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Kitchen tools/gadgets/etc. that you thought were stupid
OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article .com>,
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>>>So...what things to you have that you found out were
>>>really wonderful and/or terrible?
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>>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.
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>>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.
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That sounds like a rotary grinder. Does it look like this or similar?
http://www.klinq.com/details.asp?mtc...&prodID=106444
>>But what?
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>>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.
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>>Anyway, anybody have an idea of what I'm talking about? Obviously I
>>don't.
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> A jpeg would help. :-)
Yep
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