Thread to discuss useful and also useless kitchen helpers.What kind of kitchen dohickey is actually good to cut vegetables?I got something like pic from my mom when I moved out, but it's not great. Annoying to clean, I don't think you can sharpen it really and does not give you uniformly sized pieces at all. Still somewhat useful. I would rate this thing 4/10.
It cuts eggs, only leaves the drawer like 5 times a year. At least it doesn't take up a lot of kitchen space.
>buying unitaskers
>>21782424>What kind of kitchen dohickey is actually good to cut vegetables?A knife
>>21782424>What kind of kitchen dohickey is actually good to cut vegetables?salad shooter or food processor I started using pic related and I'm lovin' it
>>21782534Obviously, but my knife skills aren't great and I detest making small onion cubes
>>21782601>my knife skills aren't greatProbably because you keep trying to rely on trash unitaskers from infomercials instead of learning how to use a fucking knife, retard
>>21782424>>21782442useless items, knives are superiorlearn how to use one, plenty of YT videos on it
>>21782615Well it's stuff that I got for free, but I don't feel like there's anything wrong with using these if you have them. These two are kinda trash cause you can't use for much.I cut most stuff with knives, but sometimes when I meal prep a tool to make it faster would be nice. Was thinking about getting one of those mandolins which sits directly on top of plastic container
>>21782424>What kind of kitchen dohickey is actually good to cut vegetables?chef knife
>>21782424a sharp knife. its so satisfying cutting shit with a sharp knife. I cant imagine wanting to use a doohicky
>>21782424Ah I see you own the chip-chopper
>>21782424I had a thing that just cored out the green stem off a strawberry but it was really good at it and turned out to be useful.
>>21782569These are great for outdoor gatherings, keeps the flys off. Also they're great for rising dough or if you want to toss some wings in a sauce without being sloppy. In the end they do save you on wasting foil.
>>21783553I just eat the green part.
>>21782615Knives are NOT superior for standardised egg cutting.
>>21782424Rice cooker
>>21782525Go fuck your pig disgusting goblin wife Al-ton.
>>21782424Slap ya nutzVote for Vince 2926
I have one of those manual food processors where you pull a string. It's pretty badass if you don't mind it indiscriminately making things small.
>>21783903The vomit chicken works decently enough for the $4 I spent on it. I've tried some other egg white separators but this one works the best. Since it have the whole containers to roll the york around to get all the white you can. The others tend to barely hold it and don't allow you to swirl around to rub the white off the yolk. Plus if I fuck up and need pure egg whites it contains the contaminant for a quick disposal and rinse instead of dripping into the main batch or needing another prep bowl. Also it is just kawaii
>>21782424I've got one of those choppers, too. I don't know if yours is like this, but mine has the zigzag blade rotate with each chop. It's most useful for chopping nuts or for mincing several vegetables at once. For example, I love it when I make salads and guacamole.In guac, I use minced garlic, jalapeno, shallot, and radish. Other posters are correct that you can do this with a knife and that it's fun to use a knife, but when it comes to mincing many different vegetables, it gets to be a pain and it can take quite some time. The chopper is great for that because it just takes a few seconds.>Annoying to cleanThe trick to cleaning one of these things is to rinse it off as soon as you use it before the vegetables get a chance to stick strongly to the blades. If you rinse it immediately, they will come right off, but if you wait, they will get stuck on there and you'll need to either soak it or put it in the dishwasher. If there's no food stuck to it, you can clean it just fine by putting a couple of drops of dish soap in it and swishing it around with some water.Hope this helps. It's a useful tool.
>>21784948Why not just strain it through your fingers?
>>21784954Little less messy and if I'm putting the whites in a plastic bowl or container the ceramic serrated top edge is good for cracking. Also the other stuff about containing each egg in itself. So if the yolk is breached it will not get in the rest. Also anon, it is fucking cute. It sits on my oven top.
>>21782424My hand shake really bad because of hyperthyroid (I'm on medication, but it can only do so much) so I can't cut small things any more without hurting myself. I got a pretty good slice cutting onions over the weekend, so those might be out next. Anyway.Picrel has been kind of a godsend for garlic and fresh herbs.
>>21784960oh balls forgot picture.
>>21784962>pressing garilc in a weed grinder
>>21784969Nah, I have a separate one for weed. My weed grinder has a kief catcher. Garlic grinder also has blunted 'teeth' in it that wouldn't work very well for weed.
>>21782424this works better
>>21782424knife>i need it thinnermandolinanything further is psychosis.
>>21782525shit meme made by retarded boomer.coffee maker is a unitasker, so is a rice cooker, so is an electric kettle. all are incredibly useful kitchen appliances.
>>21782673cutting garlic sucks though. the oil stays in your skin for what feels like forever. I use gloves and a microplane or I just smash the clove with whatevers nearby and throw it in. fuck garlic.
>>21785901see >>21784962It's awesome. Just peel it, and then your hands don't have to come in contact with it at all.
