/ck/ - Food & Cooking

The fastest way to ruin good garlic.

You can't cut an egg as thin and uniform with even the sharpest knife. I like my egg slicer and only eat hard boiled eggs maybe a couple times a month.

Even if you cook rice every single day, how is this thing any easier than using a small pot? Single function waste of space piece of shit.

>>7969998
It's a meme.

>>7970011
put rice in set and forget. Don't need to time or anything. It's pretty useful.

>>7969998
>Who has hard boiled eggs so often that they want one of these

mothers of small children

>>7970011
>Even if you cook rice every single day, how is this thing any easier than using a small pot?
you can program it for future use

>>7970011
mine has a timer so by the time I'm home from work my rice is done, it saves a lot of time and boiling rice on the stovetop takes up too much space when I'm trying to cook other shit

>>7969998
That was useful as hell when I was younger and lived with my grandparents. They had egg salad several times a week for a large group of people, and usually had me make it. Saved tons of time.

This thing wastes not only space but time. Just fucking squeeze the lemon with your hand. If you are so poor that you need to get every single drop out of every lemon you buy you shouldn't be using fresh lemon juice.

Your thread is bad and you should feel bad.

what does this do that a grinder or food proccessor can't?

>>7970004
Literally only post in this thread so far I agree with

>>7970021
Why not just mash it with a fork for egg salad?

Low hanging fruit but it belongs in this thread.

>>7970031
texture u idiot
don't even talk to me

>>7970035
I've used one of these before and it was when I volunteered to make food for the homeless, speeds up means of production but for home and non restaurant use, why???

>>7970036
I prefer egg salad with varying texture. Some larger pieces and some smaller ones. Perfectly uniform is gross.

>>7970022
Agreed. Besides, you can get every drop out by stabbing the lemon with a fork and squeezing while moving the fork to break up larger chunks of the pulp.

>>7970028
Not a single thing, but it can make you feel a false sense of superiority.

>>7969998
I use that about like 30 times a day at the restaurant I work at.
>>7970011
I like it cause I can set it and then fuck off to play vidya till I'm hungry.

>>7970031
We actually liked the sliced egg texture, they do get smushed a bit when mixing in the condiment, but that's about it. Not really going for a spread, although some people do.

>>7970047
does the flavor change when using one? all the hipsters I've seen using it say the spices get a deeper tastes but who knows

>>7970016
>>7970019
>>7970020
>>7970049
Apparently a lot of people like these things... Personally the small convenience they add are not worth the counter/cabinet space in my kitchen.

>>7970054
imo the taste is no different than if you use an electric coffee grinder.

>>7970055

You're a bait posting edgelord. Fuck off. Rice cookers are the shit.

>>7969998
used to try and use it as a harp of some sort as a kid

Don't recall my mother ever using it

I guess if a knife is too hard for you to figure out

>>7970059
well if you think about it maybe the grinder is the useless one, if it's being used for anything other than coffee. they're usually harder to clean out and you can make salsa and pesto in a pestle and it may work the best for making a spread

>>7970067
you dont s-s-slap your troubles away?

>>7970067
I have a theory that these products are all intended for mass producing something or for the elderly or retarded, but to make more money they decided to sell it to normal people. if you notice a lot of time the commercials say "even ya grandma can do it!" so really do average adults own these?

>>7970067
Knife is a skill you have to learn

Slapchop uses the same muscles as masturbation, so you're already a master

>>7970063
They are big hulking devices that can do literally only one thing.

>>7970059
I think the taste is the same, but I like the mortar and pestle for small amounts of moist ingredients, as it is easier to clean than my grinder, and I can do a better job.

The fact that this exists is depressing.

>>7969998
>egg slicer
They use these puppies to prep the egg section of the salad bar quickly and uniformly.

>>7970055
I can understand it if you eat a lot of rice. Otherwise, nah.

>>7970110
I have an instant pot and 8/10 times I'm cooking chicken it's in there, literally the best texture ever

>>7970083
>literally
Horseshit. I've made bread, cake, rice pudding, and oatmeal in mine, and it's a one-button Aroma. That's not getting into the $50 ones that double as slow cookers.

>>7970067
I guess if you're an old person with arthritis and the gripping of a knife hurts your fingers, or who can't have sharp things in general, then yes this is a good product.

If these things didn't quadruple the price of a cup of coffee they would make sense. But since they do...

>>7970009
I'm with this anon. Egg comes out perfect.

>>7970086
They're a little more versatile, too. Can muddle things in them, not just crush/pulverize. But yeah, I agree. It's nice to have around if you just want to crack some pepper really coarse for a steak or crunch some cinnamon for a sauce, stuff like that. They're also cheaper and more durable than a food processor, and they don't have the tendency to heat up spices when pulverizing like food processors do, which really can make a difference in some things, like if using for a tea, delicate poach, or dressing.

>>7970004
>The fastest way to ruin good garlic.

How is the garlic "ruined"?

Whether you're slicing it or squashing it, you're still breaking up the garlic bulb, it's not going to taste any different.

>>7970149
Smashing the garlic as opposed to slicing or chopping releases more sulfur and gives it a bitter flavor that overpowers the subtler garlic flavors.

>>7970011
you can make fluffy pancakes with these things

>>7970156
I learned this from harry potter

>>7970028
Som tam

>>7970102
My parents use this all the time, of course they're also diabetic and tried to have me jailed, so they aren't the best thinkers.

>>7969998

Rice cooker.

>>7970126
going by a 12-count box of k-cups for $10 and a big ol tin of folgers grounds for $8 it is about 18 times the price.

>>7970160
Wut?

>>7970028
Reduce something to a fine dust

>>7970174
Lol its even worse than I thought then.

>>7970176
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/06/14/how-to-make-epic-pancakes-with-your-japanese-rice-cooker/

>>7969998
I use my egg slicer pretty often. Eggs stick to my knife

>>7970156
Cooking garlic counteracts this effect, resulting in a mild sweetness.

>>7970022

When I was a little kid, my mom had a large heavy glass lemon/orange/grapefruit squeezer and it worked great. Also, you don’t just rotate the fruit on the protruding bulb, you also periodically lift it up and squeeze it.

>>7970126

They make reusable filters for them so you can use your own coffee.

>>7970162

Wrong kind of mortar and pestle.

>>7970206
A fork works better, unless maybe you're an arthritis ridden old person.

>>7970217

>a fork works better

It's okay if you don't want to clutter your kitchen with unitaskers, but don't pretend like it doesn't do a better job than the alternative.

>>7970213
But at that point how is it better than a plain old drip coffee machine? You can make as little as four cups on most and I usually drink at least 3 cups of coffee a day.

>>7970174
Comparing folgers to k-cups is fucked up, but if folgers works for you, all the power to you.

>>7970221
It doesn't really. There's always more juice left in the fruit with one of those, and a fork is faster.

Unless you're a fresh juice bar making money out of meme followers, there's literally no point to this. You waste over half the fruit (unless you end up eating the mashed bits, which I doubt a lot of people do), cleaning it is a pain in the arse and it always takes up a lot of space.
Just eat the goddamn fruit like a proper human being, skin, pulp and all.

>>7970229

No and no.

>>7970176

>>7970232
Not to mention when you juice oranges you loose half of the nutritional value and end up with juice as high in sugar as what you might buy at the supermarket.

>>7970232
what if ur a raw vegan who needs to eat 10,000 calories a day to get anywhere near the DV for your nutrients

>>7970217
>A fork works better

Confirmed for never having seen one, let alone used it.

>>7970222
If you are going to drink 3 cups of coffee in the morning a normal machine is best but if you are someone who eats breakfast, slams a cup of coffee and then quickly gets to work a single serve machine helps out. My father always used it to get himself a quick cup before heading of to work

>>7970252
Literally who has never seen a fork???

>>7970268

Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

I'll clue you in. The comment "confirmed for never having seen one" was referring to a the juicer pictured, not a fork.

Try again next time timmy.

>>7970275
Ok.
Sorry man, I get it now.
Thanks.

>>7970235
>>7970275

>unless you're an arthritic old person
Or handy capped or a neckbeard

>>7970222
>But at that point how is it better than a plain old drip coffee machine?

You can full up the reservoir with X cups of water and automatically make just one cup of coffee as needed.

>>7970293
*handicapped

>>7970268
>>7970293

Why are you even arguing this? A fruit juicer will get ALL the juice and pulp out of a lemon, orange or grapefruit while using a fork, leaves most of the juice and pulp in the rind and tossed into the trash.

This is an objective fact.

Now if you only need the juice from one lemon for a recipe then yes, just cut it half and squeeze by hand but if you're looking to get a tall cool glass of up-the-the-second fresh squeezed fruit juice, you use a juicer.

>>7970176
You know, these delicious meme images.

Almost pornographically fluffy.

>>7969998

I use that exact device to make my egg salad. Cut it two ways and it makes for a much more even texture. The fork smashing method is a pain in the ass.

>>7970172

Depends on how much you like rice.

>>7969998
at school we had "instruments" in the music room that looked just like that

>>7970028
I'm not going to be able to grind 6 saffron threads with a food processor.

>>7970213
I use this fucker every day and I fucking love it.

Behold! the Rotato.

>>7970632
why

why the terribly small amount of skin being peeled off per rotation. Why the wholly wasteful way of cutting. Why is this needed if there is already a peeler.

Unless one hand is fucked this thing has no reason to exist. And if one hand is fucked, why cook.

>>7970632

Good luck.

>>7970011
It makes rice FOR you, and let's you focus on something else. Besides, in college, it's way easier than going to a communal kitchen.

>>7970011

Easier? No, it's not easier. But it does free up a hob, and that's always a nice thing.

>>7970661
Behold! the office chair

>Ultra_Rare_conjoined_twins.jpg

Good luck.

>>7970011
you can cook a lot more than rice in these things. there are whole websites and cookbooks dedicated to recipes, many of which don't even involve rice

>>7970632
>>7970649
My mom had something similar to that, but with additional function. She only ever used it for apples, but it would peel, core and spiral-cut apples. Like a lot of the things in this thread, it was great for when you needed to do a lot, but a waste of time for small amounts. She mostly used it when making applesauce, and she'd put up maybe a dozen jars at a time.

>>7970986

My mom and all the friends' moms had one of these growing up. They actually work, though, unlike that retarded potato peeler.

I'm vegi faggot so I eat eggs for protein

>>7970011

frees up a hob which is a godsend in a small kitchen

>>7970028

............retard

>>7970028
You can shove the pestle up your ass.

This is not practical with a blender

>>7970075
Many of these devices (not all of course) were developed to help the disabled. In an effort to increase sales, they'll market them to "normal" people as well.

That being said, I love my egg slicer and sometimes also use it to speed up chopping mushrooms when I need a ton of them cut up. I'm perfectly capable of doing it with a knife, but the slicer is much faster and easy enough to clean.

>>7969998
I did use that a lot when I used to be a sammich maker and had to make retarded amounts of egg salad.

>>7969998

You can cut other things with it, you stupid autist. It is the best thing for slicing mushrooms.

>>7970149
How do you know this?By experience or had some discussion with other cooks?

Not discrediting you btw,just curious.

>>7971100
meant for>>7970156

>>7970028
>grinding cinnamon to a powder with a food processor

learn how to eat fresh

>>7969998
I use mine all the time, and not just for eggs. They'll evenly slice mushrooms, baby eggplant, and more, pretty much any semi-soft round vegetable or fruit, besides eggs.

>>7970671
>a communal kitchen.

>>7969998
it's mainly for commercial kitchens bruh, speed and presentation wise, it's one of the few times a gadget beats out good knife work

>>7971162
>not using a coffee/spice grinder for cinnamon
yay!! you managed to purposely misinterpret the question and give a bogus answer to make your hipster ass look like you're better than him

>>7970632
That doesn't even seem easier than using a traditional peeler. I mean I guess if it's powered and fully automated maybe.

I'm against single-use and useless gadgets as much as anybody, but an egg slicer is NOT one of them!

I have one and honestly I rarely use it for eggs. Its awesome for things too small, tedious, or slimy/slippery to do easily a knife.

Examples:
Mushrooms and olives for pizza.
Strawberries, grapes, peaches, pears, bananas, kiwi (oh god, especially kiwi!) etc for fruit salad, baking, layered desserts.
Soft cheeses (fresh mozzarella, bleu, feta)
Ham, spam, hot dogs.

And my personal favorite: Avocado! Instantly turns even a slightly overripe avocado into beautiful perfect slices ready to be added to everything from pizza, sandwiches, wraps, and sushi.

Rice cookers are also super useful for more than rice. Fuck garlic pressers and citrus reamers though. Useless crap.

>>7970011
INDIRECT HEATING IS BEST HEATING

>>7970011
Look mom I can troll too.

>>7971267
looks like somebody has never had pan toast which is clearly superior

Easily the worst offender. It's fucking boiled water.

>>7971285
I do, the only reason to own one of these is if you regularly buy some of pillsbury frozen shit like strudel or pop-tarts

>>7971290
when I lived in the dorms they didn't allow hot plates in the rooms. so I guess if you lived in a dorm, drank a lot of tea, that might be a nice alternative to a teakettle and hot plate.

you could microwave it too I guess, but apparently some people don't like tea with microwaved water. you'd think it would taste the same but I guess not.

>>7971162
is that what they teach you in the taco bell trainee dvd

>>7971366
What am I looking at

>>7971333

Live in a dorm, drink a lot of tea, fucking love my kettle. Cheaper/faster than microwaving water, especially I want to make noodles and such.

>>7971375
It makes cooked cylindrical eggs

>>7971375
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XILbEZlS0U

>>7971375
>>7971383
Put that shit on a hot dog bun

>>7971393
It'll be fun eating egg-dogs for a while. But eventually your novelty egg cooker will end up gathering dust along with pic related.

>>7970028
I use mine for crushing pills that I sprinkle over my well done steak to chase with monarch vodka and a pabst back.

They're useful.

>>7970232
why would you eat the skin of an orange anon?

>>7971420
he enjoys the bitterness

that's why he's on 4chan

>>7971084

Well of course it's not practical to shove a blender up your ass.

>>7970342
>objective fact

>>7971385
Fuck off retard this thing is great for pulling plates off of other plates. What are you gonna use, your teeth like a savage?

>>7970222
Got it for Christmas one year and it still works. There's no need to buy a drip machine if I have it

>>7971257

thumbnail looks like jesus on the side of the pot

>>7971385
this is legitimiately the single best thing lego has ever made

Oh boy, I can't wait to spend $200 to hold water at the same tepid temperature for 3 days!

>>7971483
the botulo-matic

>>7971469
Or no-face from Spirited Away

>>7971099
This. If you can find one with a less flimsy cutting instrument than the wire it can cut a lot of things uniformly and quick

>>7971385
>That filename

>>7969998
These work great with strawberries too

>>7971002
Hey my mom had one of those, too!
Let's suck each other's dicks or something!

>starts a thread for the most useless, pointless gadgets
>posts a gadget that has a use and a point

You've doomed this thread from the start.

>>7971285
>pointing out that an appliance made for convenience can be circumvented with an inconvenient alternative

>>7970164
You're probably a shit son, so it's understandable.

>>7971483

>hold water at the same tepid temperature for 3 days

That's an incredibly useful and amazing thing for an appliance to be able to do. What are you even on about?

>>7969998
is buying a meat pounder worth it or is it a waste of money since its only purpose is to flatten chicken breasts?

>>7970213
You have to engage in a bit of hobbycraft to get those to work with the 2.0 makers.

>>7971672

>its only purpose is to flatten chicken breasts

Fuck off, /fit/.

>>7969998
this this is awesome. use it so much

>>7970164
>tried to have me jailed
yes, im sure theres no other side to this and they are the assholes

>>7971691

Exactly what I was thinking, but didn't think it warranted mentioning.

Banana slicer

>>7971681

You're supposed to flatten them so that they'll cook evenly you shitdick.

>>7971733

>reading comprehension

>>7971691

That and trying to have him jailed had nothing to do with anything.

there needs to be a 4chan cooking channel

>>7970342
I use the first two knuckles on my left hand as a juicer

>>7969998
I actually like these. I probably have hard boiled egg four times per week and the slices are really nice for sandwiches and for putting on top of noodle dishes. Granted, I bought mine for 99¢ so it was a very small investment. I think my max for a hard boiled egg slicer would be 3$, maybe 4$ at most.

>>7971366

Nice bottle of ASS you have on the left there.

>>7971733

I just butterfly my chicken breasts so that they are uniform thickness.

If you need to pound meat you can use a wine mottle

>>7970067
>When you hear someone talking shit about the Slap™Chop™ ©

>>7971619
Eh, so so
>>7971691
Pretty much, they flip shit over the dumbest stuff.

>>7970225
>Comparing folgers to k-cups is fucked up
not if you're comparing either of them to coffee.

>>7971935
*tips fedora*

>>7970362
Alrighty, so I'm doing this but I added some instant oatmeal (strawberry and cream and banana and cream) to see how this shit turns out.

>>7971623
it's an aquarium heater

>>7970028
I don't want my coffee grinder to taste like drugs

>>7970067
It's a poor-man's food processor. Use it to do whole heads of garlic in seconds.

>>7970028
Ok this one has to do with culture more than usefulness, shut the fuck up.

>>7971084
>You can shove the pestle up your ass.
But have you? I have.

>>7970067
I have this shit, it sucks and you couldn't realistically use it with one finger as he claims, and it doesn't even chop well enough at all.

>>7971246
I have never even thought about using one for anything other than eggs. Suddenly I feel so dumb.

>>7971397
normal panini makers are useful though, they work on almost any sandwich

>>7971333
>you could microwave it too I guess, but apparently some people don't like tea with microwaved water. you'd think it would taste the same but I guess not.

I'm not fancy about tea but if you try re-heating a cup in the microwave something happens to it. Even before the milk is involved.

Doesn't taste right and even seems to go cold faster.

>>7971385
Shit was awesome when you had something like one of these stuck in the middle where you couldn't lever at it properly by hand.

>>7971788
I normally just use my hand.

>>7971397
What is it with toastie makers? When i was a student i managed to inherit 3 from various roommates because they would buy them, rave about how good they were, then just fucking forget about them.

>>7971246
>>7972545
Fuck! I had this for years I use it for eggs but I never processed that I could actually use it for other things.

Speaking of these things.
Is this, a dehydrator actually worth buying?

Maybe is just me who is not into this kind of fruit which tend to taste like someone sucked the fun out of it, but what's the point?

>>7971290
At least one of those in every British home, quickest way to make tea and they boil far faster than american ones.

My 10 year old cheap kettle will boil 2L of water in about 1 min.

>>7970022
Is this ok?

>>7972798
Eventually you get bored of cheese and bread and realise it takes far too much time to use one of those.

Panini makers are better in every way.

>>7969998
I've used this a bazillion times while growing up, because I love having egg slices on my sandwiches. It's a lot safer than cutting with a knife, which was good when I was younger, and it takes a second to do it, so you save time in the mornings.
True, it has one purpose, but it does a really good job.

>>7970028

That one time I used a mortar instead of a blender to make Thai green curry paste it came out fantastically good. Not at all sure if it really was because of the mortar, guess I have to try again. It's kinda hard work though if you have just small mortar like mine :/

>>7971290
Those things are a lifesaver. My parents always brought one with them on a camping holiday. For shit like coffee, tea and some food boiling water is important and getting it boiling quickly is harder than you think.

>>7972809
They're good for shrooms my man.

>>7972867
only if you modify it

>>7971246
Thank you anon. Have a kitty.

>>7970004

If I want to crush garlic I use the flat of my blade, if I want paste, I use my mortar.

That thing is a bitch to clean for what it does.

>>7970028

Fine control over what you grind. Also, you can smash or grind much smaller amounts.

Blenders and grinders create homogeneous products. You don't always want that.

>>7970632
It's like a retarded version of a crank orange peeler.

>>7970028
It's quiet

I gave one of those to mom on mothers day.
Stupidest gift ever. I guess she used it a couple of times to make me happy.
I was 10 yrs old, still.

>>7973142

You gave your mom a gift at 10.

It could have been a jock strap, she liked it, anon.

>>7972819
Of course they boil faster, your mains are 220 V instead of 110 V. That's the only thing I don't like about electric kettles here. I just make it in a pot on the stove.

>>7972820
I don't know what I'm looking at. Is that a lemon juicer? Where does the lemon go?

>>7971385
I keep one of these in a kitchen drawer. Not because I use it for cooking - it has nowhere else to go (I gave away the rest of my Lego)

>>7972953

yeah cool man i totally know what you're talking about, no need to elaborate on what you mean by "modifying" a food dehydrator haha

this

300 shots from one potato my ass

I wouldn't be surprised if they were most common in Scandy households. Them fuckers eat a lot of sliced eggs.
Pic related: it's Scandy haute cuisine.

>>7969998
If I had one of those the first thing I'd do is slice a hardboiled egg in one go by throwing it at the wires as hard as I could.

>>7973378
Norwayfag here. Everyone has egg slicers. I have 4, one I got myself and 3 handmedowns from dead relatives. And I use it all the time.

>>7973456
>>7973456
Me to, cost 1 usd, 8 no.kr. in Ikea
Even though i have no problems slicing egg with a knife.
Egg slicer is just better.

>>7973456
>>7973378
>most common in Scandy households

Can confirm. Dane here, my family had one growing up. All the relatives did too. Pic related is the exact model that my parents still have. It has fine wires rather than "blades", and it's kinda neat in that it's shaped so you can cut the egg crossways or longways.

I don't have one though. On the rare occasion that I make boiled eggs I slice them with my knife.

>>7973474
I've never seen one that looks well made and sturdy like that. I've only ever seen the shit plastic ones that look like that will break after 4 uses. Eg every other pic of one in this thread.

>>7973485

It's sturdy as fuck. My parents have had it for exactly 51 years. I used to play with it (read: abuse) it as a kid and it's never even needed the wire to be replaced. Most of it is aluminum. The latch to hold it closed and the wire are stainless steel. It's 100% metal.

>>7973081
If you want a paste but can't be bother to use the mortar and pestle then add some salt and finely chop the garlic then grind into a paste with the back of a fork on a chopping board.

The salt acts as an abrasive and it takes about 1 minute with little mess.

>>7973474
Den gang de lavede ting der kunne holde.

>>7970126
...what. An espresso at the bar is 1€ in Italy. An home espresso machine is maybe 80€ and if you buy the capsules in bulk each coffee will cost you 0,20\0,30€. sure it depends on how much coffee you drink every day but soon enough you'll catch up with the machine price and start saving. My parents drink 5 espressos a day each, we'd be poor without one of those

>>7973456
I figured as much.
Whether something is a pointless unitasker or timesaving specialised gadget is entirely dependent on the speaker's cultural stance. I'd consider an egg slicer fairly pointless for me because, although I do eat sliced eggs, I only eat about one or two per month. Plus, when I've been gifted one, I managed to snap the strings because they're not good for slicing pickled eggs, which are firmer than regular boiled eggs.

>>7973531
That is a Keurig. It is used for making a single cup of coffee at a time quickly, not espresso. They are extremely convenient, but they unfortunately use a closed system where you have to buy their pods to use it and they are extremely over priced for a single cup of coffee compared to using a drip machine with coffee beans you buy at a supermarket.

>>7973500

Yes.

I use the salt in the mortar as well. It takes seconds because I don't even have to chop the garlic.

>>7973176
>they boil faster, your mains are 220 V instead of 110 V

being this retarded

>>7971502
Or it just has a goatee.

>>7973614
I sincerely hope you're trolling.

>>7973614

It's actually true though, which you can easily confirm via basic math, or by simply looking at the difference in wattage between electric kettles sold in the UK market and the US market.

In the US the standard wall outlet is 115 volts with a 15 amp capacity. That means the most powerful you could ever make an electric kettle would be 1725 watts. In practice they will be lower than that, otherwise that single appliance would trip the breaker/fuse whenever it was used. Most American electric kettles are therefore around 1200-1500 watts. A simple look at Amazon confirms this.

OTOH, in the UK the standard is 240V with that same 15A breaker. Thus the power can be up to double the US version. And again, a quick google search confirms the UK models are indeed sold in higher power ratings than the US models.

>>7969998
Most women can't eat a whole bowl of eggs.
I slice them for them to make it easier for them to tell me what happened.

>>7973780

>I can eat 50 egg.

no one can eat 50 egg

>>7971615
>inconvenient
is this not /ck/ don't we cook here? what's so damn inconvenient about buttering some bread and slapping it in a hot skillet? it also tastes about 10x better

>>7970067

>>7970009
Also good for slicing mozzarella balls.

>>7971290
How else would you boil water?

>>7974137

In a pot on the stove or in the microwave.

If you really need boiling water ASAP because you're a tea junkie then pic related.

>>7974142
I've never met anyone who doesn't use a kettle to boil water.

>>7974149
I boiled water on the stove once.

>>7974149

Brit, I'm guessing?

>>7974161
No, Canadian.

>>7974142
>tfw induction stove heats a cup in just a few seconds

>>7974175

What's your point? Pic related doesn't even take that long. It's literally instant.

>>7970022
I dunno it's better to pass those around then some squished lemons when you're eating with your senpaitachi

This fucking thing

>>7970075
can confirm, my grandma has all these things plus pic

>>7970012
kill yourself

Wtf is all this shit about one use items? Alton Brown is cancer.

>>7974297

It's not really about one-use items. It's about items that don't even do that very well. Items that are more complicated (or ineffective, or expensive) than they are worth, even for their intended purpose.

>>7974297

Because unless you live in flyover land you probably have limited kitchen space, and want to maximize it.

>>7974300
Yeah but a fucking kettle???

>>7974307
The way I see it the Kettle goes like this. Either you need boiling water often or you don't.

If you do need it often, then the Japanese type (>>7974142) is superior to the kettle.

If you don't need it often, then why buy a special appliance at all? Instead you can use something else like a pot on the stove or a microwave.

I like my toast a little on the dark side

>>7971290
reminder that when Americans want boiled water they have to heat it on a stove top or in a fucking

M I C R O W A V E

literally a third world country.

>>7974329

Wow, that's a good one. I'm not sure I can do any better than that, but I'll try.

>>7974316
So what's the difference between that Japanese thing than a kettle, other than it wasting way more energy?

A kettle is not a special appliance, fucking everyone has then. That's like saying if you don't have a lot of toast, use the grill, if you use it all the time, get a special catering toaster with a conveyor belt, so there's no need for a toaster.

>>7974338
>So what's the difference between that Japanese thing than a kettle

It's instantaneous. There's no need to wait for the water to boil at all, it keeps it boiling hot.

And as someone who has owned both electric kettles and those air pot things for several years, I can tell you that the insulation on the Jap ones is far far far better than any kettle. They're nuts about energy savings.

>> fucking everyone has then
I get that.
I'm just saying that if you were to choose based on objective criteria rather than "what everyone has" or impulse buys at your local appliance shop, then the Jap version seems like the better choice.

>>That's like saying if you don't have a lot of toast, use the grill, if you use it all the time, get a special catering toaster with a conveyor belt, so there's no need for a toaster.

Exactly. If you have a specific need then why not buy the product which best addresses that need, rather than something which does a less-than-perfect job.

>>7973361
I guess it depends on which potato you're using. I was under the impression that potato guns were to shoot the entire potato were anything other than "harmless."

>>7974238
It looks like to slice that carrot the way it is in there would take the force of a thousand suns.

>>7974343
>it keeps it boiling hot.

Yeah that sounds efficient. Heating a huge quantity of water and keeping it heated 24/7.

>If you have a specific need then why not buy the product which best addresses that need

We do, the kettle. This thread is retarded, I think I even saw someone recommend microwaving water...

>>7974142

All my extended family has one of these. They like drinking hot water.

I'm still not quite sure if it's a hold over from when they drank hot water when they were small because they had to boil the water or they just enjoy drinking hot water.

>>7974351
>Yeah that sounds efficient.

They are very efficient, actually. Read the specs sometime.

>>We do, the kettle.
But that's not the "Best" product for the need. We've already discussed that the Jap thing is faster. The kettle is 2nd best.

>>recommend microwaving water
Nobody recommended it. They said that if you don't need boiling water often enough to justify purchasing a device specifically for that purpose then using the microwave is an option.

In the US the microwave is actually faster than a kettle, though that's unlikely to be true in countries with 240V wall outlets.

>>7974346

>>7972850
>electric kettle
>camping

Your parents are stupid. You are also stupid.

>>7974362
>We've already discussed that the Jap thing is faster. The kettle is 2nd best.

And yet everyone uses kettles.

>>7974372
>And yet everyone uses kettles.

Yeah, curious, isn't it? I suspect it's because the average person is used to using kettles and don't even know that a better alternative exists. I find that many people are just prone to buying whatever rather than fully researching their options. They just "go with the flow" and do what everyone else is doing. Like lemmings or sheep, really. Fascinating insight into human nature.

>>7971366

lewd

>>7974394
I see you've still failed to explain how a device that boils a precise amount of water when desired is inferior to something that boils a whole reservoir of water and keeps it at temperature 24/7. They should sell their insulation technology to NASA.

>>7974412
>I see you've still failed

As we've been over multiple times, it's faster.

That's why you use the kettle, right? You want tea now now now now, so you use the kettle because it's faster than a microwave or the hob, right? Well the Jap thing is faster still.

>>7973361
>Harmless potato pellets
Potatoes are kinda hard when they aren't cooked, you know. I'm not gonna claim it will kill anyone or anything but it probably would hurt to be hit by it.

>>7974424
False premise. It's not the speed it's the convenience and practicality. A hob means you need to be near a cooker, it doesn't turn off by itself, there's no visible water level, and it doesn't pour as well. A microwave? You're retarded.

>>7974324
To be fair this is just novelty collector's shit. Pretty sure it was never really meant to be practical.

>>7974445
the other kind of potato gun can kill

>>7971954
you're an aquarium heater

>>7974449
>It's not the speed
Thank you for clarifying.

>>it's the convenience and practicality
And again the Jap device wins. You just walk up to it and get hot water instantly. No waiting. No needing to fill the kettle first then come back when it's ready. And as far as "pouring" goes, it has a spout that dispenses the water straight into your teapot, mug, ramen bowl, whatever.

>>microwave
I keep repeating that nobody is recommending this if you need hot water often. But humor me here: how is it different than a kettle? In either case you fill a container with water, turn it on, then come back and get your hot water after you hear the beep/whistle/whatever. It sounds like it's the exact same convenience as a kettle. Am I missing something here?

>>7974473
Potato war has changed.

People keep saying 'its OK because they are for the disabled' but I don't even think that is true.

I bought my grandfather one of these banana slicers. He has shaking hands.

He didn't thank me, he just got annoyed at me for suggesting he couldn't do it by himself. Now whenever I go to his house he tries his hardest to be rude- He usually goes to the kitchen and spends 40 minutes silently chopping bananas into triangle shapes with a knife then makes me watch him eat them just to prove a point.

He HAS BAD PARKINSONS. He shouldn't be using a knife but these products look so fucking dumb that people just get annoyed.

>>7974489
A kettle stops boiling at a certain temperature, a microwave doesn't. A kettle doesn't make your cup scolding hot. A kettle boils the water instead of heating it without boiling so all the steam is waiting to explode.

>>7974316

If you're European and alone then a single cup boiler makes sense. Ready in 30 seconds (twice that in the US).

>>7974362

Around 20 Watts to keep the water near boiling on the small model, not significant to a burger but would cost me 30 Euro a year if I ran it 24/7 (lots of tax on our electricity).

>>7974329
A piece of towel paper do that, better.

>>7974497
Its a banana. Its not like you need teeth to eat them. You don't need to slice them or cut them into dodecahedrons.

>>7974497
Your grandpa sounds like a dumb bitter cunt

>>7970011
this is correct. getting a rice cooker is basically admitting you're too stupid and/or bad at cooking to be able to make rice in a pan like normal people.

>>7974503
>a microwave doesn't.

Maybe if you have an old one, but most microwaves these days have an auto-cook mode. That works by detecting steam in the cooking chamber, thus it does indeed turn off once the water boils. If you have an old microwave that lacks this feature you can simply do it by time--you know how long to run it for per cup of water. Want to make two cups? Twice the time.

>>A kettle doesn't make your cup scolding hot
So microwave the water in a measuring cup (or whatever) and then pour it into your drinking cup.

>>heating it without boiling so the steam is waiting to explode
While that is technically possible, it's not exactly a common occurrence. It takes a spotlessly clean container and unusually pure water. This doesn't seem like a legitimate complaint to me. It's like worrying about being electrocuted when you grab your kettle while it's still plugged in--possible? Technically. but only under unusual circumstances.

>>7974551

Or in my case: you cook so much that you need the rice cooker to free up a hob.

>>7974528

How do you suggest I make Elvis's favorite sandwhich without cutting up a banana?

Don't get me wrong--that "tool" is stupid. But it's absurd to claim there's never a reason to cut up a banana.

>>7974556
you don't use 4 hobs at the same time AND need an extra one for rice. if you do you're doing something wrong.

>>7974561
Indeed. My apartment only has 2 hobs, and one of them doesn't work very well.

>>7971723
>>7974497
I have that banana slicer, it was a joke gift. Literally useless if you don't eat banana split everyday. I can't see any other uses for it since the plastic is too flimsy to cut things harder than a banana.

>>7974346
What about this

>>7974577
what pushes the egg out?

>>7974584
I think you're supposed to prod it out with a skewer, but looks like it actually shits the egg out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q73WBiHXQI

>>7974584
The... Gravity...

>>7970685
It's not ultra-rare that potatoes are odd-formed, unlike apples. Anon was just exageration

>>7973822
Good luck doing this at 7.30AM when you need to be at work at 7AM

>>7974641
>taking time to make/eat anything when you're thirty minutes late for work
ladies and gentlemen, I give you the new mukan work ethic

>>7974655
>new mukan work ethic

I thought that was to be a single mother and knock out as many babbys as possible, meanwhile filing for unemployment, WIC, food stamps, child support, and any other form of welfare possible. Bonus points if they manage to get child support from a man who isn't even the father of any of the children.

>>7974655
>Taking the "I want this for yesterday" joke litterally
M'kay

>>7974665

you forgot to mention marrying someone first (hopefully rich) then getting half his money in a divorce settlement. repeat as needed.

>>7974666
>gets called out
>it was only a joke, right guise

>>7974675
Yes it was, to show that cooking pan-made toasts take a time that you often dont have

>>7974681
it literally takes no longer than using a toaster, unless you're an assclown who takes five minutes to get a skillet and put it on the stove instead of two seconds. then it's just butter before instead of after, and same amount of time or less on the heat.

>>7971672

>>7974681
>take a time that you often dont have

Not everyone has as poor time management skills as you do, anon.

>>7972809
If you think "hmm I want to be able to make jerky" it's a waste. I have fruit trees and use it all summer and fall.

>>7973560

You can easily buy K Cup coffee filters at your local supermarket if you want to use your own coffee. Hell, you don't even have to buy the model made by the company (the same is true for their machines as well).

The only downside is that they're a pain in the ass to clean.

>>7974714
>The only downside is that they're a pain in the ass to clean.

They're also more finicky to fill than a simple pour-over setup. And you still have the usual Keurig disadvantage of only making small amounts at a time.

>>7974741
And if you're using a course-ground coffee it comes out really weak from the small amount in a K-cup, no matter what size setting you use.

>>7971780

>>7970156
>subtler

>>7971290
it heats the water more evenly resulting in better flavour

>>7974329
Do any of these "savers" even work?

>>7970035
Never seen or heard of this before. What's it do?

>>7970028
literally got one of these days ago and I fucking love it.

>>7970206
that's an ashtray.

>>7970362
that looks disgusting.

My parents have one of these.

It's the size of a four-slice toaster but you can only fit two slices of bread in there.

It doesn't toast evenly.

The glass is pretty thick and it's actually quite difficult to tell how brown the toast is.

>>7970206
Weird. My mom's citrus squeezer looks way different.

>>7974874
I use scallop shells as ashtrays

>>7974800
You put a stick of butter in it and squeeze it out.

>>7970075
my mom owns an off brand slap chop. she roasts and chops large batches of walnuts in the beginning of the month to use as toppings on her oatmeal for breakfast.

she's not old or feeble, but a slapchop makes more sense than lugging out the food processor and allows for larger chunks.


she loves those nuts.

>>7973378
Swede here, we have many at home, breaks all the time so we have to biy new ones, good thing they are cheap.

>>7974571
>turn spoons around to drum while something is cooking
>boiling liquid gets all over your hands and sprays onto the counter as you play Meshuggah

>>7974489
>. And as far as "pouring" goes, it has a spout that dispenses the water straight into your teapot, mug, ramen bowl, whatever.

This sounds so inconvenient if you're trying to make something like a risotto where you can just pour water straight from the kettle as you need it. And I don't trust those things to give me 100c water.

>>7974735
what's this for?

>>7974497
Couldn't you get him something like this:
https://www.amazon.de/Genius-33975-Nicer-Multischneider-teiliges/dp/B013HXVI16/ref=pd_sim_sbs_60_13?ie=UTF8&dpID=51c%2Bo5yX2-L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=7MNRGPR1KRXDTAMHQPVW
It doesn't look like it's made for retards and is usable for other stuff to slice as well. Should be usefull for him I guess and there's no shame in using it.

>>7974336
You best not be dissing woks here. I cook fucking everything in one.

>>7970022

Your post give the impression that you suck on the remnants after the squeeze you sour fuck.

>>7972850

Spent some time in the UK, these electric kettles were everywhere. Got back to the states and picked one up ASAP. I've gifted these out to people, more often than not highly appreciated once they use it once or twice.

>>7972809
fish m8

dehydrated fish is life.

plus as a bonus if you get a very wormy fish you can see them all squirm out mid process (fresh water trout is best for this)

>>7974551
Perfect rice every time without thinking about it?

Worth the $12 I paid for my rice cooker and the 5 to 10 cents more on energy per pot (electric vs natural gas), yeah.

>>7975429
you made meme friends.

>>7970028
fast spice grinding, more versatile than a mill
>I need a like ten coriander seeds, better fucking rev up the processor

>>7974735
>>7975110
is it for draining yogurt?

>>7976416
Never mind, I googled the pic.

>>7974365
they have electric outlets in the bathrooms. Its just a mass camping in france. ot some kind of wilderness camping

>>7974329
jesus any plastic in any form at all will allow you to do this

>>7975296
woks are supposed to be super thin metal. Not thick nostick. And then in a wok you often roughly mix it around with something metal, enjoy eating cancer.

>>7974415
>>7974415
did they just reuse the windows XP background?

>>7971469

first thought as well

>>7976585
Never heard of a cast iron wok? They are far superior to the "thin metal" ones you are thinking of.

>>7976637
Yeah I had that one first but I heard thin metal ones were the true ones

>>7976585

...so use a softer material for your stirring tool?

Wood or even a silicon one?

>>7974735
>>7975110
It's just a water filter. It's unique selling point is that it's "beautiful" unlike other filters. Oh and you can't just buy them - you have to subscribe and have them sent to you every month

>>7969998
Never worked in a kitchen, huh?