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Little tools you take for granted but couldn't live without.

>> No.5254124

AK-47

>> No.5254138

My 12cm santoku. I use that shit for everything.

>> No.5254154

muh dik

>> No.5254174

Hands

>> No.5254177

>>5254154
It's not that little, anon :3

>> No.5254182

>>5254118
you dont deserve garlic

>> No.5254194
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>> No.5254197

>>5254177
t-thanks you too

>> No.5254202

>>5254182

anthony bourdain pls go

>> No.5254211

>>5254182
agreed

>> No.5254227

>>5254118
8 inch chef's knife. So versatile and nice.

>> No.5254242

>>5254118

I keep meaning to get a garlic press. But then I keep using a zester to produce delicious garlic paste instead.

>> No.5254443

>>5254182
>>5254202
>>5254211

Bait taken. Lovely.

/and it was so obvious, too.

>> No.5254468

Spatula

but when it's dirty I just end up using my hands

>> No.5254470
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5254470

I used a garlic press until I realized garlic could be crushed under the broad side of a knife.

This simple, ubiquitous technique somehow evaded me for years.

I don't know why I'd go back to a garlic press. I don't notice any difference in taste.

>> No.5254475

>>5254118
Golden spatula.

>> No.5254484
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>>5254470
Are you stupid? The taste isn't going to change.

Some people find a press easier to use, some an edge of a knife. Whatever works is the best way. Are you goofy or something?

>> No.5254491

I don't get the anti-garlic press crowd.

Well, I do: they are just parroting some hackneyed food writer. But really, explain how mincing the hell out of garlic with a knife is different than a garlic press.

>> No.5254515

>>5254491
Conversely, I don't get the garlic press crowd. My knife is already there, ready for business. With even novice level knife work, the rate limiting step is peeling (which is usually faster with a knife anyway ). From there you get to control mince size and you don't generate any more dishes.

Presses are a nonessential item and I've never been so dissuaded by chopping a few cloves that I felt the need for a new tool

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5254543

>2020-9+3
>not grating your garlic'
so much shiggy diggy

>> No.5254547

>>5254543
the cloves are too small, you'd end up having to chop up the ends by hand

>> No.5254550

>>5254515
Two party system shit, they're so used to being told what to think and what to do that it doesn't matter to them anymore... until they're told.

People who use either for their own advantage threathen their bullshit.

>> No.5254556

>>5254443
yeah, it's bait. people care what you think and the only reason they're talking to you is to trick you into some kind of belief they hold

have you ever considered the ridiculousness of "b8" ?

i highly doubt any of the people arguing about thjis shit are baiting. hope your mom gets raped and impregnated by a 7 foot tall nigger

>> No.5254560

>>5254556
Isn't that how you were spawed?
Who be dah baby daddy?

>> No.5254587

>>5254560

nigga wut?

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I mean technically I can use other things, but I can only open about 5 with a sharpie before it breaks or about 50 with a lighter. This thing has easily opened thousands.

>> No.5254686

>>5254603
Silverware/keys work nicely, and they're pretty much always available.

>> No.5254694
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5254694

>implying this isn't the tool that 90% of /ck/ uses for the most part of their "cooking"

>> No.5254745

>>5254686

> nicely
keys arent nicely dude, they are a bitch to open with, Bic lighters though...

>> No.5254765

>>5254745
I've never had much trouble with them. Though, I got an old car key on my keychain that I use exclusively for beer - it's relatively long for better leverage.

>> No.5254803

>>5254745
I can get about 50-60 beers before my bics wear thin. Or maybe 12 if someone who isn't good at it uses my bic. I also have one of those wall mount ones, but it's not mounted to anything as I just replaced my computer case.

>> No.5254809

>>5254484
some say the taste does change

>> No.5254949

>>5254803

cool story bro

>> No.5254956

>>5254949
>cool story bro
I don't think you quite understand what that means
>>>/b/ gtfo

>> No.5254961

>>5254694
nice projection bro

>> No.5254963

>>5254956

cool comment /b/ro

>> No.5255196

>>5254470
I found the exact opposite in my life. I grew up watching cooking shows and food network and cooking. I bought into the pompous TV chefs scoffing at garlic presses.
about a year ago I bought one on a whim at a garage sale for next to nothing. I ABSOLUTLY LOVE IT. It is so easy, and in one motion, about 5 seconds, I can have superfine minced garlic in anything.

>> No.5255219

ITT people with no intellectual curiosity

I've always known there were different ways to process garlic. Not because of television (we sort of had one growing up but no one actually watched it). Because we had all the relevant tools - chef knives, garlic presses, food processors - and we naturally tried them all, as intelligent children do.

People crying about The One True Way tend to be dimwits who had overcontrolling parents and still run around with the little mean "daddy will beat you" voice in the back of their head, informing their every little decision.

I feel sorry for all of you.

>> No.5255246

Most of the people in this thread sound like they just came from /b/.
Seriously though, I always overlooked and ice cream scoop / Melon baller. Pretty much everything I make looks better because of it.

>> No.5255315

You suck, OP. I was going to start a garlic press troll thread today.

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>>5254118
Not that, that's for sure.

I don't know if this qualifies but I'm going for pic related.

>> No.5255375

>>5255196
>It is so easy, and in one motion, about 5 seconds, I can have superfine minced garlic in anything.
You ever fall asleep with infomercials on the TV or are you just a shill?

>> No.5255544

>>5255196
Be glad you got a decent one. Now I'm not going to go into about how crappy some of them are, that's irrelevant to the point I'm making but yeah, good ones work fine.

However you can process garlic to around the same level nearly as fast by hand with a sharp knife. And if you need actually crushed garlic you still have to use a knife, or a pestle and mortar after you've run it through the garlic press.

I nearly never want garlic with that much texture anyway, prefer it much finer than that (just a pulp in fact) 99% of the time, or want it in slivers. So a garlic press is just not a good buy for me. They're also frustrating as a 'labour saving' device because of how difficult they can be to clean properly.

>> No.5255560

>>5255323
I borrowed my housemates pestle and mortar to grind up some opoid pills and forgot to put it back in the kitchen. When I gave it back he looked at me suspiciously because he thought I had been using the pestle as a buttplug

>> No.5255563

>>5255544
>They're also frustrating as a 'labour saving' device because of how difficult they can be to clean properly.

I don't think they save any labor at all. I can just smack the glove of garlic with the side of my knife. If it needs to be in large pieces, give it a gentle whack. If you want it fine, smack it harder. It's done in less time than it takes to go get the garlic press, let alone clean it.

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5255584

Definitely pic related. Making smoothies has never been easier, and it also elevates my soups to a whole other level.

>> No.5255590

>>5254603
pig disgusting filth

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>> No.5257598

>>5255592
Whoa damn

I forgot all about that thing.

>> No.5257599

>>5257598
For some reason they only exist in school rooms, not actual offices.

>> No.5257610

vegetal peeler

>> No.5257635

>>5255584
I have been tempted to buy one of these. They look so damn handy. And who the fuck wants to transfer soups to an actual blender?

Santa pls.

>> No.5257651

>>5257635
So much easier then a blender, easy as fuck to clean as well.

With my actual blender you gotta pull the whole fucker apart to clean it, stick blender can pretty much just get put under a tap.

>> No.5257653

>>5257635
>transfer soups to an actual blender
How often do you actually make soups that require this?

>> No.5257667

>>5257653
Pumpkin soup if you don't own a stick blender or any other soup you want smooth.

>> No.5257669

>>5254560
>counter-b8ed

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>>5254118
Ceramic knife. Awesome for slicing veggies.

>> No.5257675

>>5254603
Same keyboard mother fucker.

>> No.5257684

>>5255196
takes longer to clean than to just use a knife, especially if you're just mincing a few cloves

>> No.5257715

>>5255584
my friend almost lost a finger to one of these

>> No.5257729

>>5255584
God yes. When I got a stick blender, it was suddenly being able to see a new color. Making fruit purees was suddenly no longer too much work!

>> No.5257731

a cheese grater with a fine top for zesting as well

i'm shit and didn't have a way to sift flour so i poured that fucker over the top of the zesting lid and went to town

engineering graduates aint got shit on me