/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14513948
those are super handy though, particularly for figuring out exactly how hot a pan is without getting anything extra dirty.

>>14513948
Kitchen Mandolin. Everyone should learn basic kitchen knife skills, there are some things that a mandolin isn't shaped for, mandolins are annoying to clean, and they really aren't faster than just using a knife once your kitchen skills are high enough.

All that said, I just like the feel of cutting with a mandolin.

>>14514078
wet your hands and flick water at the pan

I pretend I'm a magician

>>14514088
*mandoline
A mandolin is a musical instrument.

>>14514088
No amount of skill with a kitchen knife is going to allow you to cut extremely thin, 100% consistent slices at the speed a mandoline can do it. Shit post.

>>14514102
Cope.

>>14514113
>repeats generic NPC may may once refuted with sound logic

>>14514102
>No amount of skill with a kitchen knife is going to allow you to cut extremely thin, 100% consistent slices off your fingers at the speed a mandoline can do it. Shit post.

>>14514102
Mandoline slices are not consistent without skill.
The julienne cutters are convenient for when you sorta care, but not really.


The absolutely useless device is a fancy cutter. Yes, it does a job, yes, it does that job better than most other methods (exception - mandoline fancy blade, rotating the 'tato), but the job itself is of limited use.
Literally just for waffle fries and salad buffet style crinkle cut carrot strips.

(Posting this image will generate at least 74 orders for a similar gadget. Sorry.)

>>14514361
Fuck a duck, I forgot the image.

>>14513948
spoon gripper

I used to own one of these. I ended up selling it because it was so stupid. I also owned a deep fryer which I never used except for arancini, so I sold that once I got an LC dutch oven.

>>14514102
Honest question, how often do you need to cut extremely thin slice of something, and what are you using it for?

>>14514637
for me never, or julienne. Yeah it look nice..buut

>>14514381
Looks stupid indeed.
But, I've seen some prepper videos, mommy videos, where they are making bags of "crock pot meal kits," burritos, waffles and those kind of things using $10 devices, and wrapping for the freezer. And, I'm like geez, I guess for them to chitchat on the phone and run items through mini irons by the dozens makes the throwaway student dorm devices not seem so expensive. I am not sure if they are all planning for when they're pregnant and really tired, or they work 12hr hospital shifts. I dunno.

Using my ordinary toaster for the english muffins, I did used to microwave from a custard cup layered raw egg+slice of deli ham+slice of cheese while the bread toasted. It wasn't any frozen crap. Pyrex custard cup can even be prepped the night before, even a sprinkle of herbs or pepper on top of the raw ingredients, and covered in plastic wrap and then, just moved to the microwave (vent the plastic wrap). MockMcMuffin in like 3 minutes.

>>14513948
I like these because it helped me learn what temps my stove goes to at which settings. also helped me check how high my oven goes. it sets to 500 but I can get it to about 540 by waiting

>>14514102
you are in a home kitchen. they're only useful if you have to do very large jobs otherwise just use a knife

>>14514365
These things are annoying to cut with. I prefer the mandoline with a similar blade.

>>14514637
I use it to cut potatoes, for potato chips. There is a blade for thick and thin French fries too.

>>14513948
Absolutely necessary when making pizza and pretty useful for getting precise temps when frying.

I went into Bed Bath and Beyond for the first time in a long time recently. Wish I could buy the entire gadget section.

>>14514078
If youre experienced enough you can tell when a pans hot enough just by the smell in the air. You can smell a tint of warmed metal

i employ an ecuadorian woman to come early in the morning to wash all of my dishes

>>14513948
Utensils including sharp knives. I just rip everything apart with my hands and teeth then eat everything raw on the kitchen floor

>>14515425
You trust an ecuadorian in your house?

>>14513948
isnt this obsolete when you need the internal temp of your food

>>14515929
Internal temps are the one thing it doesn't handle. It's great for checking pan temps (for matte pans anyway, SS is iffy), spot checking temps in the oven/fridge,and it's the only reasonable way to directly check temp when shallow frying. The fact that you have nothing to wash makes it even better.
Even if you want to become an ascended being like >>14515357 you need something to compare against at first.

>>14514078
Just spit in the pan a little

Got it in an office Christmas party, it's kinda handy. Ove gloves too.

>>14513948
I use an infrared thermometer for brewing (coffee/tea/beer), and also for deep frying. I guess it's unnecessary because I owned a couple probe thermometers before I bought it...but that's kind of like saying indoor plumbing is unnecessary when you can always just walk a couple miles down to the river.

>>14514102

>>14513948
>says oven is 350f
>put cookies in for 15 minutes
>says cookies are 180f and tray is 250f
>rest of oven is 300~

God damnit

>>14514088
I sliced my fingertip off with one of these. It never healed back correctly since I threw away the piece of skin, lol. The bandaid+superglue I wrapped it in melded to the platelets, and that was also painful to remove. My dad ripped it off and it re-opened the whole wound.

>>14517183

he is a based chink

>>14517183
Slower than a mandoline. Thanks for demonstrating my point.
>>14514722
>>14514637
>>14514361
>>14514220
Cope.