Comments on: Utensibility: Sharp devices

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:04:29 +0000

Hi Sam,
Another advantage of panini grills over two pans is, that some have an adjustable space between the two hot plates, so you can decide if you want the sandwich to be squeezed or if you just want the top heat without smushing it. We had a fun time (and lifely discussions) writing this meme up, btw... ;)

Hi Tara, Chocopie,
Thanks for stopping by :) With all the great gadgets and devices out there I oftentimes feel the same way: locking up one's credit card may be good thing...

Hi Alan,
Actually it was my finger and I'm completely recovered ;)) Nicky has cut hers, too, a few times over the years (no major damage though...), but if men to do something, they do it right, don't they ;)

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 05:55:34 +0000

Hi Nicky! Sorry to read about your knife accident.. hope your finger is healed up now. Jenny and I also love our panini grill. We have random pictures of many of our pressed sandwiches.

My father swears by his wine preservation tool. As he is an avid wine-lover, he likes to have a half-glass of each of several wines after dinner. So, it's not unusal for him to have several unfinished bottles. I think he has a vacuum-pumping gadget and quite a few of the stoppers that go with it.

By: Chocopie

Chocopie — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:52:12 +0000

I'm also interested in cooking ustensil from knife to beautiful plates. Good tool brings good food.

By: tara

tara — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:49:30 +0000

My goodness, this is a dangerous meme you started, sam! All of these posts with these gorgeous objects of desire have made me feel the need to lock away my credit card. Oh, how I covet!

By: sam

sam — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:14:53 +0000

Thank you for your entry, beautiful as usual. It does seem like knives are very popular so far. I have to make a terrible confession which is that I have never been very much into knives. I could cut my veggies with a butter knife if I had to. Luckily Fred has been slowly putting me right on that subject via a beautiful pair of ceramic white knives.

I admit initial surprise at your inclusion of the panini maker. We'd dismissed that idea as a waste of money, particularly after we heard the tip about using two pans (one underneath, and one to weigh down the sandwich on top. However, if you two say a panini maker is good then it must be - I particularly like the idea of being able to grill things other than sandwiches too.

And as for the wine - leftovers????? How could you?!
Actually, too much wine happens to the best of us, and we have a similar device that does the same thing but is not nearly so pleasing aethetically and doesn't have that nifty drip ring.

thanks for taking part - I hope to do the roundup by sometime next week.

see you soon, - Sam