Welcome to HowToCookThat I'm Ann Reardon and today we're looking at 5 different kitchen gadgets.
I love going to kitchen shops and I always see things like this and I wonder is it even
going to work?
So I thought I'd try them out.
I've never tried any of these before so we are going
to test them out on camera and you can tell me if you think they are CLEVER or if you'd
NEVER buy them.
So let's start with this one...
What this one says is it will do is it says that it will make it easy to make a rose out
of fondant.
So you roll out your fondant and cut it out.
Then what you're supposed to be able to do, let's see if this actually works, is fold
that in half like that and then starting at this end, just roll it up.
Let's see if it's going to work.
Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll ... roll, rooooll.
And then ... you have a little flower.
What do you think, it doesn't look like a perfect rose to me but it's still a pretty,
quick flower.
We might do it again one more time ... You know what I should do?
Because I do stuff with fondant anyway, I should get Dave to do it so we can see if
it works for him!
(crickets) What?!
C'mon!
Alright so just cut it out.
I wasn't expecting this.
Ok.
Yep, pull it off.
Get rid of the excess.
What are you thinking so far?
It's really hard.
Is it clever or never?
Ahhh, it's ... I would never but my wife is very clever.
Use the paper to fold.
This is heaps easy!
Yep and then open it.
And then starting from that end, roll it up.
I would roll it towards me.
Yeah, no I would roll it towards me as well.
The other end, there you go.
This is why I'm good with words!
Keep going... you can do it.
Hey look at that!
The middle is coming out of the top!
I love you!
Ohhh ... you're so sweet.
Ok so when you're rolling it obviously you have to make sure that you roll so that it's
going down on the inside rather than up, so if you've never used it before it might take
a bit of practice or if you're not sure how to roll flowers.
(What are you saying?)
Yeah it's very good.
(I think it's very good) Let me know in the comments if you think this
is clever or never.
Ok so number 2 we have this cutter for Bananas that Dave got when he was in Singapore.
I can't read the writing so I'm not sure if it's Chinese or Japanese.
It says made in China so it might be from Singapore, Japanese banana cutter made in
China.
Let's see if it works.
First of all let's peel the banana, I'm assuming we can't cut through the skin and put it on
a chopping board.
Grab our cutter and push it down.
And we end up with a banana that I can't get off the cutter - let's push it all the way
through.
See if I can get it off.
There we go, push it all the way out and we have a banana that's cut up into random, uneven
shapes.
I think for me this is definitely a never, only because I reckon I can cut a banana way
faster than that.
I'm going to race Dave and see what's quicker.
Ok so here's the rules, you have to completely chop your banana and get it into the bowl.
The first one to finish wins.
You're using the banana chopper and I'm using a knife.
Singapore weapon!
On your marks, get set, go!
We should have peeled the bananas first.
Watch this ... BANG!
Check it.
Done!
Argggh ... your banana was smaller!
My banana was not smaller than your banana.
And look at the difference...
Yeah, yours is a mess, look at mine.
Yours is like mashed up banana.
Singapore!
This one's a never for me, let me know in the comments if you think it's clever or never.
It doesn't even say the word banana when you chop it.
No, but it's cool.
No it's not.
It's pretty cool.
At number 3, we have the Yolk Pig.
It's supposed to help you separate your yolks from your whites, so let's see if it works.
There we go, ok according to the packet we are just squeezing and sucking up the yolks.
Looks like he's got a snotty nose.
Bloop!
That actually worked really well, let's try this one.
That is a bit repulsive.
Oh now this yolk is a bit broken so this is going to be, a bit of an unfair test but we'll
see if it can manage it anyway.
Nope, can't do it if the yolk's broken, the yolk has to be intact for the yolk pig to
be able to be able to get it.
But it actually worked very effectively, Ithought it was pretty good.
It just looked a bit disgusting.
What do you think, clever or never.
I like that.
At number 4 we have this ... it's not in English so I don't know what to call it if you know
what that is, read it and tell me but it is a Kiwi cutter I can tell that from the picture.
It comes with a little cute saw and you saw it in half ... it does work.
We have two halves.
Ithink this looks a lot bigger than this soI don't know if it's going to just destroy it
but we'll try it.
Push it in and then twist ... yeah I think my Kiwi is too small for it.
It got three pieces but the other piece is a bit stuck and mangled in the skin.
I'm going to see if we can find a bigger kiwi.
Twist it around ... and then, oh look at that, out comes the kiwi.
That's actually pretty clever, I like that one.
(maybe the language says non-organic kiwi cutter).
Yeah, do not use on organic kiwis.Only use on big kiwis.
Big fat kiwis.
So Number 5 we have these Russian piping tips which have these weird cut-out shapes out
of the top of them, so I'm a bit intrigued by what they're going to look like when they
pipe.
I'm going to start with this one which looks like it's going to be rose petal type of shapes.
I'll star right down low, give it a squeeze and pull up.
Let's just do a few more low down ones and see if they're in a bunch if they look good
together.
That's actually pretty good, that looks pretty nice.
And this is just my normal butter cream recipe, you can get that on the website, I'll link
to that below.
They're pretty, they'd look nice on a cupcake and they're quick so I think they're good.
Let's test out the other ones and see what they do.
So this would be my favourite one out of the Russian Piping Tips and if you just have two
colours in your bag then it turns out really beautiful.
So there you go, that's 5 different gadgets that we've tried, let me know in the comments
below which ones you think are clever and which ones you think you would never try.
And also let me know if there's other gadgets that you've been looking at in the shops that
you want to know do they even work.
Let me know what they are and I'll get them and try them out for you.
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Make it a great week and I'll see you on Friday.
(wait for bloopers....)
Aeroplane.
(Aeroplane) I've gone into 'sleep mode'
Yes?
Yes...
Next ... (power saw) ... next we are going to listen to our neighbours cut a piece of
wood.
What a lovely sound :) They're good at it!