/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.15041900]

ITT: Anons share unitaskers they actually like. Other anons roast them for it.

I'll start. These are my butter warmers. I have used them once for bagna cauda and another time for lobster. It's something I use super infrequently, but when you need it it's great.

[Anonymous No.15041929]

>>15041900
this is a butter warmer too, anon.

[Anonymous No.15041947]

Doesnt it get all sooty from the candle

[Anonymous No.15041949]

microwave

[Anonymous No.15041959]

>>15041929
I made fun of my parents for buying one of these but gotdamn is it nice

[Anonymous No.15041970]

>>15041900
Whats with all this butter warmer shit? I saw this in another thread. I literally have never heard of this before today

[Anonymous No.15041983]

>>15041959
As a butter warmer it's aces and it's great for cooking small amounts of sauce or reheating a serving of something too. I have really gotten more use out of it than I thought.

[Anonymous No.15041994]

The oven is my favorite unitasker.

[Anonymous No.15041996]

>>15041970
it's lobster season

[Anonymous No.15041999]

>>15041900
I just use my air popper when I want to keep warm butter

[Anonymous No.15042009]

>>15041970
Civilized people prefer not trying to dunk their crab legs into a solid stick of butter, and have harnessed the comparatively new power of fire to warm butter and keep it liquified.

[Anonymous No.15042021]

>>15042009
>Not pre cracking all of your legs and using the residual heat to melt a stick of butter over the pile of crab meat

[Anonymous No.15042037]

>>15042009
I have never had an issue with melted butter turning solid while eating crab. Just heat up a ramekin. There's no way you are eating crab or lobster for such a long period of time that the butter goes cold like that. That being said, the butter warmer in the OP looks like a decent thing to use just for the aesthetic of it.

[Anonymous No.15042038]

>>15041900
Not an unitasker. You can make delicious bagna cauda

[Anonymous No.15042045]

I’m a garlic press man and I don’t care what /ck/ thinks

[Anonymous No.15042132]

>>15041970
Other anon posted about some butter device, which is what gave me the idea of this thread.

[Anonymous No.15042140]

>>15042037
It's probably not necessary, but it does help. I got it moreso for bagna cauda than for butter. But it's a really nice effect. The other time I used it was for a romantic dinner with the missus. They're small enough that I don't mind keeping them around just for special occasions.

[Anonymous No.15042259]

>>15041900
I constantly use pasta fork, pepper grinder and meat mallet.

[Anonymous No.15042370]

You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

[Anonymous No.15042394]

>>15042009
Civilised people don't dip seafood into big pots of molten butter.

[Anonymous No.15042406]

>>15042394
It's a pretty standard 3 oz ramekin. This is a very common way to serve lobster tails.

[Anonymous No.15042505]

>>15042037
>There's no way you are eating crab or lobster for such a long period of time that the butter goes cold like that
Ackshuallie, yeah, I have.
Started with a warm ramekin and melted butter; ended up with solidified butter.
I could use my dinner companion's* naievete as an excuse, but in truth, I've only myself to blame.

A candle under the ramekin would have been quite useful.

* (Yes, I subsequently impregnated her.)

[Anonymous No.15042513]

>>15041900
I use the toaster for this.

[Anonymous No.15042730]

>>15042370
now try cleaning it

[Anonymous No.15042744]

>>15041900

Do Americans really?

[Anonymous No.15042853]

>>15041900
I use those to burn my balls while I masturbate

[Anonymous No.15042879]

>>15041900
That butter should be whipped

[Anonymous No.15042878]

>>15042259
this thing? aren't these things really annoying to use? what's the fucking point in these?

[Anonymous No.15042898]

>>15042879
so should you, naughty boy

[Anonymous No.15042917]

>>15041947
The candle doesn't go in the butter

[Anonymous No.15042994]

>>15041999
Not a unitasker. It can also be used for roasting coffee or quickly toasting almonds very unevenly.

[Anonymous No.15042997]

>>15042994
Ok chud

[Anonymous No.15043138]

>>15041900

mandolin gloves. everyone at work calls them my bitch mittens but i get my prep done twice as fast and i make sure to rub it in when they cut themselves on the mandolin. i love my bitch mittens.

[Anonymous No.15043155]

>>15042997
Why did you delete?

[Anonymous No.15043159]

>>15042878
Yeah.
I don't find them annoying.
They hold on sauce-covered pasta when serving it much better than spoons or spatulas.

[Anonymous No.15043363]

>>15043159
I just use tongs for serving or a spoon depending on pasta shape. I've always disliked those pasta forks.

[Anonymous No.15043367]

>>15042994
I use mine for an air hand dryer in the bathroom when I'm not using it for popcorn.

[Anonymous No.15043386]

[Anonymous No.15043414]

>>15043386
REJECT MODERNITY

[Anonymous No.15043428]

>>15041900
>butter warmers
in prison this would be used for actual cooking

[Anonymous No.15043429]

>>15043414
fine

[Anonymous No.15043441]

>>15043429
get outta here....

[Anonymous No.15043448]

>>15043428
butter warmers in prison sound like a nice prison.

[Anonymous No.15043465]

>>15043441
topperless shills

[Anonymous No.15043531]

>>15042045
Based. People complain about cleaning, but it's still faster to clean than this than to mince Garlic as much as the press can do it.

[Anonymous No.15043536]

>>15043531
>it's still faster to clean than this than to mince Garlic
no it isn't. Picking out each and every little hole with a toothpick takes for fucking ever. Mincing a boat load of garlic with a chef's knife takes two seconds.

[Anonymous No.15043681]

>>15043536
How fucking weak is your faucet that it can't get it all out? Is having no water pressure a euro problem or something?

[Anonymous No.15043710]

>>15043536
there's ones where you can take the part with the holes out. literally just put both parts seperately into the dishwasher.

[Anonymous No.15043722]

>>15043536
Any good one comes with one of these rubber tooth things to clean out all the holes at once.

[Anonymous No.15043740]

>>15042878
>move pasta from cooking pot into sauce pan with sauce
>serve

it's a large pasta scoop wtf you mean what's the point. only alternative is tongs or a giant fork, but those are usually metal and I use scratchable material pots because i'm an idiot

[Anonymous No.15043769]

>>15043740
I bought tongs with silicone grips for using in my enameled cookware. other than that you can use anything you want in stainless. you'll ditch the scratchable stuff soon enough as it wears out just replace it with more practical cookware

[Anonymous No.15043780]

butter wheel

[Anonymous No.15043797]

>>15043780
What does it do?

[Anonymous No.15043813]

>>15043797
You put your dick in it

[Anonymous No.15043822]

>>15043797
Not him, but you put melted butter in the bottom and the wheel turns, getting coated in butter as it does. You then hold rolls or buns or whatever over the rolling part. I see them in restaurants all the time, but I can't imagine it would be worth the hassle if you're only making one or two sandwiches or burgers at once instead of 50.

[Anonymous No.15043862]

>>15041900
not a unitasker. these can also be used to keep piss warm

[Anonymous No.15043949]

>>15043862
ah yes aroma therapy

[Anonymous No.15043965]

Fuck you all, I love this thing. Enjoy your carpel tunnel

[Anonymous No.15044005]

[Anonymous No.15044058]

>>15043965
I put whole peeled citrus in a blender for 100% yield. The bitterness from seeds makes everything better.

[Anonymous No.15044242]

>>15043965
>>15043722
Could it be possible to combine these two? Their concepts are so similar.

[Anonymous No.15044253]

>>15042505
The way you speak indicates you haven't had sex

[Anonymous No.15044442]

>>15041900
it's not a crack house, it's a crack home

[Anonymous No.15044515]

haha pony

[Anonymous No.15045386]

>>15042394
>europoor

lmao get fucked

[Anonymous No.15045396]

>>15044515
I want to cum inside Rainbow Dash

[Anonymous No.15045475]

>>15043965
This is an excellent choice.

I'm a bartender and use this all the time.

I mean at the bar we've got a Cuisinart, but that's a $700 machine and a lot harder to clean. This thing is awesome for cocktails/cooking at home. And I just realized I'm out of limes. Fuck.

[Anonymous No.15045479]

>>15042505
Were you gorging on crab for like an hour or something?

[Anonymous No.15045480]

>>15044242
no, thats how you get mustard gas

[Anonymous No.15045506]

>>15043536
Anon, I like to think I'm a pretty skilled cook, and getting a fine mince on garlic still takes me at least like 30 seconds.

If doing more than a few cloves, I'll actually use my mortar and pestle in many cases because the cleanup is easier than having to mince all that garlic. It's a time consuming task. Can you do it in less than 30 seconds?

[Anonymous No.15045510]

>>15045479
It's better if the butter is purely liquid and not starting to congeal

[Anonymous No.15045517]

>>15045510
You didn't answer my question.

[Anonymous No.15045537]

>>15045517
I'm not the person you asked the question of.

Anyway, the less butter you use, the quicker its temperature will go down. So it's nice with these that you can use a smaller quantity of butter and still have it stay melted. In the case of seafood, maybe it's not necessary, but there is a nice element of ambiance. Also, people do gorge of crab for an hour or more. Have you never heard of a crab feast?

Mostly I got the devices for bagna cauda, which I serve as a banquet style appetizer, so it really does need to stay warm for a long time.

[Anonymous No.15046063]

>>15045479
Hour and a half.
Hell yes I was.

[Anonymous No.15046066]

So tasty

[Anonymous No.15046074]

>>15043386
do you slonk raw eggs?

[Anonymous No.15046193]

>>15041994
It's only a unitasker because all you eat is frozen pizza, you mong.

[Anonymous No.15046724]

>>15043862
Non-joke answer, they could maybe work for individual size fondue.

[Anonymous No.15046867]

>>15041994
>broil

[Anonymous No.15046926]

>>15046193
The only thing an oven does is heating things up, so it by definition a unitasker. Deal with it, nigger.

[Anonymous No.15046948]

>>15044253
S-she rubbed her knee on my crotch a little.
5 weeks later she called, said she was pregant and needed money.

Pretty sure I got fucked.

[Anonymous No.15046953]

>>15041999
my mum got one of these about a decade ago
one of the popcorn cornels popped out of the machine and went down my shirt, burning my chest and giving me a scar
to be fair, I am pretty sure the reason it happened is because my mum set up the machine wrong but she hates these now because of it

[Anonymous No.15046964]

>>15043965
was gonna post this

[Anonymous No.15046972]

>>15043822
I see people with griddles buy them. you just put them on the griddle or next to it. they're washer safe so it's not much more hassle than any other pan. if I were to want to butter a bunch of buns I'd just put a small hotel pan near my griddle and use a brush, but I wouldn't really mind the butter wheel. I have enough storage space built into the griddle for random unitaskers. I used to work at a restaurant and used one every day and their main purpose is speed. you just use the piece of bread to spin the wheel around a couple of times and the wheel will get coated and then it will coat the bread the second time you roll it.

[Anonymous No.15046983]

>>15046953
post scar

[Anonymous No.15046992]

>>15042045
Any recs for a brand and model?

[Anonymous No.15047003]

>>15043138
What brand are these, and how do you wash them? I need to teach a kitchen novice some basic knife skills, and don't want any injuries.

[Anonymous No.15047017]

>>15046983
it has faded a lot over the years but it is that small discolored part on my chest

[Anonymous No.15047055]

>>15047003
Kevlar gloves. Ask at any restaurant supply place. Kevlar is probably fine to go in with towels (no bleach, though), or run through the dish machine or triple sink.

[Anonymous No.15048993]

>>15046992
Mine's an old Zyliss based on America's Test Kitchen's recommendation. But I just checked amazon and I'm not sure if they make that model any more.

Short answer, any that have the rubber cleaner thing are fine. They're not a complex machine. Zyliss makes one still, but I can't speak for that one specifically. Oxo good grips stuff is usually fine too, so just grab that.

[Anonymous No.15049153]

[Anonymous No.15049205]

Perfect eggs every time. It's great because I can turn it on when I'm in the shower in the morning and don't need to worry about the timing.

[Anonymous No.15049950]

>>15043138
Good for you, anon. Mandolins dont care about you. Cold, unforgiving beasts.

[Anonymous No.15049968]

>>15049205
Also great at poaching eggs, ez eggs benedict

[Anonymous No.15050862]

>>15041900
I really dislike unitaskers but now I want this so I can keep garlic butter warm while sipping bread in it.

[Anonymous No.15051036]

>>15042994
>very unevenly

[Anonymous No.15051052]

>>15043531
>>15043722

The good ones have a dimpled face that protrudes through the holes.