/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.17403394]

what's the weirdest kitchen gadget you own? I have this weird onion comb

[Anonymous No.17403400]

>>17403394
Could you take a picture of how you use it?

[Anonymous No.17403407]

>>17403400
sure thing, here you go: >>17403394

[Anonymous No.17403408]

>>17403394
my wife xD

[Anonymous No.17403412]

An expensive slicer for hard-boiled eggs that had about 2 dozen wires in it and my dad fucked it up thinking he could shove an onion through it.

[Anonymous No.17403421]

That actually looks kinda useful, just very specific.

[Anonymous No.17403426]

>>17403421
it also works for red, yellow, and orange peppers
heck it might even work with green peppers too

[Anonymous No.17403432]

>>17403426
you can also use it on your hair

[Anonymous No.17403444]

>>17403394
>what's the weirdest kitchen gadget you own?
Hard boiled egg slicer. When I was a little kid I thought it was the craziest thing i’d ever seen

[Anonymous No.17403453]

>>17403394
I have one of those too although mine has more prongs and they are much more narrow. Works extremely well for very small dices. Especially for small ass shalotts.

[Anonymous No.17403454]

>>17403432
Kinda rude to stick a fork on someone's head and then cut them

[Anonymous No.17403456]

>>17403432
I was thinking you could probably use one of these for the onions.

[Anonymous No.17403457]

>>17403407
That is not you.

[Anonymous No.17403464]

I got a pair of these because of Jack.

[Anonymous No.17403469]

I don't really have anything that specific. I do have pic related, its quite handy.

[Anonymous No.17403474]

>>17403394
Black people use these in their hair.

[Anonymous No.17403479]

>>17403469
That's great till somebody else uses it as a dustpan.

[Anonymous No.17403507]

>>17403464
My buddy got me these for Christmas, I have yet to use them

[Anonymous No.17403510]

>>17403444
I love mine.
My mother has a heavy duty metal one. It will be mine one day.

[Anonymous No.17403511]

>>17403464
I use these on my cat she loves it

[Anonymous No.17403524]

>>17403511
Before or after you take her off the grill?

[Anonymous No.17403551]

>>17403444
there is one at my home too. absolutely insane what boomers are willing to spend money on for it to become instantly obsolete landfill

[Anonymous No.17403809]

>>17403432
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[Anonymous No.17403877]

My brother has this device that ONLY cooks rice. It can't cook rice better than a stove and takes up all his counter space lmao. I make fun of him all the time.

[Anonymous No.17403880]

>>17403457
this is a work for safe board but I use it for cock and ball torture

[Anonymous No.17403891]

>>17403877
Did it come with a steamer basket? Steaming veggies or other foods greatly increases the utility of it.

You can cook other things in it other than rice. Buckwheat, pearl barley and other grains.

[Anonymous No.17403909]

I want this kebab mould to make them easier and all identically shaped but I can't bring myself to spend the money since they are made in Turkey and Iraq, where it probably costs next to nothing. it's kind of silly but since I make kebab often it would make sense.

[Anonymous No.17403918]

>>17403524
Are you implying OP is Chinese?

[Anonymous No.17403989]

>>17403909
Use a plastic bottle

[Anonymous No.17404002]

This gadget just cuts butter. That's literally it. I've seen it before

[Anonymous No.17404007]

>>17403989
The point is I want it to look better than when I use my hand to form it. Also it won't fit on a flat metal skewer that way.

[Anonymous No.17404022]

I own one of those. Works surprisingly well.

[Anonymous No.17404090]

>>17404007
You're smarter and more capable than you think. I guarantee you can make one that is just the right shape you need, and is higher quality than the store bought one for the same price or less.

[Anonymous No.17404093]

>>17403511
proof

[Anonymous No.17404098]

>>17403551
What? I use it quite a lot.

[Anonymous No.17404099]

my parent have a sausage poker and it legit looks like a penis mutilating torture device.

[Anonymous No.17404102]

>>17403510
I hope it's yours very soon.

[Anonymous No.17404109]

>>17404090
>asymmetrical ice cubes
Why?

[Anonymous No.17404122]

>>17403551
If you eat eggs often enough its not a bad tool to have.

[Anonymous No.17404141]

>>17404109
Sometimes you want a large glass of liquor, sometimes a little tumbler, sometimes you want to bother autists.

[Anonymous No.17404172]

>>17403510
isnt the metal one a garlic press?

[Anonymous No.17404198]

>>17403877
>can only cook rice
I caramelize onions in that

[Anonymous No.17404204]

>>17404172
Nope, potato ricer.

[Anonymous No.17404267]

>>17403877
you can use it as a steamer or to deep fry.

[Anonymous No.17404274]

>>17403877
The counter space argument is so embarrassing,how fucking small is your kitchen?

[Anonymous No.17404279]

>>17404274
If you live in the city, you don't have counter space. Do you honestly live in the burbs? That's embarassing lmfao

[Anonymous No.17404324]

Used to have an ice cream maker.
It was "weird" because nobody ever uses one more than a few times before hiding it or giving it away.

[Anonymous No.17404337]

>>17404109
Why the fuck did you point it out man now we're BOTH pissed off

[Anonymous No.17404356]

>>17403524
kek

[Anonymous No.17404361]

>>17403891
Protip if you put veggies on top of rice in a normal pan they come out steamed also

[Anonymous No.17404372]

>>17404361
>>17404267
>>17403891
Who the fuck steams anything? It's the worst to cook anything?

[Anonymous No.17404395]

>>17404372
some food requires you to steam it as part of the recipe, dumplings for example

[Anonymous No.17404398]

>>17403444
is the egg slicer an uncommon thing?
pretty much every kitchen in the netherlands and germany (probably belgium too) has one
>>17404022
I love these, used to get them frozen from german aldi, haven't seen them in the netherlands

[Anonymous No.17404520]

>>17404172
Yes it is. I didn't think I would have to explain which one of them was the eggslicer.

[Anonymous No.17404539]

>>17404372
Asian cooking involves steaming stuff a lot

[Anonymous No.17404541]

>>17404372
Most of Asia? Efficient and economical way to cook. Steaming is a great way to cook veggies, dumplings and fish. Steamed fish Cantonese style is damn good and easy.

"The Complete Book of Steam Cookery":
https://archive.org/details/completebookofst00cast/page/n5/mode/2up

[Anonymous No.17404590]

>>17404361
Good tip! Will test it out.

If you use chicken broth or coconut milk instead of water for cooking rice, increases the flavor immensely.

[Anonymous No.17404636]

Pic related but I only use it when I don't want to get spaghetti sauce all over my white shirt

[Anonymous No.17404661]

>>17403469
I stayed at an airbnb that had one of these in its kitchenette and it was quite literally the most awful thing I've ever used

>>17404198
Big if true

[Anonymous No.17404679]

>>17404661
What made it so awful?

[Anonymous No.17404683]

>>17403444
we used to have one when I was young
parents bought all sorts of unnecessary junk back then

[Anonymous No.17404698]

>>17404679
Flimsy and awkward due to the permanently crimped edges even when it's laying flat. I'd rather just scoop my vegs up

[Anonymous No.17404772]

Probably this until I threw it away weeks ago. I had a friend who had one like 20 years ago and his worked amazingly, always wanted to try one because I eat freezer pizzas a lot.

mine worked really sketch and the nonstick coating came off the pan for no reason- not even scratched it just came right off. dumpstered it.

Thinking about going with the other alternative soon, one of those like $500 outside pizza ovens that uses multiple fuel types.

[Anonymous No.17404785]

>>17404772
Would this work good for frozen pizza? I eat them way too often so I wonder if this would actually be useful. Then again the good old hot water trick works well enough.

[Anonymous No.17404799]

>>17404785
man, I thought I just outlined a pretty clear case against the thing.

Not worth, don't buy. Oven is better. I do suggest buying a bigass like 18 inch pizza cutter blade though, I use mine to retrieve it out of the oven also.

[Anonymous No.17404805]

>>17404799
I eat a lot of frozen pizzas, though, which could make it worthwhile.

[Anonymous No.17404812]

>>17404805
it makes it anti-worthwhile because it doesn't work well. thus the amount of shittyness is compounded more frequently because of the high pizza frequency. you'd make a terrible statistician.

Buy a big good cutting board and a pizza knife. And some paper plates.

[Anonymous No.17405341]

>>17404099
A sausage poker is key to poking the correct sized holes into sausage
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4cLf7wf0eQE

[Anonymous No.17405345]

>>17403408
epic

[Anonymous No.17405408]

My grandparents bought one of these at a yard sale. They are gone now, RIP. But it’s mine now. There’s always something good in every bad. Xhahw

[Anonymous No.17405467]

>>17404661
where you were at had no gravity?

[Anonymous No.17405486]

>>17403394
I have an automatic ham-sniffer. It's supposed to shave your ham time in half, but if anything I think it just complicates things and I usually end up having to call in a professional anyway.

[Anonymous No.17405909]

>>17405486
>could have made the post at any time on any pink board
>decided to shop "ham" onto a ten year old post
To what end

[Anonymous No.17405912]

>>17405408
Wholesome chungus

[Anonymous No.17406293]

>>17404122
>>17404098
what do you need a sliced harboiled egg for to begin with? mine are usually for egg salad, tuna salad, or eaten whole. the former two being mashed. and then, how hard is it to slice a boiled egg?

[Anonymous No.17406296]

>>17403464
Based

[Anonymous No.17406333]

>>17404372
steamed vegetable are healthier than boiled vegetable, outside of a soup where the liquid is also consumed. I agree that rice cookers are retarded, though. a pressure cooker is the way to go, does all a rice cooker does and significantly more

[Anonymous No.17406338]

>>17406333
I'm also not sure why I used vegetable singular over plural. I'm not ESL

[Anonymous No.17406356]

>>17404772
>one of those like $500 outside pizza ovens that uses multiple fuel types.
how hard can it be to build one out of brick?

[Anonymous No.17406799]

>>17404090
>Yo, this nigga's freezing beans.

[Anonymous No.17406842]

>>17403909
bro I'm turkish and I've never seen this thing yet alone imagined its existence. use your hands bro, it's the authentic(and the only) way

[Anonymous No.17406884]

>>17405408
Is the dado a shit fit for the slicer so your results are widely inconsistent?

[Anonymous No.17407122]

>>17406293
Its not particularly hard, but its always nicer to have slices of uniform quality on your sandwiches. Egg slicers aren't particularly expensive or take that much space so if you eat eggs a lot I don't see anything wrong in owning one.

[Anonymous No.17407140]

>>17406293
Put it on a bread. Cube the egg for a mayonese salad or bread spread. Cubed egg with mayonese and a bit of mustard is very good on toast. "Oliver salad" (cubed egg, mayonese, pickles) is also good.

[Anonymous No.17407944]

>>17404090
>344 KB JPG
>Cool Beans
i haaaaate you

[Anonymous No.17408260]

>>17404372
>t. Has never interacted with an Asian person

[Anonymous No.17408290]

>>17404398
>is the egg slicer an uncommon thing?
No it's completely normal in white, sandwich/smørrebrød/canape-eating countries. Every family in Denmark has one, and I assume it's true for the rest of Scandinavia too.

[Anonymous No.17409177]

>>17403444
>tfw your egg slicer wires rust before you can use it a second time

[Anonymous No.17409216]

I don't think I've got anything weird, per se, but I do have a couple of things that are really specific. I have a tupperware citrus peeler that I use because I have to keep my fingernails super short, and a 48-needle tenderizer I use for stuff like chicken fried and swiss steak.

[Anonymous No.17409385]

>>17403394
I don't have any weird gadgets. Just the usual: garlic press, potato masher, electric boiler.

[Anonymous No.17409418]

I have a special pan for flipping pancakes. Looks kind of like pic related.

It was left in my kitchen when I moved in, probably because it's stupid. But I hung it on the wall, and next time I do pancakes I'm going to use it and see if my life is changed.

[Anonymous No.17409442]

>>17405341
Can’t you just use a fork? What can that do that a simple fork cannot do?

[Anonymous No.17409939]

>>17404772
In case anyone else is wondering, yes you can cook other items other than pizza with this

[Anonymous No.17409966]

For me it’s an omelette making device

[Anonymous No.17409985]

>>17407122
>Using boiled eggs for a sandwich instead of fried

[Anonymous No.17410219]

>>17404636
> I only use it when I don't want to get spaghetti sauce all over my white shirt
i´m a little bit on hit or miss territory here, but maybe you should learn how to eat like a fucking normal human beign.

[Anonymous No.17410227]

>>17409985
>judging personal tastes
you will have a hard live

[Anonymous No.17410240]

>>17406842
I do but I lose one to the fire gods every now and then. Especially if I'm making a lot, the meat will start to pull off the skewer because my hand and the room is warm. Using a tool might make it less likely to fall off and faster too. You're telling me you don't want each one to be the exact same size and shape?

[Anonymous No.17410246]

>>17409442
The guy in the video explains why this device is better than using a fork

[Anonymous No.17410328]

>>17405341
I use a 100 year old fork that has been passed down to each generation of sausage makers in my family

[Anonymous No.17410356]

>>17404520
Well, you said it was a heavy duty metal one, and that is a normal plastic one, next to a metal instrument. Very strange I have to point this out to you.

[Anonymous No.17410364]

>>17404636
But that’s for hair…

[Anonymous No.17410369]

>>17410356
reading comprehension much?

[Anonymous No.17410377]

>>17410369
You seem confused. You wrote about a metal instrument, and posted a picture of a metal instrument. Are you actually this retarded?

[Anonymous No.17410384]

[Anonymous No.17410390]

>>17410377
>My mother has a heavy duty metal one

[Anonymous No.17410398]

>>17410390
Yes, that’s what you said. So? Does she keep it locked up in secret? Is she allergic to cameras? Were you born without a brain?

[Anonymous No.17410415]

>>17410377
>>17410398
Hey, sorry, buddy, I was at work.
The guy you've been arguing with wasn't me, the person who posted the picture.
I agree with him about you being a fucking idiot who can't read, though.

I have a picture of my own egg slicer because it's conveniently located in my kitchen.
My mother's egg slicer is at her house.
I don't live with her because I'm an adult with a career.

I did actually manage to find a photo of her slicer in the ol' see-kay folder from a time I was visiting and eating an egg, though.
Please stop shitting up the thread with your retardation now.

[Anonymous No.17410450]

>>17410415
Maybe I should clarify; the egg slicer is the thing on the left.
The thing on the right is a "plate" which has a "slice of bread" with an "egg" on top of it.

[Anonymous No.17410454]

>>17403394
i have four slap chops

[Anonymous No.17410467]

>>17410415
>>17410450
Sorry your vagina got itchy from my posts, good job on managing to post a relevant picture, must make your nigger mom proud.

[Anonymous No.17410519]

>>17403524
That actually raises a good question, would those have any significant effect ton tenderizing meat? Like these things

[Anonymous No.17410591]

>>17410246
He’s just trying to sell his unnecessarily shit though

[Anonymous No.17410640]

>>17403877
You can make soups in it as well, and keep it warm.
How big is this that it takes up that much space?? That must be a tiny counter.

[Anonymous No.17410644]

>>17403877
You can make soups in it as well, and keep it warm.
How big is this that it takes up that much space?? That must be a tiny counter

[Anonymous No.17410661]

>>17403394
Bought one of these years ago , literally never used it for garlic pressing , i used it as a hammer to open cans lol

[Anonymous No.17410678]

>>17410661
thought about getting one of these, mincing garlic is a bitch and a half

[Anonymous No.17410749]

>>17410661
>>17410678
Pressing gives it a different taste from mincing it with a knife. I often use both in dishes such as stews.

[Anonymous No.17410778]

>>17403469
i dont get it, does it flatten out to a cutting board?

[Anonymous No.17410988]

>>17410749
You can achieve a superior result with a knife but it requires some actual skill and takes a long time. I consider the garlic press to be a must-have kitchen gadget.

[Anonymous No.17411007]

>>17410988
what's wrong with just using a grater?

[Anonymous No.17411041]

>>17403877
>>17403891
I actually love using my rice cooker (or whatever you call this)

not just because it cooks rice perfectly

but I use it to heat water, boil hot dogs, steam some brocolli and carrots while boiling the water for my ramen soup

its a great thing if you dont want to use a stove

[Anonymous No.17411047]

>>17411007
Grater wouldn't achieve the same result, takes more time, requires more effort, and wastes more garlic.
The cool thing about the garlic press is that it enables you to add pressed garlic to anything absolutely effortlessly.
>should I add 2 garlic cloves to my mayo
>wouldn't this sauce benefit from 5 garlic cloves
>10 garlic cloves and this salad is perfect
I've tried purchasing pre-made garlic paste once and it's utter shit in comparison to freshly pressed garlic.

[Anonymous No.17411087]

>>17404002
>This gadget just cuts butter. That's literally it.
i dont get it

[Anonymous No.17411105]

>>17410661
>i used it as a hammer to open cans
huh?

[Anonymous No.17411507]

>>17410661
I have a garlic press but it's a pain in the ass to clean so I just use a grater now.

[Anonymous No.17411576]

>>17406356
apparently materials total cost $50. just a buncha bricks and two paving slabs

https://www.tiktok.com/@patrickzeinali/video/7050262275315485998?lang=en

[Anonymous No.17412326]

>>17410778
Yes. You use it like a normal cutting board but then you can use the handle to turn it into a funnel so you can easily drop stuff into a pot/pan

[Anonymous No.17412680]

>>17411507
But a grater is harder to clean than a garlic press?
Do you let your press sit in the sink for a night or something, because that's the only way I imagine it can be hard to clean?

[Anonymous No.17412729]

>>17411507
>>17412680
Why the hell anyone would use a garlic press is beyond me. Garlic should only be thrown in at the very end, so a microplane is best. Which is very easy to clean. Enjoy your garlic paste that only takes a couple seconds.

[Anonymous No.17412777]

>>17403510
My parents have one that's made in w. Germany. It slices onions too.

[Anonymous No.17412788]

>>17412777
Never heard of anyone using it for onions. Egg slicers work very well for mushrooms though.
Also i'm craving pic related now.

[Anonymous No.17412801]

>>17403444
Back when I was like 10 and learning to cook I thought this was used to slice boiled potatoes. I ruined it when I tried to do it.

[Anonymous No.17412913]

>>17412729
Because it takes a fraction of a second, a fraction of the effort, doesn't waste garlic, and is easier to clean?

[Anonymous No.17412920]

>>17403510
I like this post. This is a good post.

[Anonymous No.17413092]

>>17412913

[Anonymous No.17413127]

>>17413092
You don't really get puree from that though.
You'll get a thin film-like thing that you still have to deal with before it can be incorporated into anything.
Also, like 500% time and effort, compared to just using the press.

[Anonymous No.17413131]

>>17404102
rood

[Anonymous No.17413158]

>>17413092
Jack!

[Anonymous No.17413165]

>>17413127
He uses salt as well it really makes a smooth mixture that is better than a garlic press

[Anonymous No.17413173]

doesn't work

[Anonymous No.17413206]

>>17403469
sliding chopped veggies off my cutting board with the knife is one of my favourite parts of cooking so i would literally never use this

[Anonymous No.17413343]

>>17413165
As I said before, you absolutely can achieve objectively better results with a knife.
However, it takes far longer, involves more effort, and relies on salt.
To get "better" results you'd first mince the garlic and then press it with salt, like in this video https://youtu.be/eOyjFc0Utw8
If you just smash garlic whole with a knife - you'll still have to do quite a bit of work to get it there.
Meanwhile, a garlic press will get you 90% of the result with 10% of the effort. Bonus points for not needing salt.

And I'll never understand the "it's hard to clean" meme. After you are done pressing whatever amount of garlic you had, you scrap the press with a knife once on the outside, once on the inside, rinse it, and it's perfectly clean.
Takes at most ten seconds. What's so hard about that?

[Anonymous No.17413431]

>>17410467
lol, get a load of this guy

[Anonymous No.17413465]

This thing.

[Anonymous No.17413467]

>>17413465
Pretty cool, anon.

[Anonymous No.17413473]

>>17413127
smash thin and then run knife through to cut the long fibres

[Anonymous No.17413477]

>>17413473
Or just use the garlic press.

[Anonymous No.17413480]

>>17413465
I have one just like that but bigger

[Anonymous No.17413481]

>>17413465
>>17413467
This thing

[Anonymous No.17413485]

>>17413477
its your choice