UTINSILS – Part II
Small Mandolin 
Slices garlic as thinly as Paul Scovino did in Good Fellas and it’s cheap enough to throw away when it gets dull. Get one in a housewares store for $5 or $10. Watch your fingers, it’s sharp.
Hanging Basket 
Good for handy storage of root vegetables and perfect for drying peppers.
Mushroom Brush 
For getting that ugly brown stuff off mushrooms.
Egg Beater 
Quicker than a whisk for fluffy omelets and zabaglione.
Fish Gripper & Scaler 
This gripper was my father’s and is over 50 years old – Delty’s Fish Gripper, Lancaster PA.
Masher 
Use it to make a lumpy sauce smooth – squashes tomatoes, onions, etc. as they’re cooking.
Shrimp Deveiner
A great design by Lamson Sharp.
Pepper Roaster 
Really a grater but it doubles as a grill for roasting peppers on a gas burner – about 2 or 3 jalapenos or 1 bell at a time.
Processor 
This one only holds about 2 ½ cups. I use it for making a trinity or any other fine chopping.
Herb baggie
To keep parsley, rosemary, etc. fresh put them in water in a rocks glass, cover with a baggie and refrigerate. Works with basil too but don’t refrigerate. Rather than a bowl or tray, use baggies for marinating meat and fish