Kitchen "Candy" ~ Or, Look What I Just Got!

[dragnlaw]

I have a few graters, from micro on up. I really mostly use the box grater on the large side, rarely the others.
To wash I just rub the sponge or cloth in the opposite direction and although it may take several swipes it does the job just fine.

 

[taxlady]

I have a flat one as well. Had the same problem with box graters and the 'food towers', so I prefer the flat one, which I can just set down into (or over) a bowl and the grated food goes where I want it to.

Plus, I don't have a dishwasher, so getting all the little bits of food out of the box grater was kind of a pain.

I had forgotten what a nuisance they are to wash. Now I have a flat one that has grater, shredder and slicer sections. I also have two paddle style shredders with different sizes of holes and a paddle style Microplane.

 

[Linda0818]

I had forgotten what a nuisance they are to wash. Now I have a flat one that has grater, shredder and slicer sections. I also have two paddle style shredders with different sizes of holes and a paddle style Microplane.

My flat one is like yours. I love it

 

[Andy M.]

A while ago I got tired of poking at ground beef with a spatula in a skillet to break it up. I ordered a plastic meat chopper. I used it for the first time tonight and I was amazed at how well it works. In expensive and effective. Great buy.

 

[Linda0818]

A while ago I got tired of poking at ground beef with a spatula in a skillet to break it up. I ordered a plastic meat chopper. I used it for the first time tonight and I was amazed at how well it works. In expensive and effective. Great buy.

I've thought about buying one of those, but I'm so used to using my spatula that I didn't really see the need to spend money on one. Might go ahead and buy one, just to try it.

Which one did you get? I'm seeing some as low as a couple of bucks and others are as much as $10 to $15.

 

[caseydog]

A while ago I got tired of poking at ground beef with a spatula in a skillet to break it up. I ordered a plastic meat chopper. I used it for the first time tonight and I was amazed at how well it works. In expensive and effective. Great buy.

I bought one, and haven't used it, yet. I haven't had a need to use it, yet.

CD

 

[taxlady]

I have been using Kenji's method of using a pastry cutter. I'm still deciding if I like it. It works quite well, but some of the meat gets stuck between the tines (or whatever they are called on a pastry cutter) and has to be pushed out. At least it's something I already had and didn't spend any money to find out if I like it.

 

[dragnlaw]

Think I mentioned earlier(?) I tried the potato mashers (2 styles) and didn't like using either one. Love my two wood spatuala, two handed, a satisfying chop-chop karate style attack. It's great! It's fast! It works!
Also works to pick-up and stir fry style the meat around the pan to the best area in which to do the chop-chop, the middle.

 

[Andy M.]

The reason I like it so much is that it's FAST. Once through the meat and you're done-less than a minute. With spatulas it's hit or miss and takes longer.

This is the one I bought: https://www.amazon.com/Touch-High-T...751-ada1-89a268fabd30&pd_rd_i=B00TTZGVSC&th=1

 

[Andy M.]

I bought one, and haven't used it, yet. I haven't had a need to use it, yet.

CD

I bought mine four months ago and just used it for the first time.

 

[dragnlaw]

Andy, gal pal had one of those and I used it. Nope, personally I really don't think it's faster. Guess it's a matter of all in the eye hand of the beholder.

 

[caseydog]

I bought mine four months ago and just used it for the first time.

I got mine at HomeGoods, a closeouts store. It was so cheap, and I'd heard good things about them, so I had to buy it.

CD

 

[Andy M.]

I got mine at HomeGoods, a closeouts store. It was so cheap, and I'd heard good things about them, so I had to buy it.

CD

I don't need it often but for $5 I'll give it space in my utensil crock.

 

[Kathleen]

Andy, a utensil crock can be prime real estate!

 

[dragnlaw]

On the farm i had 3 utensil crocks. One for wooden spoons, one for whisks, and one for spatulas (metal & rubber).

Now I barely have room for one - so I have to choose carefully what goes in.

 

[taxlady]

Think I mentioned earlier(?) I tried the potato mashers (2 styles) and didn't like using either one. Love my two wood spatuala, two handed, a satisfying chop-chop karate style attack. It's great! It's fast! It works!
Also works to pick-up and stir fry style the meat around the pan to the best area in which to do the chop-chop, the middle.
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I'll have to give your method a try. I really don't want to have an extra tool crowding my utensil crock just for chopping up ground meat.

 

[Andy M.]

Andy, a utensil crock can be prime real estate!

I have three. 1. Wood and plastic cooking utensils. 2. Metal - ladles, tongs, spats, spider etc, 3. Non-cooking tools - whisks, spreaders, ice cream scoops, etc.

 

[Jade Emperor]

I have been using Kenji's method of using a pastry cutter. I'm still deciding if I like it. It works quite well, but some of the meat gets stuck between the tines (or whatever they are called on a pastry cutter) and has to be pushed out. At least it's something I already had and didn't spend any money to find out if I like it.

You might also try a mezzaluna?

 

[taxlady]

You might also try a mezzaluna?

That would damage the blade, but I don't own one. I have been considering getting one, but I would prefer to get an ulu, not the same, but similar. I actually knew about these before I found out about mezzlunas.

Ulu - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[dragnlaw]

Goodness, I'd never use my mezzaluna in a frying pan to chop/separate while cooking ground beef!
Nor an ulu, if I had one. Almost got one for skinning.