tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post8768093240341714437..comments2024-01-28T15:20:07.933+02:00Comments on Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen: Truly Useless Kitchen Gadgets For The Chef Who Has EverythingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-26695911417215220552011-09-20T19:28:04.213+03:002011-09-20T19:28:04.213+03:00i like the pineapple slicer as well as i love pine...i like the pineapple slicer as well as i love pineapples. :)Charenn29http://www.cutleriesdirect.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-5588684930907661142010-11-11T09:23:29.595+02:002010-11-11T09:23:29.595+02:00great post, I really like it. Thanks for posting. ...great post, I really like it. Thanks for posting. :)KennQhttp://www.cutlery4parties.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-65708326273549069812010-06-25T16:28:24.574+03:002010-06-25T16:28:24.574+03:00Nice Post! I am looking for Wholesale kitchen gadg...Nice Post! I am looking for Wholesale kitchen gadgets can you please provide some relevant info regarding it.Cheap kitchen gadgetshttp://www.kitchengadgetssite.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-17833825739410449562009-03-08T02:25:00.000+02:002009-03-08T02:25:00.000+02:00Those are great picks for useless kitchen gadgets!...Those are great picks for useless kitchen gadgets! I just got to get me one of those jar lifters. :-) I guess they're good at one thing...cluttering up your drawers and counter space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-26108433964193163842007-11-26T19:39:00.000+02:002007-11-26T19:39:00.000+02:00A jar lifter is extremely useful when you are cann...A jar lifter is extremely useful when you are canning food. It allows you to safely lift hot jars from the canner without burning yourself or dropping the jar due to slippage. I use mine for about 200 jars each year for the past 20 or so years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-37765934895694839252007-11-15T00:01:00.000+02:002007-11-15T00:01:00.000+02:00I have a pineapple corer and use it weekly. Every...I have a pineapple corer and use it weekly. Everyone who has seen it wants one also. Course I live in Costa Rica and fresh pineapples are about $1 each.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298080193820996042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-12021486259176922452007-09-08T10:51:00.000+03:002007-09-08T10:51:00.000+03:00Salad spinners are worthwhile if you like crisp le...Salad spinners are worthwhile if you like crisp leaves. Israeli salads can be way too soggy...OK,if you only eat chopped salad, I can see that this gadget would be useless...but it's quick and efficient and lets you store clean but unused lettuce properly (without freezing or going limp). It'll save you from having to mop the floor and walls if you try a centrifugal force - style salad preparation with a dishtowel and pitching wind-up. Californians have been buying these gadgets for daily use for more than 30 years. Mine is 16 years old and still works great. Don't mock it til you try it...and you can get a salad spinner in plastic for much, much cheaper.<BR/>Definitely not a dreidelIzzy Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289935006222451301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-15048328677322798472007-09-06T03:12:00.000+03:002007-09-06T03:12:00.000+03:00These gadgets are hilarious! I hadn't thought of K...These gadgets are hilarious! I hadn't thought of Kali's point about kids and a milk carton, but what a price we pay for convenience. And by the wat, I live in the US and I do not have a banana hook!Deborah Dowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00572471201444889836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-73191841162643958342007-09-05T01:15:00.000+03:002007-09-05T01:15:00.000+03:00Norma, I learned from an old aunt who is the fruga...Norma, I learned from an old aunt who is the frugalist of all frugals. <BR/><BR/>If I cut up peppers and such for relish, she is right beside me making sure not one inch of that pepper is wasted. If I were to purchase these gadgets for cooking she would disown me. <BR/><BR/>Sure, my methods are old school and probably longer in process but there is something about the older generation's ways that just feel right.<BR/><BR/>The tongs I use are long handled and grip the jars just fine.Paula and Elwood's Poetic Palacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13343194029961318354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-14225976647848158442007-09-04T01:15:00.000+03:002007-09-04T01:15:00.000+03:00Paula, I don't know how you take quart jars out of...Paula, I don't know how you take quart jars out of boiling water with regular tongs. I couldn't tell you how many hundreds of times I have used a jar lifter - it has saved a lot of burned fingers. As for the banana hook, it is not a necessity but it does help the bananas last longer than sitting in a bowl.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142416365521491754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-9763789988278238402007-09-03T08:24:00.000+03:002007-09-03T08:24:00.000+03:00i completely disagree about the mango splitter. if...i completely disagree about the mango splitter. if you eat mangos it saves alot of time and messAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-44217474678382300292007-09-02T03:54:00.000+03:002007-09-02T03:54:00.000+03:00if you've ever seen a 4-5 year old child drop a ha...if you've ever seen a 4-5 year old child drop a half-gallon carton of milk (or orange juice) on the floor because their small hands can't hold the carton, that milk carton handle would be a very worthwile purchase.<BR/><BR/>camera, aren't the red handles heat resistant, and the balls on the bottom of that gizmo what grips the jar? (and what's wrong with a basket for bananas? [nasty slimy smelly things...lol])<BR/><BR/>the most useless kitchen gadget i've ever seen is one my late father apparently found in some catalog and purchased, and to this day, i have no clue what it was for. i ended up trashing it or i'd try to get a pic. but it was a aluminium ring (8-9" diameter) with 8 oval openings in a circular pattern, and in each of those openings was a removable oval tube (4-5" long) that looked like a popsicle mold. only thing was, there was a hole in the bottom of each tube, so you couldn't put anything liquid in them. when i couldn't figure it out, i tried to sell it in a garage sale, but even then, nobody seemed to know what the heck it was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-27425462873758764802007-09-01T23:01:00.000+03:002007-09-01T23:01:00.000+03:00Teddy, I'm on your side about the banana hook. I h...Teddy, I'm on your side about the banana hook. I have a perfectly good fruit bowl. Much more versatile then a hook. It holds bananas AND apples AND oranges. Try putting oranges on your $15 hook. Also, If I don't feel like putting fruit in it I can put other awesome things, like nuts.<BR/><BR/>I'm on a mission to live my life with as little clutter and junk as possible. If you think you need a special device to get your tea bags out because you can't figure out how to use a spoon, you deserve to wallow in a kitchen so filled with junk that you can never find the particular specialized gadget when you need it.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14999695681812633706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-73297984957554600652007-09-01T22:42:00.000+03:002007-09-01T22:42:00.000+03:00Love it!!I can things and use a regular pair of to...Love it!!<BR/><BR/>I can things and use a regular pair of tongs.. they work well.<BR/><BR/><BR/>There is only one item that is useful, that would be the sign<BR/><BR/>If you don't like my cooking..Paula and Elwood's Poetic Palacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13343194029961318354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-7284487416631387102007-09-01T20:58:00.000+03:002007-09-01T20:58:00.000+03:00I have to admit Camera Obscura has some decent poi...I have to admit Camera Obscura has some decent points in the above comment. BUT...sorry.... no way ... the prices are from current web sites.. well known web sites I might add... so I ain't backing down. <BR/><BR/>As for a banana hook - sorry - just ain't buying into such a thing. There is a limit to my willingness to be taken for a ride.<BR/><BR/>A Tea bag squeezer - Give me a break! We drink tea here all the time, I have like 30 different flavors - in Tea Bags - and a spoon works wonders. <BR/><BR/>And yes I do from time to time "can" or "jar". But well on that one we will leave it be.<BR/><BR/>Cooking Torch? That I will NEVER buy into. That may be good for a professional restaurant... which I will agree (perhaps). There is just a limit..i mean this with all due respect.. a limit to the things I can be sold as "useful". (By the way, a cooking torch also poses serious problems with the carmelizing process as the heat must be uniform.)<BR/><BR/>The milk can holder? yes my Mom had arthritis... and found it as difficult to hold the holder (they were around in plastic years ago, where you must wrap your fingers around the handle as well.) So while I agree, if it helps an arthritis sufferer than yes - buy it...BUT..the people who I knew with arthritis could not hold that handle in a million years.<BR/><BR/>But as they say "whatever floats your boat!". <BR/><BR/>I see your points, and I bow to some of them - but it is our endless need for gadgets that are basically useless that drives us crazy in the kitchen. Though I have no doubt that professional chefs and cooks will find endless use for most of these (even the electric pepper grinder - batteries included!)<BR/><BR/>Besides - I really do have this great bridge ... :)<BR/><BR/>TeddyTed Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12173139925309399068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9012939966701352894.post-34810098289351619262007-09-01T19:09:00.000+03:002007-09-01T19:09:00.000+03:00The prices you list for all of these are awful, bu...The prices you list for all of these are awful, but some are quite useful.<BR/><BR/>I use Tetley's round tea bags, and there's no tag or string. How ya gonna squeeze 'em? Seriously, yeah, $10 is ridiculous. I only paid $1 apiece, and that was at a coffee / tea speciality shop. But I've bought one for everybody in my family who drinks tea, and they all adore them.<BR/> <BR/>Oh, and everybody I know has a banana hook. I'm guessing nearly half the homes in America do. Bananas are the most-purchased grocery item in the U.S. You can look it up.<BR/><BR/>You obviously do not can. The Jar Lifter is for taking canning jars out of a boiling water bath. Oh, and you posted the picture upside-down. The red grippy end is for the boiling-hot, wet, slippery jars.<BR/><BR/>The cooking torch is for carmelizing creme brulee' or setting alight things like cherries jubilee or bananas foster or spaganaki. Yeah, you can do the latter with an electric match. But stick that creme brulee' back in the oven to put the crunch on the top, and you risk ruining it.<BR/><BR/>And the milk carton handle is for people with arthritis.Camera Obscurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366304095952901048noreply@blogger.com