| Re: Mystery Kitchen Tool [message #12902 ] |
Di, 04 Januar 2005 22:13 |
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PENMART01 wrote:
>>See page 3 of the September/October issue of Cooks Illustrated.
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>
> You don't say what year. In any event one would need to have a password for
> access and you don't supply one of those either.
2003. Regardless, he supplied the complete text, which is accurate (at
least as compared with my print copy).
> I don't think a gadget such as depicted in the original post would function as
> proposed,
No one ever said it worked as intended. That wasn't the question.
-C
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| Re: Mystery Kitchen Tool [message #12907 ] |
Mi, 05 Januar 2005 01:16 |
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> There are many simple *inexpensive" gadgets on the market
> that will slice a whole *entire* potato into fries with one motion.
> Searching <potato chipper> (apparently a UK term) only finds gizmos
similar to
> that found here:
A Google search for "french fry cutter" turns up a lot of them. Most for
home use are around $20. Many come with parts to make two sizes of fries.
Isn't there a simular device for slicing a whole tomato in one motion?
Jim
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| Re: Mystery Kitchen Tool [message #12957 ] |
Mi, 05 Januar 2005 04:27 |
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"james a. finley" <finleyja [at] ev1.net> wrote in message
news:10tmdh562ashlc9 [at] corp.supernews.com...
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>> There are many simple *inexpensive" gadgets on the market
>> that will slice a whole *entire* potato into fries with one motion.
>> Searching <potato chipper> (apparently a UK term) only finds gizmos
> similar to
>> that found here:
>
> A Google search for "french fry cutter" turns up a lot of them. Most for
> home use are around $20. Many come with parts to make two sizes of fries.
>
> Isn't there a simular device for slicing a whole tomato in one motion?
>
I think so, but since they chop rather than slice, I wouldn't expect much
unless the tomatoes were peeled first... or it somehow rolled the tomato as
the blades dropped. Otherwise, I would expect mush more than a stack of
intact slices.
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| Re: Mystery Kitchen Tool [message #13018 ] |
Mi, 05 Januar 2005 15:00 |
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:16:40 -0600, "james a. finley"
<finleyja [at] ev1.net> wrote:
>
>> There are many simple *inexpensive" gadgets on the market
>> that will slice a whole *entire* potato into fries with one motion.
>> Searching <potato chipper> (apparently a UK term) only finds gizmos
>similar to
>> that found here:
>
>A Google search for "french fry cutter" turns up a lot of them. Most for
>home use are around $20. Many come with parts to make two sizes of fries.
>
>Isn't there a simular device for slicing a whole tomato in one motion?
>
>Jim
>
There are devices that are claimed by their manufacturer to slice a
whole tomato at once. One of note is the Vegomatic. It has a couple of
sets of parallel blades that can be turned parallel (for slicing) or
perpendicular (for cutting a potato in to "fries").
Many year ago (mid-late 60s), when this thing first came out, a friend
of mine was working at Sears, which sold the Vegomatic. One of his
chores was to demonstrate the thing. He had seen it demonstrated and
felt sure he could do so. One of the demonstrations was to slice a
tomato. He placed the tomato on the blades, grabbed the plunger and
pushed down firmly.
Unfortunately, in observing the demos, he had failed to notice an
important detail. To slice something like a tomato with this thing,
you need to slide to item back an forth a bit on the blades so initial
cuts are made through the skin. His failure to do this resulted in a
chest high cloud of tomato pulp spattering the spectators. I doubt
this enhanced his career with Sears.
There are others that are still available including this thing
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00012K6O2/qid =1104933260/sr=52-4/ref=sr_52_4_hpc/104-1121852-1492764?v=gl ance&s=hpc&n=
It has serrated teeth, so I suspect it requires some sawing. A sharp
knife will probably do a better job.
Cheers,
Leonard
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| Re: Mystery Kitchen Tool [message #13021 ] |
Mi, 05 Januar 2005 14:41 |
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On 04 Jan 2005 20:06:04 GMT, penmart01 [at] aol.como (PENMART01) wrote:
>Leonard Lehew writes:
>>
>>>(PENMART01) wrote:
>>>
>>>>Chris De Young writes:
>>>>>Katra wrote:
>>>>> Or a french fry maker? :-)
>>>>
>>>>Ding ding! Winner. Cook's Illustrated had a short "what is this?" column
>>>>awhile ago on this exact item. It's for cutting potato slices into even
>>>>french fries. Cook's didn't seem to think that it worked all that well; it
>>
>>>>only makes evenly cut fries on two sides, after all - you still have to cut
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>>>>even slices yourself first.
>>>
>>>I don't think so. There are many simple *inexpensive" gadgets on the market
>>>that will slice a whole *entire* potato into fries with one motion. Please
>>>point us to the cook's illustrated article that features that "tool".
>>>Peronally I don't think that thingie is at all food related.
>>>
>>See page 3 of the September/October issue of Cooks Illustrated.
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>You don't say what year. In any event one would need to have a password for
>access and you don't supply one of those either.
>
>I don't think a gadget such as depicted in the original post would function as
>proposed, indicative of the fact that it cannot be found for sale anywhere.
>
>Searching <potato chipper> (apparently a UK term) only finds gizmos similar to
>that found here:
> http://www.meilleurduchef.com/cgi/mdc/l/en/boutique/produits /lte-coupe_fri
>tes_menager.html
>
Sorry. It was in the 2003 year. An earlier post indicated that it was
in late 2003 or early 2004, so I looked. I could not find the item on
the Cooks on-line site, but I have a hard copy. The text I quoted was
scanned from a hard copy of the issue.
Leonard
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| Re: Mystery Kitchen Tool [message #13047 ] |
Mi, 05 Januar 2005 16:48 |
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> >Isn't there a simular device for slicing a whole tomato in one motion?
> >
> >Jim
> >
> There are devices that are claimed by their manufacturer to slice a
> whole tomato at once. One of note is the Vegomatic. It has a couple of
> sets of parallel blades that can be turned parallel (for slicing) or
> perpendicular (for cutting a potato in to "fries").
>
> Many year ago (mid-late 60s), when this thing first came out, a friend
> of mine was working at Sears, which sold the Vegomatic. One of his
> chores was to demonstrate the thing. He had seen it demonstrated and
> felt sure he could do so. One of the demonstrations was to slice a
> tomato. He placed the tomato on the blades, grabbed the plunger and
> pushed down firmly.
>
> Unfortunately, in observing the demos, he had failed to notice an
> important detail. To slice something like a tomato with this thing,
> you need to slide to item back an forth a bit on the blades so initial
> cuts are made through the skin. His failure to do this resulted in a
> chest high cloud of tomato pulp spattering the spectators. I doubt
> this enhanced his career with Sears.
>
> There are others that are still available including this thing
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00012K6O2/qid =1104933260/sr=5
2-4/ref=sr_52_4_hpc/104-1121852-1492764?v=glance&s=hpc&a mp;n=
>
> It has serrated teeth, so I suspect it requires some sawing. A sharp
> knife will probably do a better job.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Leonard
I recall one that used wires instead of blades. The tomato was held
stationary as the framework holding the wires was pivoted like a door
through the tomato. I saw it in a hamburger joint 40 years or so ago.
Jim
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