Spent half an acid trip watching this guy, he's a genius, he's my grandad, he's a kind soul who cares about the disabled, he oils his hands, he's funny, he's a king and he's the reason why keyboards have indentations.
My dad gave my mum a salad spinner for their first wedding anniversary. This resulted in a conversation where my mother explained the fine art of gift buying to him. Namely, that kitchen gadgets are not anniversary gifts, especially stupid ones. It became a classic family story and dad got way better at gift buying after that, bless him.
@@LeglessWonder I think a lot of it depends on what it is and how you spend your time. I like cooking, and special little cookie presses, a high quality knife or a stand mixer would make me unspeakably happy. Someone who enjoys working with their hands would appreciate a tool used in their specific hobby. I think it misses the mark when it is a cheap tool that is given to someone who would only use it because they had to in order to accomplish some mundane chore.
He usually does the left handed oil test to show an example of how people with something like arthritis would use it to show how its use can be used to make it people for people with problems
I love how the left hand oil test shows how accessible the gadgets actually are, a lot of these are made for people with disabilities but if theyre not easily usable it defeats the point
I start using my hand when the vegetable is large. The guards never have worked on large vegetables on the 3 I have had. But when you are down to a small piece they do the job and save your fingers. My first was a 20 dollar one from Giant Tiger. Over 20 years. My husband sharpened the blades a few times, but it hit the point of no more sharpening. The second was a very expensive one given to me second hand. About 180 in the stores. Useless. The one I have now is I bought second hand for 5 dollars. Star something. Works great.
Yeah, a mandolin was involved in more than one trip to the hospital for my ex. One was on Christmas Day. I am worried right from the get-go, when I see or hear of a mandolin!
@@rohithbaliga This is exactly it. I don't try to get every last bit cut, I stop when I feel like it'd be unsafe to continue, and just get another vegetable. The "waste" part of the stub can just be sliced with a knife or used in a stock or something, and worst case you're out $0.05.
i really love how he takes into about accessibility for the gadgets. its something the generally abled public doesn’t consider, but it’s what these gadgets are usually made for. thank you :)
which is ironic given how a lot of these gadgets are meant for people with disabilities. I mean that's the entire reason the gaddget market exists really is to sell things that claim to make people's lives easier while dropping the ball 9/10 times
I was actually looking to buy a food processor and I think I may buy that hand pulled one. Thanks for this series, I've made a few purchase based on these recommendations.
at 10:30 is a hint that literally has changed my life! The need: How to dry a single (or two) serving of washed lettuce without the benefit of a salad spinner...Voila! Use a hand towel and swinging action! Thank you Dan, I use this idea at least once a week when I make salad for myself and my dad. I love these videos, have watched all of them! Thank you Dan and Epicurious!
"Oh, yeah, he's totally right about the salad spinner. The best one by far is…oh. Yeah. The Oxo stainless steel salad spinner. That he probably designed." Thanks, Dan, for all you've done for making kitchens accessible for people like me!
I have that exact salad spinner, and I use it for EVERYTHING. Granted, most of the time when I'm washing vegetables, I wash them in the spinner with water and vinegar and then just lift the basket out before tipping the water. No lid needed. I can't stress enough how much of a difference a salad spinner makes in having lettuce dry enough to store, though. I can tell a huge difference - so much so that I took my salad spinner with me to my mom's house so I could make a salad there without it being watery and wilted.
I have the easy pull food processor, made by Tefal, it's a bit different than your - the cover can be locked with the bottom for safety. It's great for quickly chopping some onion + garlic to start out a dish but it will jam itself if you put too much inside at one time.
Especially those that get delayed for years because they just cannot get it to work properly and then panic produce something since investors have started to complain.
I love these videos, but there's a few mistakes in the subtitles I wanted to point out - hopefully community subtitling comes back so we can edit them if we see them, because as a transcriber I know it's easy to miss a few things. 3:55 and 5:19 - 'fuzzy' should be 'fussy' 7:22 - 'then symmetric' should be 'asymmetric' 9:20 - 'filler up' should be 'fill her up' or maybe 'fill 'er up' 11:52 - 'finger' should be 'fingernail' 13:04 - 'draw' should be 'drawer; 13:20 - 'by' should be 'buy' 13:24 - 'it's' should be 'its' 13:41 "raise on the extra' should be 'raison d'être' (lol!) 17:34 - 'union' should be 'onion' 19:46 - 'pic' should be 'pit' there might be more and that's just for this video, sorry if it seems pedantic but it can be confusing if you don't have the audio playing.
i always love the left handed oil test, cause it really shows how sometimes when you design you forget what environment you might be using it and who your design is made for.
When he said “Mandolin blades can be sharp” it brought back an old memory of my completely slicing open my finger with one back when I was young, it was really bad and for like a week or two I needed superglue on it daily to help it heal
I owned that salad spinner (kids broke the outer bowl). I had the same issues with it that he pointed out - wobbly and hard to store. Not planning on buying another as a replacement. Would like to see more gadgets he DOES recommend.
I'm not the expert he is, but I like the Oxo salad spinner a lot. My first one lasted something like 15 years, and the replacement is at least 7 or 8 years old at this point and going strong.
@@nicolenunya984 I'll try! The bowl is made of clear plastic and is large enough to be able to fit a head or two of lettuce at a time. The basket is a milky-white plastic. The lid is mostly clear plastic with a large plunger in the middle (press the plunger repeatedly to get it spun up to speed) which retracts down for easy storage. The lid also has a small button that slows and stops the spinning basket when pressed. If you search for "OXO Good Grips Salad Spinner", it should come up. I have the large version.
I either read or heard some where that Dan has designed things for OXO. I have the smaller OXO salad spinner and I love it! Works every time, it's stable, safe and reliable. It has a plunger dead center on top of the lid you push down to make the basket spin, and it can spin quite fast and throws the water off nicely. Because the plunger is in the center the bowl wont wobble and you're pushing straight up and down, not around having your hand off center making the bowl rock around. Under the outer bowl is a ring of silicone so the spinner stays put on the table and doesn't skid around. The top of the plunger is also capped in tough silicone for a non-slip grip and does not bite into your hand, it's comfortable to use. The plastics used are of nice and durable quality. For storage you can push the plunger down and lock it into place so it takes up less space and makes it easier to store away. The components are all easy to wash too. I also have a pair of OXO tongs that I like very much. Judging how he redesigns gadgets here, I'm willing to bet he did design OXO's salad spinner. (they come in 2 sizes. I have the smaller one) I'd love to know what he has designed for OXO and other companies.
I have a salad spinner that just requires pushing instead of cranking (like the onion slasher) and it works really well. But of course, its usefulness depends on the amount of lettuce one wants to wash. It's not worth it for small amounts. Also it's made of pretty cheap plastic, I wish it were much more sturdy.
God, I'm addicted to these vids atm. For the salad spinner, I have a similar model except it has a push-to-spin mechanism. You wash/rinse the lettuce in the basket in the sink, then put it into the spinner to dry. Giving it a few pumps spins the lettuce fast enough to be nearly completely dry. I think you've kind-of misrepresented the product a bit, as I've lived with and without one and I couldn't go without it again.
This man's experience with a mandolin is my experience with every one I have ever tried to use. I have no idea why people believe in this gadget because to me it seems like an easy and expensive way to flay your skin or remove digits from your hands.
Someone's heard my prayers 😭😍 yesterday I was just thinking how cool would it be for a new video of this series to come out and HERE IT IS THAK YOU EPICURIOUS I LOVE YOU I WORSHIP YOU
I had use of one of those for a while, since an ex-housemate owned one. I was sad when she took the Oxo salad spinner away, it was a great one. I have one from Tupperware that works pretty well. But the Oxo one was better - which, as a former Tupperware sales person, is really painful to say!
The salad dressing thingy... I'd have designed it with a pump pusher on top. you just push down and it makes the plastic thingies inside spin and mix the dressing. you can use more bodymass, for more effect, with less strain to individual digits and whatnot.
Thanks to this gentleman i bought the express food chopper with the pump; its helped me so much. onions. Done easy. i love it. glad i found these videos.
One thing I like about the Express Food Chopper is the safety about it. Parents of kids who are starting to learn how to make their own foods can use this instead of a knife if the parent is concerned.
The first example is me with my mother when i see those kind of gadgets like: "Mom you can do that in a regular BLANK". Or a "we already have that kind of thing".
Those choppers worked great. If you’re tight financially and can’t afford a blender or for some reason you’re sensitive to how loud they are, these are perfect for you
For the last gadget theres a lock and unlock button that you can easily visibly see that was always unlocked when he was using it. I imagine it would have been much easier if he had locked the lid in place when pressing down.
It doesn't lock the lid. It locks the blades. It makes it so the blades don't turn. Why do you think it's on the blade stalk? What mechanism do you see when it's open or even turned to lock the lid? There isn't one.
"With a couple changes I think it would be easier to use" Ok so a couple means 2 so I have 2 changes! 1) Use your dominate hand 2) Don't put oil on said hand All fixed :D
I was looking at that little Zyliss food processor thingy not 20 minutes ago! 👀 haha. Anyway, I figured it might come in handy while camping. Might be worth a shot.