On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:57:19 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
> wrote:

> I've used my mallet to act as a make-weight over a plate over something I want to keep flat in a skillet.
>
> I've also used it to hammer a knife thru a something really tough, like a head of cabbage, when I don't want any fingers NEAR the blade.
>
> Mine isn't round tho - it's shaped like a hammer and has a tenderizer on one end of the head, flat on the other.
>
> I figure I'll try to grab it if I'm ever cornered by an assailant in that part of the kitchen - it lives in a counter caddy. Do I need a permit? It sure ain't concealed. "Blunt, heavy object," as the police reports go.

Mine could easily be used as a deadly object, but I used it on ginger
last night. I like it for that use! I'll still use my microplane to
grate ginger, but it works well to smash both frozen (thawed) and
fresh ginger and subsequently chop it. Juice goes flying all over the
place with frozen and thawed... but that's the worst I can say.


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