> So...what things to you have that you found out were
> really wonderful and/or terrible?

Since I'm tagged as the cook among my friends -- though I only do it
because otherwise I'd *starve* -- I get cooking paraphernalia as gifts.
I never wanted a microplaner, but I'm reasonably glad I got one,
though I've only used it like four times for nutmeg.

On the other hand, I've got this weird little thing and I'm not even
sure what it's for. It's like a very small handheld grinder: turning
a crank turns a little spiky wheel that forces *something* down into
some little parallel blades and then out.

But what?

As I recall, I was told it was an herb chopper, but for the life of me
I can't figure out what herb. I wouldn't put rosemary in the thing,
for example -- or thyme, or anything with a stem. Even assuming it
could handle basil, I think it'd just rip it into miscellaneous shapes
rather than nicely chop it.

Anyway, anybody have an idea of what I'm talking about? Obviously I
don't.