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<p>And don’t be swayed by the sleekness and style of the new models. They don’t make them like they used to! So much wiser to go for function over form.</p>
<p>Another item I used one again last night - A good pair of kitchen shears! So many uses, for example, I find it much easier to snip my herbs than cutting with a knife.</p>
<p>Actually, this onion chopper is very handy, even if it is one of those TV items. I also use it to dice other veggies. Much quicker than using just a knife.</p>
<p>[Vidalia</a> Chop Wizard - Chop Wizard Food Chopper As Seen On TV](<a href=“http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=200]Vidalia”>http://www.asseenontvguys.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=200)</p>
<p>Oh, and a couple that I am using right now: a pastry blender and apple peeler (takes off the skin in one long string while coring and slicing the apple - very cool!)</p>
<p>"What do we call that cutting action when you slice across an object up to your thumb while holding the object in your hand? "</p>
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<p>I’ve thought about that. DS at age 24, finds that buttons and accessories that used to work at 2 yo, do not work. What used to work at 12yo now is very sluggish. What used to work when he was away in college, definitely are now Out-of-Order. </p>
<p>I told him that rather than complain about it, that maybe he should find his own unit. Try before you commit. Check the pedigree. See what type of warranty. And be sure to fully understand the "til you die’ part.</p>
<p>Agreed with many above, but will add one I didn’t see (sorry, if I breezed past it somewhere)…</p>
<p>THE PIZZA CUTTER-WHEEL!!!</p>
<p>Besides cutting pizza, it has been used to cut MILLIONS of pancakes and waffles as the kids have been growing up, cut through rolled out dough for straight edges, etc.</p>
<p>Good, Shrinkwrap! </p>
<p>But have you never sliced an apple wedge or cut beans without benefit of a cutting board? That’s the procedure I am at a loss to name.</p>
<p>LOL Longprime. I was certain that there was something fairly naughty about the name ‘Osterizer.’</p>
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The Grandma Method</p>
<p>I am Mr. Cleanup.</p>
<p>I love the little plastic square, with one rounded corner, that you use to scrape pans. It saves soooo much time!</p>
<p>The Ove glove! I received a pair for Christmas, and I love them. Now I don’t have drawer full of pot holders. I kept 1 silicon mat to use as a hot pad by my oven. The rest of my pot holders, I threw out! The previous Christmas I gave one to each of my daughters. They all liked them, too.</p>
<p>“But have you never sliced an apple wedge or cut beans without benefit of a cutting board?”</p>
<p>I have! And I have many little healed slice-marks ( is that a word?) to show for it. I’m not so sure there’s a word for this “technique”, but you can always ask on my SECOND favorite forum.</p>
<p>[Home</a> Cooking - Chowhound](<a href=“http://chowhound.chow.com/boards/31]Home”>http://chowhound.chow.com/boards/31)</p>
<p>Dr.'s started seeing many people in the ER with the same deep cut across the inside of thier palm…they called it a bagel cut. You can imagine how they were slicing their bagels.</p>
<p>“kitchen utensil” did not come with an User Manual. </p>
<p>I had to figure it out. It wasn’t always easy too.</p>
<p>My new favorite, a gift from my kids, is an oil core stainless steel electric frying pan. Pricey, but perfect since we don’t use coated pots and pans. It actually has oil between the layers of stainless, so there’s very little sticking and it’s easy to clean. Food stays warm. It’s worth the price if you use only stainless.</p>
<p>Threekids, a well-seasoned iron skillet is works just as well as a non-stick pan. That’s what you can use if you don’t like teflon-coated pots and pans.</p>
<p>“What do we call that cutting action when you slice across an object up to your thumb while holding the object in your hand?” (mafool asked)</p>
<p>Isn’t that paring? As in, what you do with a paring knife?</p>
<p>Just a comment on holding something in your hand while cutting it with a knife in the other hand: three visits to the ER later, I feel free to advise against doing that.</p>
<p>Paring is generally peeling if I’m not mistaken. Your not cutting through something.</p>
<p>par·ing (pârng)
n.
- Something, such as a skin or peel, that has been pared off.
- The act of removing the outer covering or skin.</p>
<p>quick way to peel apple:
cut sides of apple to make a rectangler apple. Only 4 cuts need to be made.</p>