Gotten any fun stuff lately?

[Maison Rustique]

@weinoo The Southern California in me wonders if you have that tethered to the wall in case of earthquakes. We had a friend in Burbank who lost much of his extensive wine cellar in the Northridge quake a few decades ago.

[KennethT]

12 minutes ago, Maison Rustique said:

@weinoo The Southern California in me wonders if you have that tethered to the wall in case of earthquakes. We had a friend in Burbank who lost much of his extensive wine cellar in the Northridge quake a few decades ago.

Being in NYC, earthquakes aren't a problem.  He has a bigger chance of knocking it over by bumping into it or his cat knocking it over somehow!

[weinoo]

14 hours ago, rotuts said:

so ...  what are the 6  on the bottom left ?

 

as a sort of starter 

 

Those are all Chateau Musar of various vintages...no babies.

 

33 minutes ago, KennethT said:

Being in NYC, earthquakes aren't a problem.  He has a bigger chance of knocking it over by bumping into it or his cat knocking it over somehow!

 

I'm actually surprised at how sturdy it feels.

 

 

[BeeZee]

Stepson and his wife were in Portugal last month, so they brought this back for me

 

[rotuts]

over here :

 

https://forums.egullet.org/topic/164149-non-food-fun-stuff/page/4/

 

 

 I  posted abut this

 

 

see this at a yard sale , complete or not

 

and clean-able   :  get two .

 

not realizing this years ago :  iit has two buttons :  ' Chop '  & ' Grate '

 

OK .  but someone has their Thinking Cap on   [ remember those ?   Not opn Tick Tack Tock ? ]

 

the blade is a standard Cuyisi blale   :  a very sharp edge , and a dull edge

 

this machine uses the sharp blade edge for ' chop ' , ie it rotates in a certain expected direction 

 

but on ' Grind '   it rotates on the opposite direction , and uses the dull side.

 

Those Were The Days.

 

 

[YvetteMT]

I have the same one @rotuts and it's done a yeomans job for a long time.  The plastic holder of the blade cracked on mine and I hold off getting rid of it in hopes of finding a replacement.  I much prefer it over dragging out the big one.

[Laurentius]

1 hour ago, YvetteMT said:

I hold off getting rid of it

 

This is my wont as well, but these minipreps are under $50 new.  Don't do without...

[weinoo]

12 hours ago, YvetteMT said:

I have the same one @rotuts and it's done a yeomans job for a long time.  The plastic holder of the blade cracked on mine and I hold off getting rid of it in hopes of finding a replacement.  I much prefer it over dragging out the big one.

 

A lot of us have them - I'm sure mine is vintage. And they're noisy as shit.

[btbyrd]

Jacques Pepin's show on PBS always made me want one. Of course, that show was brought to us in part by Cuisinart, so I guess the marketing worked.

[gfweb]

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

 

A lot of us have them - I'm sure mine is vintage. And they're noisy as shit.

 

I have one and a spare 😉

 

They show up on Beat Bobby Flay and Pepin shows all the time.

 

A bargain

[chromedome]

Not gonna lie, ours mostly gets used these days for crushing up eggshells as a calcium supplement for the quail. It's a little battered, but still works great.

[rotuts]

best Cuisi's ever 

 

getting the job done