Welcome to HowToCookThat I'm Ann Reardon and this is Dave Reardon ... and today we are
going to do another 'Clever or Never' video for you.
You guys enjoyed the last one and said could I do another one and you loved Dave so much,
so I have brought him back to test 5 more kitchen gadgets.
This is not his normal area of expertise as you know, he used to be a journalist, he's
a writer, he's written The Deep Enders, he's a great guy.
Yep.
Well, yep!
What else can you say?
So what's our first gadget?
Our first gadget is a batter dispenser...
A batter dispenser, what does that do?
It dispenses batter.
Yes it does dispense batter!
Ok so what this gadget is supposed to do is you're supposed to pour batter in and then
it's got a little lever on the side.
And when you pull it, it opens at the bottom.
And when you let go, it closes so you can just pour out a little bit of batter at once.
This is obviously going to only work for runny type batters, so we've got some pancake batter.
Do you want to tip that in for us?
Sure.
Right here.
And we've got a fry pan.
Do I tip it in there?
Yes tip it all in there and hopefully it doesn't leak out the bottom because we haven't tested
any of these gadgets before.
Ok.
Ooh, I made a mess.
Put the lid on.
Alright so give it a go, we just want a little bit in the bottom of the pan.
Ok, what am I making?
Crepes.
Like the hundred layers of crepes cake.
Oooh le crepe.
Oh not that much.
Well it did work, it just let a little bit out.
Sorry it's more of a pancake.
It's more of a pancake than a crepe but that's fine.
That's very good.
Now we actually have another gadget that's going to work with crepes as well, not with
that much crepe batter, maybe a little bit less.
But this does seem to work anyway, look ... open ... close.
Open ... close.
So it works for letting a little bit, whether you can just get the right amount out, you
might have to do it very quick.
And it's working, that's pretty cool.
And then you don't get a mess even when you put it down.
There's nothing there, that was from us before, that's not from this.
So that's pretty cool, let me know what you think - do you think it's Clever or Never?
What do you think?
I think it's okay ... not sure ... like what's the difference between that
And that?
Because, look you do it and now it's dripping down here and then you put it here.
Sure.
And now it's going to drip all the way down onto the counter.
Okay, that's why you have cloths though.
To wipe it clean?
Yeah.
But also if you're doing, if you had a runny cake batter, and you're doing it across 12
different things, you don't want to drip it across from one to the next to the next.
It's good for that too.
Sure, clever?
I think it's clever, you would never use it.
No, definitely not.
But I think it's clever.
This is another gadget that I have, which is a spreader for spreading out pancake mixture
so you can spread it out smoothly.
If I was making the 100 layers crepe cake, I would use this one.
I would not make 100 crepes again without one of those, I think that was good.
And that was also very good for that but whether I would use it often because I don't often
make 100 layers.
I don't know, let me know in the comments if it's clever for the batter dispenser and
the pancake spreader.
Next we have Perfect Roll Sushi.
Which should probably be Perfect Sushi Roll, I just think it got a bit lost in translation.
Konnichiwa Take this out
Okay, let's have a look This looks interesting.
Okay so usually you use a whole sheet but we've got to cut it to a suitable width and
length to match our machine.
It says put in your rice, vegetables, beef, fish and favourite ingredients into the sushi
machine.
Then take hold of the shelf to head with hard pull!
Take hold fo the shelf to head hard pull, that's what it says!
There are people all over Japan right now that are laughing us.
Sorry.
It's quite simple, it says.
It is quite simple.
So simple that we can't figure it out.
Ahh.
Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull.
Oh yeah, this is good!
Ok ... I can see air through it.
Yep, is that not ... that's not perfect is it?
No.
Do you want to try again?
Yes.
Okay so Dave is going to use this Perfect Roll Sushi and I'm going to use this perfect
bamboo mat.
And we're going to race and see which one's better.
Now to be fair, I made 2 huge platters of sush last night using this.
And I made none!
And Dave's never made sushi before so it could be a little bit unfair but I think it's going
to probably be better than if we swap because this is a bit tricky if you've never used
it.
Ok so, are you ready?
I'm ready, I'm ready.
Get set, go.
Wetting my hands, getting some rice.
Spreading it out.
You have to use wet hands or the rice sticks to your fingers.
I don't have to because I'm using the hygienic Perfect Roll Sushi machine.
Yeah, you've also got a spoon, this great device called a spoon.
But I need to flatten out my rice.
I've probably got a bit much rice because I'm rushing.
Put some carrot.
It's a very hands on meal.
Chicken.
Okay now roll mine around.
I'm definitely the worst!
What just happened?
I had a malfunction ... I think the electrics on it have gone wrong.
You go back to yours, I'm doing this.
Mine's done already.
Ok, alright!
Roll it up, there we go...
Hands off!
You did it.
Look at that.
Yay!
First try!
Very good, ok now what do you think?
Clever or Never?
I reckon with a big of practice, for a novice like me, this could be quite clever.
Could be quite clever.
If this came full length.
If this came the length of that, then I might use it.
It's that it only makes a third of a sheet that's the issue for me.
Let me know what you think in the comments below, Clever or Never for the ... was it
called Perfect ... Perfect Roll Sushi.
Perfect Roll Sushi, let us know.
Next we have this gadget.
Do you know what it does?
It's uh ... no.
Any guesses?
It's um ... something with your hair?
It's a kitchen gadget.
Oh, I think it's probably something to do with pie.
Something to do with pastry?
I know your really like apple pie, I wanted to do apple and cherry so I can show the colours.
So this has little circles that are incomplete so that as we roll it, it should make a pattern.
So roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll.
I've never done this before but I think it's going to work.
We are going to flip this over.
Do you want to move the pie over a bit.
Yep.
Onto the pie.
And then I'm going to peel off the Glad wrap.
And then we are going to stretch it out a bit ... see that.
Oh lattice!
Did you expect that to happen?
I didn't, that is actually very clever.
But I've got to pull it out a bit more.
I don't think I pressed hard enough in the middle!
It hasn't cut all the way through.
Trying to press hard enough to make sure we get all the way to the bottom.
CRACK!
Not too hard.
Wow.
Let's just cut that bit :) I don't thing this is sharp enough to cut
all the way through.
What if we cut but I guess that defeats the purpose of having a gadget.
I think it's clever, the whole concept is clever and I've seen ones before that are
made of metal and they work beautifully but this one unfortunately is not strong enough
to do the job.
So that's a pain, I really wanted a nice pretty pie.
We'll just have to eat it anyway.
Yeah we'll have to bake it anyway, I'll try and get it as repaired as I can and we'll
put it in the oven.
Even though I pushed down on it as I rolled, which hurt my hand, it still didn't cut through
the pastry properly.
So for me, this one is a Never but the same design in maybe metal or something stronger
would be Clever.
I like it, let me know what you think in the comments below.
It still looks ok though and would you like some pie?
I would love a piece of pie.
Let's eat some pie!
This one, I'm really excited about.
This is an ice cream sandwich maker.
And you like ice cream sandwiches.
I love ice cream sandwiches.
So what's in the box ... there's a spatula, a recipe book which I've made the batter according
to their directions.
And this!
Hmm, which is cool.
It says in the directions to put a tablespoon of batter into each of these, now we are going
to put them on a tray because I don't fancy trying to get that into the oven without spilling
it otherwise.
So we'll just put a tablespoon in each and maybe if you can spread it.
It says to make sure you don't get it out of the mould, so you've got to keep it in
the mould section.
I'll do my best.
I think we are going to have way too much batter.
I don't know why it made us make so much batter if we don't need that much.
There we go, I think we're ready.
Ok, so that's just got to go in the oven to bake and once it's baked, we'll come back
and read the next step.
So they're baked and we've cooled them in the fridge like it said so they're cold to
the touch.
Now the top and bottom are exactly the same and we have to click this in.
And now we are supposed to "smoosh" these full of ice cream.
That's not a word.
It's a made up word it's a 'my' word.
Smoosh is a good word.
It should be in the dictionary I think ... can you push it down using that?
Yep.
Just because you're the journalist it doesn't mean you get to not let me make up words.
Who made up words a lot?
Dr Seuss.
Dr Seuss, what a genius!
I like Dr Seuss books.
What's your favourite word?
ZizzaZazzaZuzz.
You know what mine is?
What?
Lugubrious!
Lugubrious.
Do you know what lugubrious means, I do.
Do you know what lugubrious means?
If you know what it means put it in the comments below.
Looking good.
Ok now we have to ... I think if we flip this one they will all fall out so I think we have
to flip this one onto that one and then use your muscles again to join them together.
So now we have to put that in the freezer for at least an hour it says and then come
back and eat them.
It has been about 3 hours and it feels pretty cold.
So apparently what we have to do is peel off the top.
And then flip it over and peel off the other side, I don't know how you get them out of
the middle though.
And then we have to push them out I assume.
No I can't do it, your turn muscles.
I wonder if we run a knife around the edge first if that will be easier to get it out.
Let's eat some.
Maybe you're meant to wait for it to melt a little bit, a fraction.
Hmm, they're good.
What do you think, Clever or Never?
Clever, good.
And they taste good.
They don't look quite perfect but we might have overloaded them a bit with ice cream.
So there you have it, that's 5 new gadgets reviewed for you.
Let me know in the comments below which ones you thought were Clever and which ones you
would Never use and they'd just clutter up your drawer.
Some of today's ones I would use again.
Yep, you probably would, I don't think I would.
I would but some of them I wouldn't so let me know below which ones you think were Clever
or Never.
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