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11-29-2001, 01:26 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by Isa
Electric vegetable peeler?? This I've got to see. | Some helpful friend saw it on TV and thought I'd like it...
The thing is basically a handle containing an electric motor that spins a toothed cylinder. There's a plastic shield over the cutter to protect your fingers and to direct the material being removed away from you.
If you use it left-handed, it sprays the goop in your face... 
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11-29-2001, 07:25 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by DaveB
If you use it left-handed, it sprays the goop in your face... |
This I don't want to see.
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11-29-2001, 08:40 PM
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peachcreek,
our iced tea maker is used on a regular basis, here in the south we set iced tea before water. Us good ole boys gather around the domino board and rant about the time those yankees charged us for tea in NY,"can you immagine charged for iced tea,****!"
Electric or battery knife is an essential tool for cleaning fish. I can whip through 25 catfish or crappie in about 15 minutes.
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11-30-2001, 11:26 AM
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Just goes to show, one person's junk is another's treasure.
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12-20-2001, 11:47 AM
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nancya-why don't you like the george foreman grill?
It seems like it would be a good idea for hamburgers.
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12-20-2001, 08:06 PM
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Ah, Marzoli...it is possible I would like a newer one better. I understand that they have addressed some of these complaints.
1. The one I have is really small and if you want to make a hamburger on it, you have to make it oblong.
2. It is not nearly as easy to clean as they say. Fat and steam drip outside the silly thing and it gets real yucky real fast.
3. It only reduces fat by 4%...not worth the trouble to haul it out.
4. It only has one temp. Some foods burn and dry out. Others don't get done well in the middle. Frozen doesn't work worth a dang despite what they say in the commercials.
5. Unevenly cut meats, chicken breats, fish fillets, etc do not cook evenly. The throw the veggies on at the same time is a total joke.
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12-23-2001, 06:19 PM
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I vote for this stupid hamburger press my Mom got me from Tupperware. It came with 6 plastic round things to freeze the burgers in. Just what I want, more dirty dishes! I dont even freeze meat, I hate frozen meats. |
12-24-2001, 02:40 PM
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It being that time of year and all... I was in Brookstone the other day looking for a gift for my wife. They have a whole range of "smart" devices that are supposed to make your life easier. Like the "smart" coffee measuring spoon that tells you electronically how many scoops to put in the coffee maker. Or the "smart" pasta spoon. I didn't even look to see what that can do for you!
Of the gadgets I own, one of the most usless is the tiny butane torch you are supposed to use burn the sugar on a creme brulee. Another one is this thing wth 4 or 5 steel discs that you roll back and forth over herbs to chop them. Nobody in my house ever uses these things (and a bunch of others) but I can't seem to get rid of them either!!!
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12-24-2001, 02:46 PM
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I was in Brookstone the other day, and saw yet another priceless and useless gift idea...and it gave me quite a giggle.
A stainless steel "to go" coffee mug that requires batteries and has a little propeller at the bottom of the cup...because.......it stirs your coffee for you. |
12-29-2001, 12:23 PM
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The worst cooking gift I got was a little 4 blade "roto" cutter. You're supposed to put herbs on a cutting board and roll the thing back and forth. How I didn't sigh in the presence of the giftor is beyond me.
As for those Ginsu knives...I guess all that cutting of soda cans will eventually wear them out. I remember those commercials. Hysterical stuff.
And those tiny measuring spoons, I've looked at them in the supermarket and smiled. I don't think I'd object to receiving them as a gift, just for the collectability.
Best cooking related gift was my matte black 5 1/2 qt. KitchenAid mixer given to me by my first ex-husband in an attempt to woo me back. |
12-29-2001, 12:25 PM
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| |  George Foreman Grill...
My mom lives alone and uses the thing constantly! It's perfect for single serving grilling. In her development, there is only one place where you can use a real grill (with a fire in it) and you'd have to drive to it. |
12-29-2001, 04:53 PM
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On a recent visit, I came across my parent's Geo. Foreman grill and I have to admit I thought it was pretty neat. It really is just a glorified sandwich press. I made some great turkey reubens in it. The bread was grilled evenly and the components were heated throughout. For 'apartment grilling' it is pretty nice. I also found it a snap to clean. Just my two-cents.
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07-02-2008, 02:26 PM
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it's an oven. using too much electricity! but i raise my hand to my plastic food containers! 
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07-03-2008, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by DaveB  I went through the inaccessible kitchen cabinet (over the fridge) last night and found:
1 salad shooter | What's a salad shooter?
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07-03-2008, 04:41 PM
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I just bought a gourmet wizard in a charity shop in Cupar. It sucks itself onto the worktop and apparently does everything from squeezing oranges to making sausages. There is a vast selection of attachments to tantalise me and i know i'll be haveing a wee play with it when i come back from my hols then abandoning it to the cupboard of the damned to be sent back to another charity shop when i feel the need to clear out the £"$*) | | |
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