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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34060 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
If the device cuts very thin slices of very cold butter very rapidly, it could be a useful tool for making homemade puff pastry. Outside of that, I can imagine no practical use for it. |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
+2 for dull tools & gadgets (^; Don't get me wrong, great tool for the mystery but, for practicality, nadda. Ok, now I can ask. Is butter by the stick (4 sticks to a pound here in US) shaped like that in Europe. Most of what I remember it would not fit in this device. ... |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
On the east coast and in the midwest butter tends to come in long, elegant rectangles - 4 to a pound. Here on the west coast we have "western stubbies" (real name - honest!!!). Our rectangles are shorter and fatter than elsewhere in the states, but still 4 to a pound. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36838 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I've seen a similar gadget to that 1, but it produced curls of butter instead of small slabs. Cheers. |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I've seen a similar gadget to that 1, but it produced curls of butter instead of small slabs. That sounds slightly more practical. At least the curls would have more surface area and melt faster. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
I have only made homemade puff pastry once in my life, years ago when I was enrolled for fun in a bread baking class. In that class, I used a cheese slicer to drop a layer of thin butter slices over half the dough before I folded it, rolled it and then dropped butter on half of it again... and again, and again, and again, and again. Puff pastry is very labor intensive! I have never bothered to make it from scratch again. We are fortunate to have a couple of excellent bakeries in Berkeley. If they ever went out of business, I would whine and whine and whine until Eric took me to France! |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Sniff not Germany? Belgium? Switzerland? Austria? Finland? Norway? The list goes on Ang. BTW Trader Joe has a pretty good Apfelstuddel. All I can say is the price is right. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
Up here in the land of the free and the home of the cold, we get butter in 454g or so. It is supposed to be the same weight as an old imperial pound. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22535 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
unwinding spaghetti Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 |
fish catcher? |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
I have one without the wheel. I use it to pop corn on camping trips. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
popcorn cooker for over an open fire oops, uli beat me. (^; ... |
arkayn Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0 |
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31 |
Sniff not Germany? Belgium? Switzerland? Austria? Finland? Norway? While I am sure there is excellent pastry in all of those countries, the French have somewhat of a reputation for outstanding pastry... |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
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j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
Now that is different looking. (^; ... |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36838 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
LOL Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
hand held Panini grill ... |
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