[Mezzaluna]

Thanks, Shel, I'll give that a try. Any time I can stop using plastic for anything, I do.

[RPMcMurphy]

Perfect for this thread

Behold: Pizza scissors! - Slashfood

[boar_d_laze]

Originally Posted by RPMcMurphy

the "strawberry leaf remover" that she has..................and never uses (because...1. it doesnt work 2. why? why why?)

It works. You just have to know how to use it. You don't grab the leaves with the little tongs, you grab the flesh below them and give a squeeze. The tongs will cut a neat, cup-shaped scoop and take the entire stem. If the berries have a little white rim at the top, just below the leaves and stem, try and cut just barely into the red flesh beneath it.

No. No. Don't thank me. Just get it through your head, SHE IS ALWAYS RIGHT. The quicker you stop struggling, the happier you'll be.

Tell her I said so. I'm currying favor.
BDL

PS. Ask any woman the following question: If a man goes by himself into a forest, is ten miles away from the nearest woman, and says something -- is he still wrong? You will always get the same answer: "Yes."

[callie]

I use regular kitchen scissors for cutting homemade pizza into slices.
(After seeing the servers at a dim sum restaurant using scissors to cut broccoli, I am getting more adventurous in using the kitchen scissors to cut food...)

[damack]

Originally Posted by AllanMcPherson

One I just saw: disposable plastic slow cooker liners. Of the seven deadly sins, sloth is clearly in the lead.

hey i have used those they make for really easy clean up. and there cheep

[shel]

Quote:
Originally Posted by AllanMcPherson

One I just saw: disposable plastic slow cooker liners.

hey i have used those they make for really easy clean up. and there cheep

I'd never cook in plastic ...

shel

[RPMcMurphy]

I saw this at the store the other day......really, 100$ because you can't shake a mixer. Heck....not to be foul, but ah...nevermind...




now....it has 3 buttons, shake/stir and on off.

thats all. it does.

[boar_d_laze]

Originally Posted by shel

I'd never cook in plastic ...
shel

Shel, I love you as a person, as an online friend, and in myriad other ways. But your lingerie habits are TOO MUCH INFORMATION.

BDL

[boar_d_laze]

Originally Posted by RPMcMurphy

I saw this at the store the other day......really, 100$ because you can't shake a mixer. Heck....not to be foul, but ah...nevermind...




now....it has 3 buttons, shake/stir and on off.

thats all. it does.

RPM,

The trouble with your generation is a lack of appreciation for Dean Martin movies. This makes a weird sort of "swinging bachelor pad" sense if you're old enough to have seen the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Admittedly, I was only 13; but I can appreciate the kitsch.

BDL

[RPMcMurphy]

Originally Posted by boar_d_laze

RPM,

The trouble with your generation is a lack of appreciation for Dean Martin movies. This makes a weird sort of "swinging bachelor pad" sense if you're old enough to have seen the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Admittedly, I was only 13; but I can appreciate the kitsch.

BDL

I'd be willing to say that my appreciation for Dean Martin movies, is more so than most who lived in that generation sir. I was born after my time.

besides my initial reason to post, was the joke my fiance made about "heck, guys can do [blank] but can't shake a mixer?"

haha.

P.S. I'm more of a Bogey fan, ala Casablanca, Maltese Falcon

Last great actor was Steve McQueen.....

[Praties]

My Step-FIL fancies himself as a cook, and being a very nice man, tries to buy me one of whatever gadget he's purchased for himself. I've gotten rid of a bunch of stuff, but I still have the "Hot Diggity Dogger" unused, (we eat hotdogs once or twice a year, maybe, and I'm still not sure how you're supposed to get the thing clean after use, shudder), a cheese slicer useful for either denting your cheese or causing odd shaped chunks to fall off and a salsa maker. The last is like some horrid Ronco or Popeil creation--a plastic bowl with cover and a hand-cranked "blade" that supposedly chops everything for "fresh salsa...anytime!!". It makes gobs of smooshed tomatoes (I don't think the blade could cut room temp butter), bruises the crap out of your peppers instead of cutting them, but it does mix the smooshed tomatoes and bruised peppers nicely. Goodwill loves me, I'm sure.

Ah! Here's the salsa maker - http://www.asontv.com/kitchen/gourme...f=gb&s_cid=104

Hot Diggity Dogger - http://www.hotdiggitydogger.ca/

[RPMcMurphy]

Originally Posted by Praties

Hot Diggity Dogger - Hot Diggity Dogger - Home of the Hot Diggity Dogger

Not really the same, but....I have a "hot dog roller" that I got from Sams Club or Costco....can "roll" 6 hotdogs at a time..I think I paid under 100$ for it...and let me tell you, it's the best **** thing ever to have at a party....for some reason, people love it...and they swear that skinless sabretts taste so much better on it. ( i ususally start them on the gril then put them on the rollers on low)

it was the "hit" of my 4th of july party even though we have about 20 other foods.

(and what post would be complete without me posting a picture)

you can see it in the lower left on the table.

Amazon.com: Waring Pro HDG100 200-Watt Hot-Dog Griller: Kitchen & Dining

[Praties]

Now, see, yours looks like it'd be easy to clean and great for a get together. This one operates something like a toaster. The hotdogs and buns go down into it and it, well, toasts them. It also only does two dogs and two buns at a time. Not so good for a party. The only cleanable unit is the basket that holds the hotdogs--I'm not sure what you're supposed to do about the grease and whatnot that runs out of the dogs/basket down into the unit. I do like that they're kind enough to warn me not to apply condiments until after I remove the hotdogs from the unit! And I'd post a pic, but I think most of the folks here would find your fiance (wife? I'm thinking you guys aren't married yet, so forgive me if I'm wrong.) a lot cuter than my husband (well, I think he's cute!!!).

[RPMcMurphy]

disclaimer : that is not my fiance. fiance's friend.

[Praties]

Ah! My mistake.