Unusual & mysterious kitchen gadgets

[liuzhou]

50 minutes ago, IowaDee said:

You said it wasn't Chinese .  Otherwise my guess would have been to break up clumps of rice before serving it.  Far fetched I know.

 

I hadn't thought of that, but I suppose it could be used that way. Not what the manufacturer intended, though.

[dcarch]

When you push down, the thing turns to stir something?

 

dcarch

[liuzhou]

15 minutes ago, dcarch said:

When you push down, the thing turns to stir something?

 

dcarch

 

As I've said, it has no moving parts and stirring is not its primary purpose.

[gfweb]

A milk frother

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, gfweb said:

A milk frother

 

No.

[liuzhou]

As no one has come close, I'll give a little clue. Think Japanese cuisine. But not sushi.

 

I would never have guessed either, if I hadn't been able to read the packaging and see its illustrations.

 

If no one has guessed by tomorrow I'll reveal all and put you out of your misery!

[JohnT]

34 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

As no one has come close, I'll give a little clue. Think Japanese cuisine. But not sushi.

 

I would never have guessed either, if I hadn't been able to read the packaging and see its illustrations.

 

If no one has guessed by tomorrow I'll reveal all and put you out of your misery!

Swine! Old African saying: "Do not put off for tomorrow what can be revealed today" 

[liuzhou]

6 minutes ago, JohnT said:

Swine!

 

No, nothing to do with swine, either!

 

"My tomorrow will probably be your today". Old Chinese saying.

Edited December 18, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[Lisa Shock]

It keeps the octopus in the stockpot? (bad Iron Chef reference)

 

Actually, I was wondering if it was used to keep something open, like when being filled. For example, I could see putting a par-cooked piece of cannellloni on the end and filling it up while the tool holds it open.

[liuzhou]

10 minutes ago, Lisa Shock said:

It keeps the octopus in the stockpot? (bad Iron Chef reference)

 

Actually, I was wondering if it was used to keep something open, like when being filled. For example, I could see putting a par-cooked piece of cannellloni on the end and filling it up while the tool holds it open.

 

 

Another great idea, but not what the manufacturer intended. Alas.

Edited December 18, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[IowaDee]

Does it have a "relationship" with tofu?

[liuzhou]

8 minutes ago, IowaDee said:

Does it have a "relationship" with tofu?

 

Indirectly.

 

[Kerry Beal]

Soy milk mixer for making tofu?

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, Kerry Beal said:

Soy milk mixer for making tofu?

 

No.

[liuzhou]

Time to put you out of your misery!

 

What we have here is a Miso Muddler. You stick the business end into the miso paste and twist it. Extracting it carries out the correct quantity for a standard serving of miso soup. Put this into boiling water and stir, so that the paste dissolves.

Here is the packaging

 

And a close up of the thing in use.

 

 

Some alternative designs can be seen here.

Edited December 19, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[IowaDee]

Well no wonder that left me in a complete muddle.  Miso and I have yet to meet.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

1 hour ago, liuzhou said:

Time to put you out of your misery!

 

What we have here is a Miso Muddler. You stick the business end into the miso paste and twist it. Extracting it carries out the correct quantity for a standard serving of miso soup. Put this into boiling water and stir, so that the paste dissolves.

Here is the packaging

 

And a close up of the thing in use.

 

 

Some alternative designs can be seen here.

 

 

I have The Japanese Culinary Academy's Complete Japanese Cuisine volume on fermented foods.  English language edition.  Beautiful photographs and many, many words on miso.  No such device is mentioned.  Nor in my other half a dozen Japanese culinary works.

 

Also I checked amazon and all the Japanese kitchen supply stores I have dealt with, as well as all the other English language sources I could find on line.

 

Obviously this device does not exist.

 

[heidih]

It does seem  wasteful in an overall frugal cuisine

 

Edited December 19, 2017 by heidih (log)

[robirdstx]

37 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Obviously this device does not exist.

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Miso-achieved-muddler-made-Japan/dp/B00IZ6PI5I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1513656684&sr=8-3&keywords=miso+muddler

[liuzhou]

1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

Obviously this device does not exist.

 

 

Yes, all these pictures were faked by the same people who did the moon landings. And a simple Google search for "miso muddler" brings up many English language links referencing its use. Obviously fake.

Edited December 19, 2017 by liuzhou (log)

[FauxPas]

9 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

Yes, all these pictures were faked by the same people who did the moon landings. And a simple Google search for "miso muddler" brings up many English languages referencing its use. Obviously fake.

 

 

I think Jo's sense of humour may not have come through very well. 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

50 minutes ago, robirdstx said:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Miso-achieved-muddler-made-Japan/dp/B00IZ6PI5I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1513656684&sr=8-3&keywords=miso+muddler

 

Not eligible for Amazon Prime.

 

[Kerry Beal]

I can see how this came to be when someone had their little whisk out to make miso soup and the rest is history!

[liuzhou]

8 hours ago, heidih said:

It does seem  wasteful in an overall frugal cuisine

 

 

 

In what way does it strike you as wasteful?

 

It seems to me to be the opposite, allowing one to measure an appropriate amount rather than  too much, and then stir it into the water without needing another tool.Two for the price of one.

[Tropicalsenior]

Fantastic, I would never have guessed in a million years. A very specific one use product that would come in handy in many other ways. Wasteful, I think not. I would love to have one.