yeah, it grates well. too well!

Immersion blenders are marvelous for making purée of vegetable chunks in soup. Plug and play, stick it in and hit the switch, nothing to it except there's a knack to using one: avoid standing it straight up on the bottom of the cookpan, as it'll suck down onto the bottom so hard you can't move it about. Powerful little suckers. And watch having it too near the surface of the liquid in the bowl because that same power can throw a lot of soup or puréed vegetables all over the kitchen.

Yep - sounds marvelous... except for the suction issue and the throwing shit all over the kitchen problem. :p

:crazy: That's HLJ's other personality talking.

Mr. Clod's favorite kitchen item is the deep fryer, primarily because he's never had to clean it.

Why would you ever need to clean a deep fryer?

Obviously you've never seen the movie "Scotland, PA."

hand held crank style parmesan cheese grater

The phone. It has been involved in more of my meals than anything else I have.

This is a guilty pleasure of mine. It takes all of my will not to call those late night infomercial guys when they are selling kitchen gadgets. I think to myself, "How have I lived without that mini blender with little cups? I really need that pressure cooker that keeps cooking even when the heat is off, even if it's in the freezer. Why don't I have that rotisserie cooker, etc...

I wish I was being sarcastic, but I'm not. I really want those things. I'd love to have a job reviewing all the crap they sell on tv to see if it really works as good as they say.

Years ago, I bought the super slicer. It was complete and utter crap, and it was only after I had used it myself that I could see how they were putting the commercial together to hide the flaws and make it look good on the tv. I'll never buy anything from tv again. Although that shamwow made in Germany looks intriguing. ;)

got the shamwow - loooser! its good to drag across your car, but thats about it. IT never EVER gets a surface completely dry. And once its dirty....its done. :headshake

I got a food dehydrator years ago and used it twice. I tried making beef jerky and it sucked. I also made banana chips and they didn't.

Kitchen torch. This thing has a powerful flame...so fun. Oh, and it's good for creme brule, too.