Making spaetzle without spaetzle maker?

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Hyperion

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Spaetzle maker is awesome, but is a terrible mono-tasker and difficult to find in eastern countries. I wonder if anyone has a method to make spaetzle using everyday kitchen gears? Thanks!
 
I have heard, although never tried this method, that you can make spaetzle by dripping the dough off a fork into the water to boil. You can control the length of the noodles by using a knife to wipe the tine end at the proper length. Also, I've heard some people use a strainer and just wipe the bottome with a knife to control the lenght of the noodles.
 
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I do the colander thing too. Works great.
The drilled pie pan sounds perfect.

You could also drop them off of a spoon. Might be a little bigger, but still good.
 
The traditional spätzle maker is pictured in the link below. However many people do not use that method anymore. I prefer spätzle made using the traditional method. This can be accomplished using a cutting board like the one in the DC logo and a hamburger flipper / turner.
Spätzlesbrett mit Schaber (Rezept mit Fotos) | von den Koch-Banausen
 

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I don't have any fancy gear to make spaetzle. I handed my husband a sturdy pie tin, ask him to drill it with some 1/4" holes, viola, a spetzle maker. It just fits over the pot I use. I blob a big blob of the dough on, scrap it through with a Bondo spreader, lift off the pie tin and then lift out the cooked spaetzle with a skimmer. I can make a big supply of them pretty speedy.
 
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