27February2008
Posted by kitchenboy under: Product Discussions.
You take the garlic clove in your hands. You strip off the skin. You look at it lying there vulnerable and ready. What do you do next?
You have a couple of options - one approach is old and low tech, the other more hip and a little more high tech.
You can chop it with your knife or use one of many types of garlic presses. The first and natural question is - are garlic presses necessary? Well that all depends on a couple of factors. First, your comfort handling a knife and whether your skills or lack there of make you less apt to pick up a knife. Secondly, are you of the school who doesn’t believe in owning single function tool for the kitchen.
If you don’t feel comfortable with a knife, then yes garlic presses are useful and convenient.
However if you are a strong supporter of the no single purpose tool rule, then maybe this is not for you.
I can go either way here. While, I am not opposed to keeping equipment in the kitchen to a minimum, there are times when a single purpose tool is helpful.
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26February2008
Posted by kitchenboy under: About.
First a little about myself, I am someone who loves to cook, bake and talk about all things culinary. I got my real start just over 15 years ago. After I married, I began to take a greater interest in cooking. I was concerned with making healthy food and found the best way to do that was to prepare it myself. Prior to meeting my wife, I did cook, but it was mostly steamed veggies and buttered noodles - single guy food, quick simple preparation. I actually ate quite healthily but it was limited to simpler meals.
As time passed and my interest grew, I began to take over the cooking duties. Being a man, I became interested in tools and gadgets to make food preparation easier and more fun. As I do with most things I enjoy, I became immersed in the details of gadgets and tools. I wanted to know why a certain tool was good or useful and whether it was necessary or just something I call “almost a good idea”.
Since my cooking interest began, I have had only galley kitchens with limited storage space. This has forced me to carefully consider whether the things I used were really necessary. As time passed and my culinary interests grew, I continued to explore the hows and whys of this new world.
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