damn jerk stole my baby Cuisinart when
I took it to work!)
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| shiral14@hotmail.com |
Useless to me, but there may be an arthritic baker out there who would
love to have it. My mom had one for years until it broke, and it saved
her a lot of pain in her hands and wrists. I just use the plain old
sifter. =o)
Melissa
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| Kate B |
"Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1114114942.295917.194730@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>
> Emma Thackery wrote:
> > In article <1114110890.887833.128590@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone have any nominations?
> > >
> > > I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a
> slotted
> > > olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our way. But is
> > > there anything truly useless and preferably expensive that is on
> the
> > > market now for chefs who have everything?
> >
> >
> > Electric can openers and microwave "rice cookers".
>
> Actually, I just remembered my grandfather's electric carving knife, a
> Christmas present from my parents. He carefully took it to the basement
> and stored it, unopened. He preferred sharpening up the steel knife on
> a Sunday, and good for him.
>
> They still make those things?
One thing that they are useful for is cutting beef wellington or another
version of beef /veal encased in puff pastry. When I make it for Holiday
dinners I am actually thankful to have this otherwise useless tool. I don't
know if I'd purchase one myself (mine was left by the prior owner of my
condo) but I make BW a couple of times per year and this really simplifies
cutting.
Kate
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| notbob |
On 2005-04-22, shiral14@hotmail.com <shiral14@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Useless to me, but there may be an arthritic baker out there who would
> love to have it. My mom had one for years until it broke, and it saved
> her a lot of pain....
What did? What are you talking about? Who are you replying to?
If you're going to use google for usenet, learn how to use it properly. Enable
the option that includes attributes and quotes, please. Thank you.
nb
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| Serene |
Dr. Dog <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote:
> Slightly OT, but you prodded my memory. When I was a very small kid, my
> Mom gave me the task of kneading margarine--it came in a box like
> butter, but inside was a thick platic wrap and a little bubble of
> yellow food-colouring to be mixed by kneading with the white,
> lardy-looking paste.
My mom has talked about doing that when she was a kid, too.
serene
--
http://serenejournal.livejournal.com
http://www.jhuger.com
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| CouldntCareLess |
notbob wrote:
>
> What did? What are you talking about? Who are you replying to?
>
> If you're going to use google for usenet, learn how to use it properly. Enable
> the option that includes attributes and quotes, please. Thank you.
Perhaps you should learn to use your newsreader properly or learn to
follow a thread. Even without attributes and quoting
it's not hard to find out who she's responding to. Unless you are too
lazy or stupid to figure it out that is. Maybe it's both.
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On Thu 21 Apr 2005 09:41:21p, CouldntCareLess wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> notbob wrote:
>
>>
>> What did? What are you talking about? Who are you replying to?
>>
>> If you're going to use google for usenet, learn how to use it properly.
>> Enable the option that includes attributes and quotes, please. Thank
>> you.
>
> Perhaps you should learn to use your newsreader properly or learn to
> follow a thread. Even without attributes and quoting
> it's not hard to find out who she's responding to. Unless you are too
> lazy or stupid to figure it out that is. Maybe it's both.
You are clearly out of line here! Looking at the post that notbob replied
to, there was next to nothing to indicate what the poster was talking
about. One shouldn't have to read back up a thread to understand what a
poster is referring to, nor is it a fault of using a newsreader improperly.
You obviously "CouldntCareLess" what people think of you either. I can
assure you, with outbursts like this, is isn't much.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
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| djs0302 |
Dr. Dog wrote:
> Anyone have any nominations?
>
> I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a slotted
> olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our way. But is
> there anything truly useless and preferably expensive that is on the
> market now for chefs who have everything?
>
> A pizza-warmer is the closest I can come to the ideal.
>
>
>
> Dog
I found a device on Amazon.com called the Breville Muffin Magic. All it
does is bake muffins and it can only bake 3 at a time. So if you have
a whole batch to make by the time you get to the last ones all the
leavening action in the batter is gone.
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| -L. |
Dog3 wrote:
>
> I think it would be my ice cream maker. It is usually cheaper and
easier
> to buy ice cream on sale than make it.
>
> Michael
>
> --
> Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
> violence.
> -- Hebrew proverb
Yeah, but ya know, I make some kick-butt mango cream/sorbet that is
just too good. It's the only thing I use the silly thing for...
-L.
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| -L. |
Curly Sue wrote:
> Three of my favorite things! I wouldn't be without a microwave.
>
> After reading these lists, it seems that I use many of the things
> other people find useless, inluding the garlic press.
Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout mine!
>
> I never had an electric can opener, but since they started putting
> pull-tops on cat food, I don't use my Swingaway as much either.
You don't used canned tomatoes? Or do you can them yourself?
>
> I have drawers full of gadgets! None very expensive though. I have
> resisted the Eggstractor.
A recent review said it doesn't work. Not that I was tempted, in any
way...
-L.
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| -L. |
Scotty wrote:
> How about garlic presses? I've wasted a lot of garlic trying to
justify the
> expense of that piece of scrap metal.
>
> Scott.
Seriously, I don't get this. I have a couple and love them. How do
you waste garlic with a garlic press?
I used to curse at the thing when I had a cheap one. So I invested in a
couple heavy-duty SS ones and they're awesome.
-L.
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| Cindy Hamilton |
Emma Thackery wrote:
> In article <1114110890.887833.128590@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> "Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyone have any nominations?
> >
> > I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a
slotted
> > olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our way. But is
> > there anything truly useless and preferably expensive that is on
the
> > market now for chefs who have everything?
>
>
> Electric can openers and microwave "rice cookers".
Electric can openers can be a boon for those with arthritis or similar
conditions.
Cindy Hamilton
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| Goomba38 |
-L. wrote:
> Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout mine!
What does it do that my knife can't? I manage quite well without a
press. One less thing to wash too.
Goomba
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| Dr. Dog |
Goomba38 wrote:
> -L. wrote:
>
> > Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout
mine!
>
> What does it do that my knife can't? I manage quite well without a
> press. One less thing to wash too.
But don't you have to wash the knife, Goomba?
Dog
(who swears by his garlic press)
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| Dog3 |
"-L." <gentleboa@peacemail.com> wrote in
news:1114161614.418617.106870@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>
> Dog3 wrote:
>>
>> I think it would be my ice cream maker. It is usually cheaper and
> easier
>> to buy ice cream on sale than make it.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> --
>> Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
>> violence.
>> -- Hebrew proverb
>
>
> Yeah, but ya know, I make some kick-butt mango cream/sorbet that is
> just too good. It's the only thing I use the silly thing for...
>
> -L.
Mine makes a good sorbet and flavored ices as well. I just do not drag it
out that ofter. The last batch of chocolate, chocolate chip I made in it
cost me more to make than buying a high quality ice cream at the market. Of
course I used cream and expensive ingredients to make it ;)
Michael
--
Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
violence.
-- Hebrew proverb
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| Dog3 |
"-L." <gentleboa@peacemail.com> wrote in
news:1114162142.433179.60890@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
> Scotty wrote:
>> How about garlic presses? I've wasted a lot of garlic trying to
> justify the
>> expense of that piece of scrap metal.
>>
>> Scott.
>
> Seriously, I don't get this. I have a couple and love them. How do
> you waste garlic with a garlic press?
>
> I used to curse at the thing when I had a cheap one. So I invested in a
> couple heavy-duty SS ones and they're awesome.
>
> -L.
>
I have used my garlic press 2 times exactly. I can get the same results
with my knife. I love my knives. Especially the big meat cleaver ;)
Michael
--
Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
violence.
-- Hebrew proverb
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| ewdotson |
Dr. Dog wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
> > -L. wrote:
> >
> > > Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout
> mine!
> >
> > What does it do that my knife can't? I manage quite well without a
> > press. One less thing to wash too.
>
>
> But don't you have to wash the knife, Goomba?
>
Well, sure. But it's a rare day indeed that I use garlic that I don't
also have to whip out the ol' chef's knife to chop some veggies, so I'd
be washing the knife anyways.
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| Goomba38 |
Dr. Dog wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
>
>>-L. wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout
>
> mine!
>
>>What does it do that my knife can't? I manage quite well without a
>>press. One less thing to wash too.
>
>
>
> But don't you have to wash the knife, Goomba?
>
>
> Dog
> (who swears by his garlic press)
Well sure, but usually only after it has also sliced, diced and minced
other components of the meal prep. What *else* can that garlic press do?
Nope.. I don't need one. I'm pretty handy with a knife <hehehehe>
Goomba
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| AlleyGator |
"-L." <gentleboa@peacemail.com> wrote:
>Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout mine!
>
I don''t use mine a lot, but I do really like it if I have to do a
huge load of garlic at once. Don't even peel the stuff.
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| Gal Called Jani |
One time on Usenet, x-no-archive: yes said:
> "-L." <gentleboa@peacemail.com> wrote:
> >Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout mine!
> I don''t use mine a lot, but I do really like it if I have to do a
> huge load of garlic at once. Don't even peel the stuff.
I love my garlic press, but I've never tried putting unpeeled
garlic through it. Does the skin stay in the press or break up
and go into the dish? If it's the former, I'll have to give it
a try -- anything to save work... ;-)
--
Jani in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"The ships hung in the sky in much the same
way that bricks don't" - D. Adams, HGTTG
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| aem |
axlq wrote:
>
> I nominate the Ronco electric egg scrambler. It's a motor with
> a vertical shaft having a bent needle connected to the end. You
> impale an egg on the needle, turn it on, the needle spins around
> inside the egg, scrambling it. Then you break open the egg, and out
> comes perfectly scrambled raw egg.
>
Are you kidding?! Wow, that's hilarious! Now if you had a syringe you
could add a bit of water or milk, and if you had a tiny funnel you
could add salt and pepper. Then you could put the egg in the microwave
and cook it. Serve scrambled egg in an egg cup....-aem
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| AlleyGator |
jjsworldSPAM@BLOCKERzipcon.com (Gal Called Jani) wrote:
>I love my garlic press, but I've never tried putting unpeeled
>garlic through it. Does the skin stay in the press or break up
>and go into the dish? If it's the former, I'll have to give it
>a try -- anything to save work... ;-)
I have a Susi (I think that's the name) and it's suposed to be a
pretty good one, unless you get up into the "super priced" ones. If
it's decent garlic and hasn't gone all hard and shooty, I just press
'em through unpeeled for a few cloves, then keep around a small blunt
table knife or whatever, push against one edge of the reside and lift
out, then keep going. 4 or 5 cloves at a time easily. I don't bother
to stop and scrape the bottom, I just keep shoving it through. So
far, I haven't noticed skin coming through but that doesn't mean it
isn't <G>. I suppose though, that the pieces would be the size of a
pin head and wouldn't be noticed. BTW, I'm finding that it's
increasing hard to get decent garlic. I even bought some nice-looking
bulbs all hung in netting, got them home and about half of the stuff
was half dried and starting to shoot. Wonder if it's worth trying to
grow your own. Anyone try it?
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| Dave Smith |
Gal Called Jani wrote:
>
>
> I love my garlic press, but I've never tried putting unpeeled
> garlic through it. Does the skin stay in the press or break up
> and go into the dish? If it's the former, I'll have to give it
> a try -- anything to save work... ;-)
Yes, a decent garlic press with squeeze out the cloves and leave the skin
behind. I use my garlic press at least one a week. When I am making a
marinate and need to get the garlic into small pieces and as much of that
flavoured juice as possible I just pop a clove into the press and squeeze.
It's a lot easier to pop the old skin out of the press than it is to peel
the clove and then cut it up.
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| Gal Called Jani |
One time on Usenet, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> said:
> Gal Called Jani wrote:
> > I love my garlic press, but I've never tried putting unpeeled
> > garlic through it. Does the skin stay in the press or break up
> > and go into the dish? If it's the former, I'll have to give it
> > a try -- anything to save work... ;-)
>
> Yes, a decent garlic press with squeeze out the cloves and leave the skin
> behind. I use my garlic press at least one a week. When I am making a
> marinate and need to get the garlic into small pieces and as much of that
> flavoured juice as possible I just pop a clove into the press and squeeze.
> It's a lot easier to pop the old skin out of the press than it is to peel
> the clove and then cut it up.
Well, I'll be! I've always peeled my garlic before pressing it, but I'll
try this way. Thanks Dave (and -L, too)...
--
Jani in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"The ships hung in the sky in much the same
way that bricks don't" - D. Adams, HGTTG
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| Emma Thackery |
In article <1114174753.035877.144600@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Cindy Hamilton" <angelicapaganelli@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Emma Thackery wrote:
> > In article <1114110890.887833.128590@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Dr. Dog" <Dr.Dawg@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone have any nominations?
> > >
> > > I'm loath to laugh at any of the things for sale now. Even a
> > > slotted olive spoon turned out to make sense when one came our
> > > way. But is there anything truly useless and preferably expensive
> > > that is on the market now for chefs who have everything?
> >
> > Electric can openers and microwave "rice cookers".
>
> Electric can openers can be a boon for those with arthritis or
> similar conditions.
Well of course. So are guide dogs for people who are visually impaired
but not everyone needs one. The question was about what we each
*personally* find the most useless--- not what we designate useless for
everyone. There is a difference.
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| Sheldon |
pennyaline wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > One labour saving device I never developed an appreciation for is
the
> cherry
> > pitter. They are the most painful tool to use for any amount of
time.
> Thank
> > goodness I have sour cherry orchards near my house and some of them
> process
> > their own cherries. I can go and buy a pail of pitted cherries
almost
> right off
> > the tree, and for a fraction of the cost of buying them by the
basket at
> the
> > market.
>
> And then there are the folks like me. I have a massive tart cherry
tree in
> my backyard, and my inexpensive handheld cherry pitter proves its
worth
> annually.
>
> I am thinking, though, since the tree is SO productive, of buying one
of the
> smallish mechanized pitters. Are they worth the bread?
They are not very expensive: http://tinyurl.com/c2g2x
Sheldon
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| pennyaline |
Sheldon wrote about cherry pitters:
> They are not very expensive: http://tinyurl.com/c2g2x
Thanks so much, Sheldon!
I've looked at these before, and have always wondered if the claims are
genuine. I guess there's one way to find out.
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| Sheldon |
pennyaline wrote:
> Sheldon wrote about cherry pitters:
> > They are not very expensive: http://tinyurl.com/c2g2x
>
> Thanks so much, Sheldon!
>
> I've looked at these before, and have always wondered if the claims
are
> genuine. I guess there's one way to find out.
If you find it unsatifactory you can always return it. I had a dwarf
sour cherry tree at my last house and it was becoming so prolific I was
seriously considering a better pitter, but alas, I moved and naturally
left the tree. But at my new digs I planted two dwarf sour cherry
trees... planted them last spring, perhaps I'll get a few cherries this
year, but I know it will be at least three years before meaningful
production. The buds on my two new trees are just about to burst open,
even a bit of green is showing... perhaps a few blossoms will appear.
I like dwarf fruit trees, in every way they are so much easier... and
pound for pound are much more prolific than semi-dwarfs and full size.
I used to get 20lbs of delicious sour cherries from my one dwarf tree,
and that was after only 5 years... and that from a tree of only 7'
height and about as wide, and planted in a very cramped space in the
corner of a stockade fence. I have a picture of it in full blossom,
gorgeous. So if you get a new pitter let me know which one and how it
works.
Sheldon
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| Scotty |
"-L." <gentleboa@peacemail.com> wrote in message
news:1114161835.481858.26020@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>
> Curly Sue wrote:
>> Three of my favorite things! I wouldn't be without a microwave.
>>
>> After reading these lists, it seems that I use many of the things
>> other people find useless, inluding the garlic press.
>
> Gee - who doesn't like a garlic press? I couldn't livewithout mine!
I don't. I can chop up a clove pretty quick with my knife. Maybe I've
just been unlucky, but the two different presses I've owned both wasted
about half the garlic I pressed, because I found it to be too much work
to scrape out the mashed garlic from the press. Besides, I enjoy using
my knife.
Scott.
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| Chuck Kopsho |
Dear Dr. Dog,
How could something as innocent as margarine be illegal in Quebec?
Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California
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| Ophelia |
"aem" <aem_again@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1114190042.082599.89220@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
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> axlq wrote:
>>
>> I nominate the Ronco electric egg scrambler. It's a motor with
>> a vertical shaft having a bent needle connected to the end. You
>> impale an egg on the needle, turn it on, the needle spins around
>> inside the egg, scrambling it. Then you break open the egg, and out
>> comes perfectly scrambled raw egg.
>>
> Are you kidding?! Wow, that's hilarious! Now if you had a syringe you
> could add a bit of water or milk, and if you had a tiny funnel you
> could add salt and pepper. Then you could put the egg in the microwave
> and cook it. Serve scrambled egg in an egg cup....-aem
LOL
>
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| Dave Smith |
"Dr. Dog" wrote:
> Slightly OT, but you prodded my memory. When I was a very small kid, my
> Mom gave me the task of kneading margarine--it came in a box like
> butter, but inside was a thick platic wrap and a little bubble of
> yellow food-colouring to be mixed by kneading with the white,
> lardy-looking paste. First time I tasted butter was when we moved to
> Quebec--where margarine was illegal!
Margarine is not illegal in Montreal.
It cannot be dyed yellow to look like butter. It used to be illegal to
sell yellow margarine in Ontario too.
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| axlq |
In article <1114190042.082599.89220@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
aem <aem_again@yahoo.com> wrote:
>axlq wrote:
>> I nominate the Ronco electric egg scrambler. It's a motor with
>> a vertical shaft having a bent needle connected to the end. You
>> impale an egg on the needle, turn it on, the needle spins around
>> inside the egg, scrambling it. Then you break open the egg, and out
>> comes perfectly scrambled raw egg.
>>
>Are you kidding?! Wow, that's hilarious!
I'm not kidding. The ads also said you can use it to make a "hard
boiled egg with no yolk!"
I recall seeing ads for it back in the 1970s or 1980s I think.
And it's still being sold, on amazon.com and elsewhere. See for
example: http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/eggscrambler.htm
Just search for Ronco egg scrambler on Google and you'll find a whole
bunch of links.
>Now if you had a syringe you could add a bit of water or milk, and
>if you had a tiny funnel you could add salt and pepper. Then you
>could put the egg in the microwave and cook it. Serve scrambled
>egg in an egg cup....-aem
Hee hee... except the egg in the microwave will probably still
explode, whether you scrambled it inside or not.
-A
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| Phyllis Stone |
"Emma Thackery" <emma@vanity.fair> wrote in message
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>
> Well of course. So are guide dogs for people who are visually impaired
> but not everyone needs one. The question was about what we each
> *personally* find the most useless--- not what we designate useless for
> everyone. There is a difference.
I bought a Gizmo for grating cheese. It simply does not work. It is a big
waste of money. The company (B&D) have sold all their food type things to
another co. who will send me another one but no refunds. Why would I want
another one? The only good thing is that it only cost a few dollars.
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| Terry Pulliam Burd |
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:43:55 -0700, Chuck392@webtv.net (Chuck Kopsho)
wrote:
>Dear Dr. Dog,
> How could something as innocent as margarine be illegal in Quebec?
Way back when, margarine was illegal in Wisconsin, as well. The dairy
industry was pretty well connected in the state and they wanted you
eating butter, not steenkin' oleo.
Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
-- Duncan Hines
To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"
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1. "Hot Air" popcorn popper ( an oldie )
2. Food Processors ( unless you own a restaurant )
3. The "griddles" that make toasted filled sandwiches
4. pricey German knives ( mostly envy I guess )
5. $2000+ stainless steel yuppie refrigerators
6. Sink disposals ( a plumbers best source of income )
<rj>
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| Wiblur the Once |
"<RJ>" <baranick@localnet.com> wrote in
news:jtgl6153ghgij0nved7radrrtb1h3j3kj1@4ax.com:
>
> 1. "Hot Air" popcorn popper ( an oldie )
>
> 2. Food Processors ( unless you own a restaurant )
>
> 3. The "griddles" that make toasted filled sandwiches
>
> 4. pricey German knives ( mostly envy I guess )
>
> 5. $2000+ stainless steel yuppie refrigerators
>
> 6. Sink disposals ( a plumbers best source of income )
Those are but pale wannabes in the useless gadget patheon.
This gem get's my vote (and incidentily, yes I do own one):
http://www.octodog.net
"The fun, simple and safer way to turn ordinary hot dogs into exciting to
cook and super fun to eat Octodogs!"
Basically, it's holds a hot dog with two pins to the top (which are the
octo-eyes) and you push it down into the base, which cuts octopus-like
legs.
--
"...The job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which
strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater
than the need for an answer." - Ken Kesey
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| Sheldon |
Wiblur the Once wrote:
> This gem get's my vote (and incidentily, yes I do own one):
>
> http://www.octodog.net
>
> "The fun, simple and safer way to turn ordinary hot dogs into
exciting to
> cook and super fun to eat Octodogs!"
>
> Basically, it's holds a hot dog with two pins to the top (which are
the
> octo-eyes) and you push it down into the base, which cuts
octopus-like
> legs.
I don't think an octopus has legs, they have eight testicles.
Sheldon
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| Marcella Peek |
In article <Xns9641BCB7496FEwiblurcomcastnet@216.196.97.136>,
Wiblur the Once <wiblur@comcast.net> wrote:
> Those are but pale wannabes in the useless gadget patheon.
>
> This gem get's my vote (and incidentily, yes I do own one):
>
> http://www.octodog.net
>
> "The fun, simple and safer way to turn ordinary hot dogs into exciting to
> cook and super fun to eat Octodogs!"
>
> Basically, it's holds a hot dog with two pins to the top (which are the
> octo-eyes) and you push it down into the base, which cuts octopus-like
> legs.
Yuck! I prefer hot dogs to look like hot dogs.
My vote goes to the "smores maker" which appears to be a fondue pot type
stand sans the fondue pot. You use the forks to toast the marshmallows
over the sterno and then assemble. People pay for this and use it more
than once?
marcella
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Wiblur the Once <wiblur@comcast.net> wrote in
news:Xns9641BCB7496FEwiblurcomcastnet@216.196.97.136:
> "<RJ>" <baranick@localnet.com> wrote in
> news:jtgl6153ghgij0nved7radrrtb1h3j3kj1@4ax.com:
>
>>
>> 1. "Hot Air" popcorn popper ( an oldie )
>>
>> 2. Food Processors ( unless you own a restaurant )
>>
>> 3. The "griddles" that make toasted filled sandwiches
>>
>> 4. pricey German knives ( mostly envy I guess )
>>
>> 5. $2000+ stainless steel yuppie refrigerators
>>
>> 6. Sink disposals ( a plumbers best source of income )
>
> Those are but pale wannabes in the useless gadget patheon.
>
> This gem get's my vote (and incidentily, yes I do own one):
>
> http://www.octodog.net
>
> "The fun, simple and safer way to turn ordinary hot dogs into exciting
> to cook and super fun to eat Octodogs!"
>
> Basically, it's holds a hot dog with two pins to the top (which are
> the octo-eyes) and you push it down into the base, which cuts
> octopus-like legs.
>
Good Gawd. It looks like that thing my mother throws into her swimming pool
to keep it clean <G>
Michael
--
Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
violence.
-- Hebrew proverb
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Stan Horwitz wrote:
>
> That $3,000+ refrigerator with a flat screen TV mounted in the door
> comes immediately to mind. I cannot imagine why anyone would want a
TV
> mounted in a refrigerator door. Even for those who watch TV in the
> kitchen, there are cheaper and more effective ways to have TV in the
> kitchen.
Yes, but my husband's chip is in those TVs and those units are selling
like hotcakes, particularly in other countries, where space is a
premium. Go figure.
-L.
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| Andy |
That would have to be my ex-wife!
Seriously, the kitchenaid mixer came with a cheap-o plastic 2-piece
folding splash guard/feed channel thingy. With all those nooks and
crannies, I thought "I'm not cleaning that!" and threw it away. The mixer
is my favorite kitchen gadget (made in USA).
Andy
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| AlleyGator |
"-L." <usenetlyn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Yes, but my husband's chip is in those TVs and those units are selling
>like hotcakes, particularly in other countries, where space is a
>premium. Go figure.
>
That is VERY cool. Congratulations! (can I have a loan? <G>)
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On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:12:30 -0500, Andy <nospm@nowhere.com> wrote:
>That would have to be my ex-wife!
>
>Seriously, the kitchenaid mixer came with a cheap-o plastic 2-piece
>folding splash guard/feed channel thingy. With all those nooks and
>crannies, I thought "I'm not cleaning that!" and threw it away. The mixer
>is my favorite kitchen gadget (made in USA).
>
>Andy
You just gave me premission to trash that stupid attachment which I've
been stowing for umpteen years. I have never used it, not once, since
every past effort has resulted it in falling off. I feel better
already.
As an aside, I find my KA sort of awkward when I need to add
ingredients in intervals while I'm preparing a recipe. It always
seems a chore to get the cream cheese, butter, honey, you name the
ingredient into the center part of the bowl without taking the bowl
out of it's cradle. All gooey ingredients seem to stick to the sides.
Using a spatula to scrape it down is also difficult as the space is
limited.. In many/most cases, I prefer a hand held electric mixer.
I've had the KA a very long time and don't know it's exact capacity.
It's probably just too small for my needs.
Ginny
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Sun 24 Apr 2005 09:17:24a, Ginny Sher wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:12:30 -0500, Andy <nospm@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>That would have to be my ex-wife!
>>
>>Seriously, the kitchenaid mixer came with a cheap-o plastic 2-piece
>>folding splash guard/feed channel thingy. With all those nooks and
>>crannies, I thought "I'm not cleaning that!" and threw it away. The mixer
>>is my favorite kitchen gadget (made in USA).
>>
>>Andy
>
> You just gave me premission to trash that stupid attachment which I've
> been stowing for umpteen years. I have never used it, not once, since
> every past effort has resulted it in falling off. I feel better
> already.
The original one-piece splash shields do not fall off and really do help
prevent flinging ingredients all over the place. Unfortunately, I don't
think they make them anymore. I bought one at the same time I bought my KA
back in the early 1970s.
> As an aside, I find my KA sort of awkward when I need to add
> ingredients in intervals while I'm preparing a recipe. It always
> seems a chore to get the cream cheese, butter, honey, you name the
> ingredient into the center part of the bowl without taking the bowl
> out of it's cradle. All gooey ingredients seem to stick to the sides.
> Using a spatula to scrape it down is also difficult as the space is
> limited.. In many/most cases, I prefer a hand held electric mixer.
> I've had the KA a very long time and don't know it's exact capacity.
> It's probably just too small for my needs.
Yes, I agree that add ingredients can be a bit awkward. There are times
when I do remove the bowl in order to do so. I suspect that the tilt-head
machines are easier to deal with, but I felt the bowl was too small for my
needs.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
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Ginny Sher <ginnysher@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:evgn61hschf2ov8007ut20d0aruvv15g9q@4ax.com:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:12:30 -0500, Andy <nospm@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>That would have to be my ex-wife!
>>
>>Seriously, the kitchenaid mixer came with a cheap-o plastic 2-piece
>>folding splash guard/feed channel thingy. With all those nooks and
>>crannies, I thought "I'm not cleaning that!" and threw it away. The
>>mixer is my favorite kitchen gadget (made in USA).
>>
>>Andy
>
> You just gave me premission to trash that stupid attachment which I've
> been stowing for umpteen years. I have never used it, not once, since
> every past effort has resulted it in falling off. I feel better
> already.
LOL! Good for you, Ginny!
> As an aside, I find my KA sort of awkward when I need to add
> ingredients in intervals while I'm preparing a recipe. It always
> seems a chore to get the cream cheese, butter, honey, you name the
> ingredient into the center part of the bowl without taking the bowl
> out of it's cradle. All gooey ingredients seem to stick to the sides.
> Using a spatula to scrape it down is also difficult as the space is
> limited.. In many/most cases, I prefer a hand held electric mixer.
> I've had the KA a very long time and don't know it's exact capacity.
> It's probably just too small for my needs.
I think we're all in the same boat about that.
Andy
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| Serene |
Ginny Sher <ginnysher@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:12:30 -0500, Andy <nospm@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> >That would have to be my ex-wife!
> >
> >Seriously, the kitchenaid mixer came with a cheap-o plastic 2-piece
> >folding splash guard/feed channel thingy. With all those nooks and
> >crannies, I thought "I'm not cleaning that!" and threw it away. The mixer
> >is my favorite kitchen gadget (made in USA).
> >
> >Andy
>
> You just gave me premission to trash that stupid attachment which I've
> been stowing for umpteen years. I have never used it, not once, since
> every past effort has resulted it in falling off. I feel better
> already.
I miss the splash guard and may get another one (my original KA had one;
the replacement one -- I lost the original in my break-up -- doesn't).
serene
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| rosie |
well, I think I will win this one ! How about a travel wine opener,
complete with little box, that costs 175.00 !!??
Granted , it does have some use but.....
Rosie
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| Ruddell |
In <1114369156.773076.31010@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> rosie wrote:
> well, I think I will win this one ! How about a travel wine opener,
> complete with little box, that costs 175.00 !!??
A couple of years ago when we were at the CDN Grand Prix in Montreal,
right after the race started I heard a pop!!! Behind me were a couple
who had a champagne kit (case, flutes and I don't know what they used to
open it with)...always wanted one since but I don't drink the stuff so
why bother.
> Granted , it does have some use but.....
But? You don't drink it either?
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| Puester |
rosie wrote:
> well, I think I will win this one ! How about a travel wine opener,
> complete with little box, that costs 175.00 !!??
>
> Granted , it does have some use but.....
> Rosie
....you probably can't put it in your carry-on luggage.
(Everyone knows that terrorists are prodigious wine drinkers.)
gloria p
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| Miche |
In article <jtgl6153ghgij0nved7radrrtb1h3j3kj1@4ax.com>,
"<RJ>" <baranick@localnet.com> wrote:
> 1. "Hot Air" popcorn popper ( an oldie )
You can use these to roast coffee beans.
> 2. Food Processors ( unless you own a restaurant )
I use mine for making pastry sometimes, and also for cutting up bulk
amounts of coleslaw.
> 3. The "griddles" that make toasted filled sandwiches
Brilliant. Used one all the time as a teenager. (Not so much now,
since toasted sandwiches are off my radar.)
> 4. pricey German knives ( mostly envy I guess )
Not in my case. I have an 8" WMF chef's knife and a matching 4" utility
knife -- wedding presents from a chef friend. I use them every day, and
every day I thank whatever powers that be for my friend's generosity.
> 5. $2000+ stainless steel yuppie refrigerators
Well yeah, I'm with you there.
> 6. Sink disposals ( a plumbers best source of income )
Never used one so wouldn't know.
Miche
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| Ranee Mueller |
In article <V7idnQ9bFtAXl_TfRVn-uA@comcast.com>, Goomba38
<goomba38@comcast.net> wrote:
> Well sure, but usually only after it has also sliced, diced and minced
> other components of the meal prep. What *else* can that garlic press do?
> Nope.. I don't need one. I'm pretty handy with a knife <hehehehe>
Mince ginger in a way that Rich doesn't complain about it in the food.
Regards,
Ranee
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| Ranee Mueller |
Useless:
Garlic peeler
Strawberry huller (both of these were given to me)
Pasta measurer things, they used to come in the mail
Pasta pot with the insert colander
Actually, all of these were given to me.
Rich bought an electric reamer at goodwill, I use it if I have a lot
of citrus to juice, but other than that prefer the glass one which only
needs a little space in the dishwasher to the electric one which
requires space for three parts.
Regards,
Ranee
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| Ranee Mueller |
We received an apple baker as a wedding gift. I think we ended up
selling it at a garage sale for a dollar.
Regards,
Ranee
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| notbob |
On 2005-04-28, Ranee Mueller <raneemdonot@spamharbornet.com> wrote:
> of citrus to juice, but other than that prefer the glass one which only
> needs a little space in the dishwasher to the electric one which
> requires space for three parts.
My frugal gourmet recommended wooden lemon/lime reamer was recently
rendered completely useless by the purchase of one of those cheapo
cast aluminum Mexican lime squeezers. Those things are excellent!
....squeezing every last drop, sans seeds, in a couple seconds. It
only cost $3 at my local Mex fruit stand and may be the most handy
effecient gadget I've bought in years.
nb
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| Leila |
>Seriously, the kitchenaid mixer came with a cheap-o plastic 2-piece
>folding splash guard/feed channel thingy. With all those nooks and
>crannies, I thought "I'm not cleaning that!" and threw it away. The
mixer
>is my favorite kitchen gadget (made in USA).
>Andy
Me three. I'm not sure I've thrown my splash guard away yet - the KA
was a wedding present over 7 years ago. This thread reminds me that I
can, and should.
Love my KA however. And yes, I love my old Cuisinart food processor.
Makes bread dough in a snap. Chops large quantities of things when I
don't feel like it. Not worth it for one or two carrots, or 3 zucchini
- but 6 pounds of sliced zucchini, sure. Also it makes great kibbeh.
And I love it for hummous. Lebanese housewives acquired French FPs a
good five years before we saw them routinely in middle class, middle
America US kitchens. The old fashioned giant mortars used in Lebanese
cuisine are lovely decorative items, and if you're a slow food
aficionado there is much to be said for making sauces, hummous, kibbeh
etc. by hand, but for the rest of us, the FP works well.
Leila
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| Leila |
Alex Rast wrote:
>
> At a lower price point:
>
> Pizza stones
Admittedly I rarely use mine, but that's because hubby got low-carb
religion a couple of years ago. If you're into baking artisanal bread,
then a bread stone is really useful for getting the crust nice and
crispy dark. Pizza stone, being circular, doesn't have as much area.
What I suggest as truly useless is the item seen in (I believe) the Sur
la Table catalog some years ago: a pizza stone in a copper serving
tray, with attendant pizza cutter. The copper serving tray is just
wasteful excess IMHO. But hey, keep on giving tax cuts to the super
rich, and you'll keep on having people who need to spend their excess
cash on this stuff. They have to fill up those 42,000 square foot
houses and 10,000 s.f. kitchens.
Leila
can't help but get in a political dig
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| Leila |
Re garlic gadgets: I don't use a garlic press much (we keep breaking
them) so I have no comment. The useless garlic item I nominate is the
garlic peeler. An inventive RFCer gave out home made ones once, which
is nice because they recycled bike inner tubes; I never could get mine
to work that well and failed to see the point. I just use my knife to
slit open the skin, peel it off, crunch with the flat of the blade, and
mince. No it's never as fine as a garlic press would be but it's good
enough. We like garlic around here.
Leila
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| AlleyGator |
"Leila" <leila_abu-saba@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Me three. I'm not sure I've thrown my splash guard away yet - the KA
>was a wedding present over 7 years ago. This thread reminds me that I
>can, and should.
I guess I have a different take on the splash guard. Since I mainly
use the KA for bread, all the wet ingredients go in first, followed by
nothing but flour or a mix of flours. For that, the guard is pretty
useful. When it's time to "scrape down", the guard comes off and
stays off. For most everything else, we use a hand mixer, because the
KA is indeed sometimes more trouble than it's worth.
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| AlleyGator |
"Leila" <leila_abu-saba@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Re garlic gadgets: I don't use a garlic press much (we keep breaking
>them) so I have no comment. The useless garlic item I nominate is the
>garlic peeler. An inventive RFCer gave out home made ones once, which
>is nice because they recycled bike inner tubes; I never could get mine
>to work that well and failed to see the point. I just use my knife to
>slit open the skin, peel it off, crunch with the flat of the blade, and
>mince. No it's never as fine as a garlic press would be but it's good
>enough. We like garlic around here.
>
>Leila
>
90 percent of the time I mince the garlic with a knife too. On rare
occassions, I use the press. I got a Susi brand, have had it for
about 15 years and can't imagine breaking it even if I tried <G>.
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"Leila" <leila_abu-saba@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Pizza stones
>
>Admittedly I rarely use mine, but that's because hubby got low-carb
>religion a couple of years ago. If you're into baking artisanal bread,
>then a bread stone is really useful for getting the crust nice and
>crispy dark. Pizza stone, being circular, doesn't have as much area.
Leila, the only thing we use the deep-dish stone for these days is
cornbread - it really comes out a lot better. My wife uses some of
the flat "tray-type" stones for various things, but when I bake bread,
I plop it onto a cookie sheet covered with cornmeal - it has sort of a
ball-bearing effect, and I don't have to add extra fat by greasing the
sheet. Course the lower shelf of the oven is covered with tiles, so I
guess I'm still sort of using a "baking stone", eh?
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| josafeen |
I have never actually used one, or even seen one in person, but how
about the ron popeil thing that will beat an egg within the shell?!
That seems utterly useless to me.
josie
Trouve
"Smarter Food Storage"
www.savethelids.com
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Thu 28 Apr 2005 01:11:39p, josafeen wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> I have never actually used one, or even seen one in person, but how
> about the ron popeil thing that will beat an egg within the shell?!
> That seems utterly useless to me.
>
> josie
They're good for a joke. A friend of mine had one of these some years ago.
He took it over to his parents' house while they were on vacation and mixed
all the eggs in the refrigerator, then put them back. Confused the hell out
of his mother then next time she used an egg! <g>
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
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| josafeen |
OH, i hadn't thought of that, LOL. I stand corrected.
josie
Trouve
"Smarter Food Storage"
www.savethelids.com
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 28 Apr 2005 01:11:39p, josafeen wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > I have never actually used one, or even seen one in person, but how
> > about the ron popeil thing that will beat an egg within the shell?!
> > That seems utterly useless to me.
> >
> > josie
>
> They're good for a joke. A friend of mine had one of these some
years ago.
> He took it over to his parents' house while they were on vacation and
mixed
> all the eggs in the refrigerator, then put them back. Confused the
hell out
> of his mother then next time she used an egg! <g>
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *=BF*
> ____________________________________________
>
> Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
> Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
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"josafeen" <josafeen@starband.net> wrote:
>I have never actually used one, or even seen one in person, but how
>about the ron popeil thing that will beat an egg within the shell?!
>That seems utterly useless to me.
>
>josie
>
>Trouve
>"Smarter Food Storage"
>www.savethelids.com
>
Yep. I listed that one as did a couple other people. I can't believe
that at least 3 people even own one of those. Ours was a wedding
present. Which says a lot about who made the guest list - not me.
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 28 Apr 2005 01:11:39p, josafeen wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>
>>I have never actually used one, or even seen one in person, but how
>>about the ron popeil thing that will beat an egg within the shell?!
>>That seems utterly useless to me.
>>
>>josie
>
>
> They're good for a joke. A friend of mine had one of these some years ago.
> He took it over to his parents' house while they were on vacation and mixed
> all the eggs in the refrigerator, then put them back. Confused the hell out
> of his mother then next time she used an egg! <g>
>
Whaddaya wanna bet SHE didn't think it was so funny....
gloria p
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"josafeen" <josafeen@starband.net> wrote in message
news:1114719099.407989.146660@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>I have never actually used one, or even seen one in person, but how
> about the ron popeil thing that will beat an egg within the shell?!
> That seems utterly useless to me.
>
> josie
>
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I don't have one but it's on my 'wish list'. Presuming it does as
advertised - which most Popeil products do - I think it would be so cool to
use it to make hard boiled eggs for spinach salad. The yolks wouldn't
separate from the whites. Hence, prettier salad...? I dunno. It's
probably silly but I'm hoping one for Mother's Day... but Christmas will
probably be more realistic. LOL
Cyndi
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"Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote in message
news:Xns964686DFE6AF8waynesgang@82.106.6.176...
> On Thu 28 Apr 2005 01:11:39p, josafeen wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> I have never actually used one, or even seen one in person, but how
>> about the ron popeil thing that will beat an egg within the shell?!
>> That seems utterly useless to me.
>>
>> josie
>
> They're good for a joke. A friend of mine had one of these some years
> ago.
> He took it over to his parents' house while they were on vacation and
> mixed
> all the eggs in the refrigerator, then put them back. Confused the hell
> out
> of his mother then next time she used an egg! <g>
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>=============
SNORT!!! That's funny... well, after she got over being pissed off!
Well, I'd have been a bit peeved, at first.... Still...it's funny.
Cyndi
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"Rick & Cyndi" <rnchackett@verizon.net> wrote:
>I don't have one but it's on my 'wish list'. Presuming it does as
>advertised - which most Popeil products do - I think it would be so cool to
>use it to make hard boiled eggs for spinach salad. The yolks wouldn't
>separate from the whites. Hence, prettier salad...? I dunno. It's
>probably silly but I'm hoping one for Mother's Day... but Christmas will
>probably be more realistic. LOL
>
>Cyndi
>
>
Actually, although I said we never used the thing - I do remember that
my wife thought it was so incredibly silly that she did actually use
it once - to make mixed-up hard-boiled eggs. And I have to tell you -
it's one of those things that you can amaze your less-than-bright
friends with. A mixed-up hard boiled egg is quite a sight to see.
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| Ranee Mueller |
In article <78SdnX-bXs7xsezfRVn-og@comcast.com>, notbob
<notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
> My frugal gourmet recommended wooden lemon/lime reamer was recently
> rendered completely useless by the purchase of one of those cheapo
> cast aluminum Mexican lime squeezers. Those things are excellent!
> ...squeezing every last drop, sans seeds, in a couple seconds. It
> only cost $3 at my local Mex fruit stand and may be the most handy
> effecient gadget I've bought in years.
I will look for this when I next go to the Mexican market. I don't
think we've actually spent as much as $3 on any of the reamers we have,
so we'll be throwing around some real cash on this thing. ;)
Regards,
Ranee
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| Ranee Mueller |
In article <miche-1DDC92.22180325042005@news.itconsult.net>, Miche
<miche@myrealbox.com> wrote:
> In article <jtgl6153ghgij0nved7radrrtb1h3j3kj1@4ax.com>,
> "<RJ>" <baranick@localnet.com> wrote:
>
> > 3. The "griddles" that make toasted filled sandwiches
>
> Brilliant. Used one all the time as a teenager. (Not so much now,
> since toasted sandwiches are off my radar.)
I have heard, but not tried this, that you can make quickie corn
muffins (or whatever else muffins) in them, and quickie turnovers.
Regards,
Ranee
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"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13
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| Wayne Boatwright |
On Fri 06 May 2005 04:33:25p, Ranee Mueller wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> In article <78SdnX-bXs7xsezfRVn-og@comcast.com>, notbob
> <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
>
>> My frugal gourmet recommended wooden lemon/lime reamer was recently
>> rendered completely useless by the purchase of one of those cheapo
>> cast aluminum Mexican lime squeezers. Those things are excellent!
>> ...squeezing every last drop, sans seeds, in a couple seconds. It
>> only cost $3 at my local Mex fruit stand and may be the most handy
>> effecient gadget I've bought in years.
>
> I will look for this when I next go to the Mexican market. I don't
> think we've actually spent as much as $3 on any of the reamers we have,
> so we'll be throwing around some real cash on this thing. ;)
>
> Regards,
> Ranee
>
Well, let's not have any of this spending with reckless abandon! <G>
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
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| Dee Randall |
"Wayne Boatwright" <waynesgang@waynes.gang> wrote in message
news:Xns964EAD5C438FEwaynesgang@82.106.6.176...
> On Fri 06 May 2005 04:33:25p, Ranee Mueller wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> In article <78SdnX-bXs7xsezfRVn-og@comcast.com>, notbob
>> <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My frugal gourmet recommended wooden lemon/lime reamer was recently
>>> rendered completely useless by the purchase of one of those cheapo
>>> cast aluminum Mexican lime squeezers. Those things are excellent!
>>> ...squeezing every last drop, sans seeds, in a couple seconds. It
>>> only cost $3 at my local Mex fruit stand and may be the most handy
>>> effecient gadget I've bought in years.
>>
>> I will look for this when I next go to the Mexican market. I don't
>> think we've actually spent as much as $3 on any of the reamers we have,
>> so we'll be throwing around some real cash on this thing. ;)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ranee
>>
>
> Well, let's not have any of this spending with reckless abandon! <G>
>
I searched for a long time before I found a plastic reamer to replace a lost
one I'd had for 20 years. Most are made of wood. And I've found that using
a fork to ream out (poke our fork down into the meat of the lemon or lime)
does a good job. Now, it looks as tho I'm going to have to look for the
cast aluminum Mexican lime squeezer? I'll put it on my list to try to get
at the "global" market next time. I don't use but a lemon/lime a day -- but
one never knows --
Thanks so much.
Dee
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| Sandi |
sarah bennett wrote:
>
> aaaugh! i hate electric can openers!
>
> --
If you have arthritis in your hands and wrists, you probably wouldn't
be saying that. I WISH I had an electric can opener because I can't
squeeze the handles on the manual opener very well. It takes forever
for me to open cans. A twice fractured right wrist with resulting
arthritis is the problem. Lack of counter space in my closet size
kitchen and unavailability of a GOOD quality electric can opener is the
reason I don't have one.
Sandi in Honduras
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Dave Smith wrote:
> Dog3 wrote:
>
> > I think it would be my ice cream maker. It is usually cheaper and
easier
> > to buy ice cream on sale than make it.
> >
>
> I bought an ice cream maker almost two years ago. I have not bought
ice cream
> since I go the thing. I make all the ice cream we eat here. It is not
cheaper
> than the cheap stuff, but is is cheaper than the expensive stuff, and
usually
> just as good or better.
We brought our 4 quart hand crank ice cream maker with us to Honduras.
Our neighbor is hooked on homemade ice cream. When the kids are out of
school (and there is a lot of muscle power for cranking) we will make a
batch and deliver some of it to her. She keeps chickens so we get a
return of FRESH eggs, not the commercially produced stuff from the
grocery store.
Sandi
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Ranee Mueller wrote:
> In article <V7idnQ9bFtAXl_TfRVn-uA@comcast.com>, Goomba38
> <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Well sure, but usually only after it has also sliced, diced and
minced
> > other components of the meal prep. What *else* can that garlic
press do?
> > Nope.. I don't need one. I'm pretty handy with a knife <hehehehe>
>
> Mince ginger in a way that Rich doesn't complain about it in the
food.
>
> Regards,
> Ranee
Oh....great idea. I never thought to use it that way. I'll have to
suggest that to him next time he is doing stuff with ginger!
Sandi
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"Sandi" <westie97@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Ranee Mueller wrote:
>> In article <V7idnQ9bFtAXl_TfRVn-uA@comcast.com>, Goomba38
>> <goomba38@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Well sure, but usually only after it has also sliced, diced and
> minced
>> > other components of the meal prep. What *else* can that garlic
> press do?
>> > Nope.. I don't need one. I'm pretty handy with a knife <hehehehe>
>>
>> Mince ginger in a way that Rich doesn't complain about it in the
> food.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ranee
> Oh....great idea. I never thought to use it that way. I'll have to
> suggest that to him next time he is doing stuff with ginger!
>
> Sandi
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Be careful mincing ginger with a garlic press... some aren't strong enough!
My DH bent the hinge pin in our old OXO garlic press when trying to press
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