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Utensils – Part II

utensils

UTINSILS – Part II


Small Mandolin mandolinSlices 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 hanging basket

Good for handy storage of root vegetables and perfect for drying peppers.


Mushroom Brush mushroom brush

For getting that ugly brown stuff off mushrooms.


Egg Beater egg beater

 Quicker than a whisk for fluffy omelets and zabaglione.


Fish Gripper & Scaler  fish griper & scaler

This gripper was my father’s and is over 50 years old – Delty’s Fish Gripper, Lancaster PA.


Masher masher

Use it to make a lumpy sauce smooth – squashes tomatoes, onions, etc. as they’re cooking.


Shrimp Deveiner

 shrimp deveiner

A great design by Lamson Sharp.


Pepper Roaster 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 processor

This one only holds about 2 ½ cups. I use it for making a trinity or any other fine chopping.


Herb baggie

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


 

Utensils

utensils

UTENSILS


Wooden Spatula

wooden spatula

Use it for deglazing.  It’s gentler than a metal one for scraping up the brown bits.


Hachoir or Mezza Luna (?)

mezza luna

I found this chopper at a yard sale.  I’m still not too sure how it’s really supposed to be used but its old and interesting.  It came from a Philadelphia restaurant.


Mellon Baller

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Perfect for removing choke from artichokes. I suppose you can use it for balling melons too.


Cutlet Pounder

 cutlet pounder

When the butcher doesn’t make them thin enough, here you go.


Blender

Blender

Good for powdering spices or making Flips & Frulatto.  I got this one in a flea market. It’s nothing fancy with only two speeds, on and off.


Muddler

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 For Old Fashioneds, Mint Juleps Caipirinhas, etc.


Garlic Press

 garlic press 

Speaks for itself.


Potato Peeler

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Buy a cheap one and replace it when it gets dull.


coke logoOlive Pitter

 Coke bottle

The curved bottom is the perfect shape for squashing olives so you can remove the pit.


Citrus Juicer

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A simple design but does the job.