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(eggs cracking and sizzling)
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- Hello, and welcome back to "Sorted Food."
- Now today we have four very exciting gadgets to review
but even better than that
is we have all specifically chosen them
for the person they're being given to.
And even better than that
we're turning it into a little bit of a competition,
we're gonna see which gadget is best.
- We have also come up with our own gadget puns.
So, sorry.
(laughs)
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- Ebbers, you're up first,
lifter the cloche.
(gasping)
- Interesting.
It looks like a tea towel holder.
- It's not a tea towel holder.
Would you like me to give you a clue?
- Ah, it's a whisk wipe.
- Ebbers, you've guessed it.
This is the Whisk Wiper.
It's a multifunctional whisk gadget that helps you
to wipe a whisk and bowl in seconds.
Forget about the mess as this Whisk Wiper
lifts the loops off the counter and catches the drips.
So Ebbers, you've guessed one of the functions,
but this is a multifunctional whisk gadget.
Would you like to test it
and we will find out some of the other functions.
- Sounds fun.
- So what we've got is a cake batter
but, because we knew it was you making the cake batter,
we coloured it, because we know how much
you love colouring in cakes.
Now what would happen if, I don't know,
you forgot that you didn't pre-heat the oven
and you need to just put the whisk down
on the side of the bowl and you need to go
and turn the oven on the other side of the kitchen.
What's gonna happen?
(whisk sloshing)
- That.
- He's such a little (beep)
(laughing)
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Clean. Lovely. - [Ben] Cleaner.
- [Jamie] Yep, No drips.
- Are you reading the instructions?
(laughing)
- Let's have a look at the different user cases.
You need to put the whisk down
because you're going to turn the oven on
on the other side of the kitchen.
Where are you gonna put it?
(whisk clanks)
Great. Now, if that was a really big bowl,
what would be useful?
- Oh slide in.
- [Jamie] Slide in, yep.
- It'd have to be a bloody big bowl, but yes I get you, I get you. Problem.
- Yep, yeah. So get your (beep)
what's it doing over there?
- Well, I wouldn't have it in my hands
so I'd have it stored in the kitchen somewhere,
wouldn't I?
(grunts)
- Just past the handle, then stop.
And now you can rest it on the side of the bowl.
Like that. There you go.
That's not gonna fall in.
- Gotcha.
- Alternatively, you could stand the whisk up on its end.
- And that whisk came with the Whisk Wiper, right?
- I know amazing, right?
- I didn't say that, but I was just clarifying.
(laughing)
- You could lay it on its side and the whisk end
won't be touching the work surface.
Carry on whisking.
Now, what do you hate more than anything, Ebbers?
Food waste.
So, use your Whisk Wiper to wipe all of that cake batter.
It's not just a Whisk Wiper, it's also a bowl wiper.
- So is a spoon, multitasking.
- Multifunctional. (laughing)
- If you're this much of a (beep)
in testing my gadget, I'm gonna kill you
(laughing)
- Now I know what you're thinking.
We have seven different whisks
and they're all different shapes and sizes.
Is that going to fit all of my whisks?
I'm going to answer that for you Ebbers, the answer is no.
(laughing)
The good news about that though.
- It comes with a whisk.
- It comes with the whisk that fits it.
- I saw a Whisk Wiper a few years ago
and I actually thought to myself, do you know what?
That's quite smart because it does solve a problem.
Having now tried it,
I realise it was a problem that didn't need solving.
But don't get me wrong, I'm always grateful for a gift.
Thank you.
- Well how much do you think I spent
on you with the Whisk Wiper?
- Eight quid. If it's more than eight quid.
- With the whisk?
- Well, yeah, basically I'm paying seven pound fifty
for the whisk, right? And 50p for a tea towel holder.
- If you were buying it in the US,
it would only be $18.95,
which is about 15 quid.
- That seems a lot.
You're buying into an idea and a concept that
ultimately isn't required
and even the whisk wasn't worth that,
let alone the bit of plastic that came with it.
- Well, I have to ask you my pun now.
Does this gadget whisk you away
or would you stick it on eBay?
- I wouldn't put that on anybody else either.
I don't think it's worth selling on.
- Off to a show start. Next up.
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- Beat that.
- Easy. Baz, lift the cloche and prepare to be wowed.
- Oh, okay. It's an electric can opener.
- That is one of six functions.
- What?
- This is a real multifunctional tool.
(laughing)
The Morphy Richards Multifunctional Can Opener
incorporates an automatic can opener plus a jar opener
and a multi opening tool to open bottle tops,
ring pulls, lids and even hard plastic packaging.
The multifunction opener is perfect
if you struggle with dexterity issues
or simply want to make everyday opening tasks simpler.
- This opens all doors.
- This opens everything.
Probably not doors though.
- Oh, okay.
(laughing)
- [Mike] So, first up, let's try
the traditional non-ringpull can.
So if you were to lift the lever up,
that's it, rest the can against the edge.
- I hate this bit.
I'm 33 years old and I still don't think
I've ever nailed opening a can opener on its first go.
- Try being left-handed mate.
- Oh mate, you must be in a world of pain.
- No, no, no, no. That's for later.
Barry, listen to me.
- [Barry] Okay, go again.
- Follow the instructions.
- Sorry, I'm panicking.
- Touch the top of the can flat,
like that, up against that bar.
There you go, that is literally all you need to do.
- That was it, that was it.
- That was it.
- What do you mean that was it?
That took five minutes.
- Yeah, because, look.
(laughing)
There we go. - [Barry] Like that? Yeah.
- Now, pull the lever down. Let go.
Thank you.
- That is very easy.
- [Mike] Stop. Now.
- [Barry] Let me see if it doesn't fall, good.
- Yep, hold the tuna. Lift the lid.
Okay. Now I know what you're thinking
about this. - Danger.
- Danger, danger.
Well, right on the front of the lever is a magnet, so.
- Oh no, please.
- If you just pop it down and there you go.
Danger averted.
(laughing)
- Mind has been blown, back on again.
I'm in the room.
- Your mind has been blown.
- [Barry] Yeah. - So gather it back up,
pop it inside, put the lid on
and get ready to be blown again.
- Okay.
(laughing)
- [Ebbers] Promises, promises.
(laughing)
- Number two. Opening a new jar.
See the the grip at the top, you can remove that.
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(beep)
- Did you tighten this up?
- No, I did not. - [Barry] Yeah you did.
- I did not. - [Barry] You did.
- That's fresh. That's a fresh jar.
- This never usually happens.
- [Mike] No, but.
- [Mike] Isn't there a better grip?
(laughing)
- That's it.
Come on Barry.
- The thing is, this hand is now sweaty.
- Give it here, I'll do it.
Come on.
(lid pops)
Easy.
- First try.
- Mike, was that easy?
- Absolutely, it was really easy.
- Because of the grip or?
- Yeah, because of the grip,
like bosh, there you go.
Now I know what you're thinking, take my money.
Wait, because we're going to try three, four, and five.
If you slide out the grey, there you go.
- I love a secret compartment. - Oh my goodness.
You got a bottle opener there,
so you can crack open a bottle of beer.
It's got a bottle top opener.
Oh, it's worked again.
Another argument could be, well the majority
of our cans come with ring pulls now.
You can use that tool to slide it under, lift it up,
and there you go.
Add to all of that the sixth tool which is
for opening plastic packaging. - [Barry] Yep.
- What a gift.
- I like the fact it's all in one.
Of the things here, I have a bottle opener
and I have a can opener.
Those two things are fine for me.
If I had any disabilities or struggles,
I can see how this could work.
I like the fact that all comes in one.
It can sit nicely on your worktop.
- Well, it's clear that you love it.
How much do you think it's priced at?
- I'm going to go at 18 pounds.
- Well, would you pay 26.99 for it?
- No. I'd be happy with having
something a little bit smaller
that you put in a drawer and that's what I would need.
- My question to you then,
has it opened your mind or has it left you jarred?
- I'm sorry to say that it hasn't blown my mind
but it has opened it.
- Sounds like a resounding success.
- For goodness sake.
- Let's move on.
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- Ebbers, I feel like you need
to turn this video around, come on.
- I've got something in my locker
and I put it under your cloche.
Any ideas?
- Churros?
- Wouldn't you like a desktop churros maker
to take home for the family?
- Do you mean work top, not desktop?
- Well, you can put it on your desk.
His nine to five work from home has just been transformed.
- Sending email. (making munching sounds)
(laughing) Eating churros.
- Jamie, this is the Levivo Churros Maker,
making the traditional Spanish street food dessert at home
without the worry of scalding pans of hot oil
and cutting back on the fat content.
This is your solution.
Snip the end off your piping bag
and you're going to pipe into your four containers.
- It looks like lovely, lovely batter.
- [Barry] Aren't churros usually ridged?
- It's ridged inside.
So although the batter's come out as a cylinder,
it's going to form into the ridges
I would presume.
- Close it, click the safety lock
and it'll all start to warm.
I'm going to set a timer for you.
- How long?
- Three minutes.
- And when it comes out and it's hot
we're going to toss it in cinnamon sugar
and I'm going to give you, because it's you,
a chocolate whiskey sauce to dip it in.
So we're going to tick all the boxes
and you can have all of this luxury at home
without the deep fat frying.
- I just want you two to know
that I'm not going to bring the whiskey chocolate sauce
into my judging criteria of the machine.
- He's being a bribey Ebbers.
- He is. (laughing)
- 10 seconds, J, and you're gonna love this.
You've got to turn the churros.
- What do you mean?
- So if you pick it up by the safety handle
and flip the machine 180.
With a bit of luck the turning gives it even cooking.
While we wait for the other half to cook,
let's make some in oil.
- Right. I'm gonna do this like they do in Spain.
- [Mike] Why, what's he doing?
He's doing a big sausage, isn't he?
- So they do it in really big spirals
and then they flip the whole thing over
so that it cooks on the other side
and then they lift the whole thing up,
and that's when they snip.
- And do they do it in a pan that size?
- No, they do it in a vat the size of this kitchen.
(laughing)
- Don't forget you're trying to have a fair comparison here.
(indistinct)
- [Ben] J, let's have a look at our Levivo machine.
Toss them in cinnamon sugar.
- [Mike] Oh, nice tekkers.
- [Ben] They look like very straight, small churros.
- Lets have a little looky.
- [Barry] He's made a croissant.
(laughing)
- Shall we try one of these each
while we wait for the other one to finish?
- Cheers.
- [Mike] Cheers.
- First things first,
that chocolate whiskey sauce is sensational.
- I can't taste anything else but whiskey now.
- It's not cooked in the middle.
- No, I think it's cooked. I don't think it's great,
but it's cooked.
- [Mike] How's your stubby looking Jay?
Oh that's looking nice and golden brown
on the outside, I don't know about the middle.
- Nothing about that texture was correct.
Because there was no oil
when I lifted it out of the waffle maker
and put it into the cinnamon sugar,
literally none of the cinnamon sugar
stuck to the outside of the churros.
Whereas this one you can see.
- Is saturated in the fat
that this healthy alternative is trying to avoid.
(groaning)
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- Now that is far more the texture of a churros.
- Jay, let's talk price. What do you think?
- If that's more than 10 pounds, I'm gonna be very angry.
- You're putting it 10 pounds?
- I think you can get a cheese toastie maker for a fiver.
- In that case J, you might not be impressed.
This is 26.95.
So J, is this the cinnamon to your sugar
or a useless cooker?
- That's useless.
I'm really, really. No I'm not sorry.
- I think you should look down the lens
and tell Evie and Finn they can't
have family-friendly churros tonight.
(laughing)
- Ben! Even I didn't stoop that low.
(laughing)
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(crowd cheering)
- Go for it.
I always think it's an insult to this instrument here
for it to be called a gadget.
It's been used for centuries.
- Well, I tell you what it's sturdy
and I assume it is what I think it is,
like flatbread press,
like a tortilla press.
- [Barry] Yeah, a cast iron tortilla press.
- [Mike] And I'm ready.
- Michael. We are making tacos.
And not just any tacos, these are tacos
from our "Meal Packs" app.
- Excellent.
Alright, well Baz, I have a crepe pan,
preheated, it's pretty hot now.
- Open the cast iron,
grab one of the greaseproof pieces of paper,
lay that onto the bottom side.
Then take yourself a pre-made dough ball.
With your hand just press down lightly
and then, if you grab another piece of paper,
and now you can close the lid
and apply the desired amount of pressure you'd like
to get the thickness you want.
I'm guessing quite a lot for a tortilla.
- Oh, hello.
- And then you can pop that straight in the pan.
Well, it can't be denied that that was a simple process.
- Now I'll tell you what, we've made tacos before
and I've had great trouble rolling them out.
- It is, oh blimey, that is. - [Barry] It's looking good,
it's looking good.
- Oh, hey. Right, I'm gonna do another one.
- Making tortillas at home is already pretty easy,
but there is a little bit of faf involved
with the rolling and so on.
That is just another level of ease
that really makes me want to make tortillas
from scratch at home.
Satisfying as well, isn't it.
- It feels good,
it feels good. (laughing)
- [Mike] Nice, right.
- What are you putting in it?
- I very kindly had the prep done
for our elotes tacos from our "Meal Packs" app.
So our "Meal Packs" app has been designed
to help you boss your mid-week cooking.
Every week there's a menu of multiple meal packs,
each containing between three and five recipes.
You pick one that looks good to you
or a past favourite from your library
and they are your meals for the week.
Copy the week's ingredients to your usual shopping list.
Check you've got the equipment needed
and start cooking along, as we,
your personal audio guides,
will take you through everything.
- [App] Slice five spring onions into thin rounds
and chuck them onto the tray too.
- [Mike] There are built in adjustable timers
when you need them, you'll clear and wash up as you go
and by the end of the week
you'll not only have created some delicious tasting dishes
but you'll have used up all the fresh ingredients
you bought, so there's no food nor money wasted.
Go and try it out for free for a month
'cause we really think it will transform
your midweek cooking.
Oh, love it.
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- Oh. - Here you go mate.
Ebbers.
And, Spaff, there you go sir.
Tuck in lads.
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- Oh my goodness.
- This is very good.
- The filling is delicious.
But the tortilla makes that.
- Fresh tortillas make all the difference for a taco.
- Oh, cheers lads.
Thank you, Baz.
- It is thin, it flakes, it's got the char.
- It's excellent, isn't it?
I mean the recipe is absolutely banging
and you should go and try it out.
I think for day-to-day use,
I'm not sure I'd use it
because I don't make homemade tortillas.
However.
- If you were doing a DIY taco party
that will make it really simple
to knock out 20 tortillas pretty damn quickly.
- Knowing full well that it would probably
last me a long, long time.
I'm not sure it'd be out all the time,
but if I could find a bit of storage space for it
I'd get it, all dependent on price.
- What do you think?
- [Mike] Ooh, I do not know. - How much is that?
- Yeah, it's cast iron
and I know that cast iron things aren't cheap.
I'm gonna say
50 pounds.
- [Barry] 33 pounds 29.
- [Mike] Okay. - [Barry] Which is still
not cheap.
- If I bought it, I wouldn't be thinking
"I'm going to have to replace that in two years time."
Question is, would I buy it in the first place?
Maybe I would buy it.
- [Barry] Cool. - No, I think
I've been on a journey.
- Okay. So is it yes for the press,
or are you less than impressed?
- Best yet.
- That's a really great one.
- Well done mate.
Well, you've done very well all round.
Not only with the gift that you received,
because it is excellent but,
great pun, great gadget.
Congratulations mate.
I would absolutely yes for the press. Brilliant.
- Over to you.
Let us know what you think.
Rate those four gadgets in terms of your favourite.
Number one the best, number four the Whisk Wiper.
- [Barry] You can also- - Did you see
the churros maker?
- You can also also join the conversation
on Twitter with the hashtag #SORTEDGADGETS.
And we'll see you in the next one.
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(beep)
- I don't know whether it's very whizzy.
I don't know if it's whizzy enough for me.
- Oh okay, okay.
- No, I think I'm with you Baz, I think it.
- It was whizzy back in its day.
- Yeah, so was Ebbers.
(laughing)