Category — Prep Tools

Really, the Rachael Ray Green Garbage Bowl was chosen for this post mainly to use ‘Rachael Ray’ and ‘garbage’ in the same sentence. But to be fair, it does look like a nice bowl. For garbage.

Product Description:
Stop running back and forth to the garbage can! Save time in the kitchen by tossing your food scraps, wrappers and other waste in Rachael Ray’s handy Garbage Bowl. Keep it next to your cutting board while you chop and you’ll be sitting down to eat in no time! The non-skid bottom keeps the bowl in place on your counter while you work.

I would say this cupcake thing has gotten far out of control, but I doubt many would agree with me; there is no denying that cupcakes are portable and delicious. They probably don’t use these Cupcake Shaped Measuring Spoons down at the cupcake store in the mall near you, but then again, they just might. In any event, the set of four overly-cute cupcake-themed prep tools can be used for whatever you decide to bake. Probably.

So, you want a knuckle sandwich, eh? Okay, no problem! Coming right up…

…would you like wheat bread or rye? Oh, you thought “knuckle sandwich” meant something else? No, no. We’re serious about sandwiches around here. In fact, knuckles are quite useful for all manner of food prep. Especially if you have the Knuckle Pounder Meat Tenderizer Pounder Metal Gadget on hand (ahem).

Product Description:
Get out that pent-up aggression while preparing your meat with this cool Kuckle Pounder Meat Tenderizer. Looks just like traditional brass knuckles but instead of “knuckles” there is a tenderizer grid. Its made of heavy aluminum alloy & its grooves make it easy to hold and pound the meat. Now what are you waiting for? Pound it out !

Some foods don’t lend themselves particularly well to consistency. We politely call these examples “rustic”. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; coarsely chopped vegetation of differing sizes can quite often add a pleasing effect. But sometimes you just want your homemade specialties to all be the same size with no surprises in store. A good example of when a surprise might be undesirable would be when biting into a stuffed burger. (Here might be another.)

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If you have been to any state fair in the recent past, you have seen it: the tornado potato. The spiral-cut deep-fried treat can be found wrapped around a hot dog or just served on its own. For those that find themselves unable to resist the lure of the barkers, and hence try to stay away from the midway, there is another option. Now, with the Ven-Tec Spiral Potato Cutter From Twisted Chips you can have the flavor of the carnival in your very own home.

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People often like or dislike a food based on its texture alone–but that usually applies only to eating it. But then again, nobody likes goopy hands. If you want to believe the infomercial, Meatball Magic can help. The idea is to slab down on to the counter a hunk of ground beef, and to cover it with the kitchen gadget. After trimming the excess, roll the whole shebang around on the counter until you get “9 perfect meatballs in seconds”. Whether or not it works is up to you to decide, but at least they didn’t name the contraption Meatball Mystery. Somehow meat meets mystery doesn’t have the same ring to it.