On Friday, March 7, 2014 12:27:17 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:57:19 -0800 (PST), Kalmia
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> > I've used my mallet to act as a make-weight over a plate over something I want to keep flat in a skillet.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> Mine could easily be used as a deadly object, but I used it on ginger
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> grate ginger, but it works well to smash both frozen (thawed) and
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> fresh ginger and subsequently chop it. Juice goes flying all over the
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> Good Food.
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> Good Friends.
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> Good Memories.

I used it recently to separate a chicken. I could get my chef's knife about midway tween thigh and body - used mallet on edge of knife to whack my way thru.

The mallet tenderizer side is also useful if I have time and energy to make braciole.