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Lel, an egg timer, yeah works for just one type of eggs and as soon as you get some bigger ones MESS I do have that last gadget, got at as a gift and then started using it, works really well for me but I don't see it lasting long, the plastic is way to soft
@@IIARROWS Get bent. Are you paying her bills? If not shut up zippy. How dare you judge her on how she lives her life. You are a big man. So full of integrity that when you get check you cry.
@FromScratchBakery the last chopper gadget is very useful. I use it for chopping salads. half an onion is too big for the chopper. Slice it a bit thinly, maybe about 2 or 3 mm and then try. That exact gadget saved me hours of chopping, sliced fingers and shoulder pain. Extremely useful for my arthritic hands. Cheers and lots of love from Maldives 🇲🇻 Love ur videos
@@aishathhassan9183yes, I love that gadget!! I make and jar a lot of salsa in the summer from my garden. This chopper thing saves me sooo much time. I dice sweet peppers, hot peppers, onions, tomatoes and multiple other veggies with it!!!
Agreed. I usually stream videos from my phone to my Firestick or Roku (the only way I can watch on a bigger screen than my phone and be able to comment) and shorts can't be streamed that way
The lid-carrot absolutely can be beneficial. Some kettles/pots can be difficult to find a position where the lit won't slide back on or completely fall off. By just partially lifting the lid, all condensation will remain inside. If you lift it to the side, some condensation will drip down outside. If you don't consider that as a problem, good for you; if you do, the carrot could possibly sole it.
Your videos have a uniquely calming effect on me, likely due to the soothing tone of your voice and the overall mood you create. Even the specific subject matter seems secondary to the sense of relaxation I experience. I often turn to your content when I need to unwind, and I genuinely appreciate the comfort they provide.
I totally agree. I love the content and the whole vibe. I also watch Nail Career education both for content but so many also find Susie's voice relaxing and calming.
"how did little me figure this (unicorn) out?" Little you was blissfully unaware of the mess you were making. I have never seen that but would have loved it as a child. My kids/grand kid would have loved it too.
Stroke survivor (1 working arm) with jar opener advice. Get your mom an under cabinet jar opener for about 5-10$ usd, kind of a V of metal teeth that mount under the cabinet. Every single person I've given one to since I got mine raves about how much they love it... Plus it's always right there not cluttering your drawers. Elyse newland has a pair of good videos on adaptive equipment for one handed cooking, some of it's guaranteed to be more useful than a lot of these :D I have that last chopper thing though & know why it failed you, do smaller chunks (ie 1/4 onion size not half) & it does a good job but definitely niche utility
I've had surgery on one of my arms that left it much weaker than the other and things like that make my life so much easier. It is much better than the gadget she showed because it works on any size jar. I tried several choppers and most were completely worthless. Oxo makes one of the type she tried and it works great.
I had carpal tunnel and trigger fingers on both hands (last surgery end of October). My friend got me a battery operated, hands-free robotwist jar opener. You placed it on a jar (even narrow jars like capers), push the button until it starts moving and it will open up the toughest jars, even those sealed shut like my already opened Better Than Bouillon jars. No screws which may poke up through the bottom of cabinets, no worries about dropping the opened jar.
I love watching these, and I love how how your videos aren't so in your face and screaming. They're just chill, which I very much need in my life. So thank you for that. Congratulations on your sponsorship!
I love seeing you talk so passionately about your profession. I recently learned how to dice (I think that's the correct word) an onion with just a couple knife cuts and it genuinely changed my whole world. I don't cook often, but it was honestly so much fun. No idea why you would want to use a gadget to cut an onion.
For the cake pop travesty: I worked in a kitchen that would trim a lot of the same cake (because why just be good when you can be fancy and over the top?). They used something like this with the cuttings rather than making something to use with it. They served it to any kids that came in as it was a lot less cake than the menu version. But yes that was way to big.
you doing the wrong job if you need to watch tutorials as an sysAdmin. how did you end up there? told chatGPT to write an job-application for you? then stop working and tell ChatGPT it should do the job for you because you proofing you have no idea what you doing.
And then you find an indian guy explaining some old software that's still used in production for some reason. But at that time you take whatever you can get it surprisingly is exactly what you needed.
Sometimes, little gadgets that just put a smile on your face are worth it for that alone. Yeah, they may not be necessary... But I'll readily admit I giggled when I saw the sponge holder. I'd gladly buy one of those!
@@FromScratchBakery the perfect magical egg preparation. cook the eggs minimum 5.30 up to max 6 minutes and then cool them in the pot with water "2" times. My girlfriend hates also eggs until i cook for her. Now she loves cooked eggs. 🥰but i still stand to open the egg with a knife 😜 btw i love all your videos and especially your curly hair
not alice making scrambled eggs in a one-egg pan 😭 the ideal use for that pan is either a homemade egg mcmuffin or what my mom calls "egg on cheese & toast." pretty much what it says on the tin. the jist is that the pan keeps the egg from spreading out a bunch and keeps it a nice circular shape for placing on toast, english muffins, bagels, hamburgers... (edit: you can do sunny-side up eggs in that pan, just don't try and flip it without a spatula) if you ever do another one of these, i'd like to see you try some kitchen gadget baking hacks! like did you know you can use a milk frother to beat eggs?
Rather than use that ball-maker for cake pops, I'm curious if you could use it on the dough chocolate directly to make ball-shaped cookies or something. But then you could just roll the dough on the table to make a ball, anyway. Maybe in a semi-soft chocolate? Another commenter mentioned making rum balls instead.
@@adrianarocasoto I think it's just the fact that you have to make a cake and destroy it to make cake pops. The recipe I googled was take a cake, crumble it into a bowl of frosting and mix it, then dip it in melted chocolate. Personally, I'd rather have the cake, or cupcake in this case.
@@adrianarocasoto @benwagner5089 is correct, just go with the basic recipe ben posted, bake & cool down a cake, crumble it, add frosting & mix it, then form the cakepops out of the mix and coat with chocolate. making cakepops out of cupcakes just adds a lot of extra work + destroying an already fine product. with the cake its "doing a lazy job", instead of adding frosting to the cake and decorate it, you put everything into one bowl and mix it. lot of work saved. about the taste: cakepops tastes different than a usual cake. they are less a cake and more a confectionary (lots of choclate, cream and just a few cake crumbs), would almost call them chocolate candy, like the ones you get in a box of chocolate.
Omg no why are you so adorable?? I love your shorts, and I watch a lot of other channels that review cooking gadgets, but something about your soft voice and excitement over the little things, makes this video even better.
2:35 Love the SpongeBob sponge holder!!! 5:25 Use it for making rum balls instead The crinkle cutter is the best, I also use it to jazz up cutting tofu for frying
For the shredder/chopper things at the end. ..... Knives work by allowing you to use the little bit of force your body can produce and focusing all of it on a very small spot (the edge of the blade). Obviously needles or stabby stuff do better because they are focusing the power into an even smaller spot (tip). So I can just see the people inventing this. "Let's _increase_ the size of the blade touching the item we're cutting! What could _possibly_ go wrong!?" Thus voiding the whole advantage of knives in the first place.
I actually have the one that you showed using with an onion, the big one that you press down and it goes into a tray, and it works really well if the thing you're cutting isn't much thicker than the thickness of the blades. It can work well for carrots, celery, and probably pretty much anything if you cut it to the right thickness first. Which you might think defeats the purpose, but it saves you two out of three cuts. I haven't ever actually tried it on onions, but it works for potatoes.
The unicorn was so cute tho!! And so what some sprinkles got everywhere, it's just a bit of magic in your day! (but don't let them sit or you'll be inviting and feeding unwanted pests) Great video as always!
I was taught to cook/bake by my grandma and she taught me everything without gadgets. But i have one of those weighing spoons and let me tell you, it's my favourite thing. Love it.
"how did little me figure this (unicorn) out?" Little you was blissfully unaware of the mess you were making. I have never seen that but would have loved it as a child. My kids/grand kid would have loved it too.
Those were about the most beautiful cupcakes, inside and out, that I have ever seen, and I mourned their destruction as well as she did. I saw in one of her shorts that some people were doubting her baking skills - those people should bow down in awe of those cupcakes.
I love my small egg pan also for purposes of roasting a small batch of seeds for a salad or a quick roasted onion. It's just so perfect for these small little things you don't wanna use your huge pans for.
11:36 This is amazing. The traditional German Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher! I hope you got your Eierverarbeitungsverordnungsbeschaffungsantragsformular ready for it. (OK, this last one is a made up word). Greetings from Germany. I love your videos.
Thank you Alice for talking directly to us fans of yours. You have beautiful hair, and lots of it! How does it all fit into a hair net and under a chef's hat? You could do a video about gathering your hair. Amazing.
This video was so relaxing to watch! You seem so gentle, chill and down to earth. You have a gift for 'keeping people company' virtually. Thanks for sharing your heart, gifts and time with us! Love from Canada.
That was fun to watch! I enjoyed your spontaneity in going over the material. Personally, I do like the chopper thing at the end, it works better with thinner pieces, and it is a bit of a pain to clean, but if you need to do a large amount of fine dicing quickly, it can save time. Your comment about the use of the jar-opening thing is actually what a lot of products like that are for, they were actually designed as accommodations and aids for people with some form of disability or mobility issue. They are marketed more generally by the companies wanting to make money, but general use was not their original design or purpose.
I've had one of those egg pans for years. Mine was sold as being for frying eggs. I find the best way to get an egg nicely fried in it is to put it over the small burner turned down as low as possible and melt a little butter in it and then, when the egg is in the pan, put a lid over it. I then time it by making toast, it's ready just before the toast is. (I'm aiming at getting all the white set but still leaving the yolk somewhat liquid.) Those onion-cutting devices haven't made it to Australia. I hope it stays that way. Thank you for "taking one for the team" and letting us know about those gadgets.
As a fellow Aussie, I hate to break it to you, but the vegetable dicers have been here for _years,_ and are often part of mandolin slicer multi-tool sets. They work much better with thinner chunks though. Alice was trying to make them cut through too much. So, while yes, you do still need to do a bit more knife work than demonstrated here, it can be easier overall for many people. I _would,_ however, recommend getting non-slip versions, because they certainly can be dangerous.
You're very cute and I appreciate your honest opinion on gadgets. Showing us the unicorn brought genuine joy to you which brought me joy seeing you so happy. Keep up the good work!
I've been watching your shorts off and on for some time but stumbled upon your full length videos this morning and you have a new subscriber! Your sense of humor and comedic timing is fantastic.
Hi, the shredder, it is intended that you cut the veg in half, so that there is a flat surface, put the flat (cut surface on the cutter) It also has a waffle style blade, like the one you used on potato, which allows crinkle cut chips/crisps
Here is a method to boil eggs: Boil a pot of water, then add the eggs. When the water comes back to a boil, shut off the heat and put a lid on the pot. Wait 15-18 minutes depending on how well-done you want the yolk. Make sure you have a big bowl of water with many ice cubes in it. Move the eggs quickly from the hot water to the ice bath. (This makes them easier to peel.) There are a few different methods to boil eggs. This is just one of them.
I’ve done boiled hard cooked eggs for years like this when I learned it ma y years ago! It makes perfectly hard boiled eggs without overcooking (and getting that green line around the yolk)!
Tiny frying pan is great, often use outs for frying sage, or spices etc for slow cooked meals. As for chopping onions, if you wanna do it quickly use something like the oxo good grips chopper, the one where you push down a few times and itll cut. It means making it small enough to fit under the device, but can press twice for chopped, or more for diced, saves a fair bit if doing things on mass... if not just use a knife, its easier to wash and a good knife will last for ages.
I've used both of those veggie slicers before, and while they do take a bit of practice to use properly, they actually are very useful. Generally, you want a hard, quick press, which leads to the blades slicing all the way through. Of course the ones I used were more expensive ones, and those look a bit cheap, so that's probably an issue as well.
Really fun video! OXO Good Grips has an even better bar opener. It doesn’t limit you to specific sizes and it has a non-slip pad you can put the jar on for greater stability.
That to for making cake pops is essentially a meatball maker. The copper is lovely. I have one that I adore but you need to halve the veg and small the lid very hard. I mean ac whopping good small! My left hand is compromised severely due to strokes so to not have to do with a knife is so much safer for me.
I have a tip for doing Hard boiled eggs (or soft boiling them too really -easy to adapt this one!): Put the water on to boil FIRST, once it's fully rolling boiling (BIG bubbles all the time), add the eggs, one at a time, and once the water starts to boil again (should be almost immediately) start a timer. For a HARD boil, 7 minutes at a boil, then turn the water off and let them cook (off the hot burner, but still in the very hot water) another 5. Then just dump the water, or fish them out if you need to make more eggs, and rinse the newly boiled eggs in COLD water - or put them in an ice bath to stop them overcooking (that's where the nasty green comes from - yuck). For SOFT boiled eggs, same process, just do a three minute boil, 5 minutes in the hot water, and rinse in cold water is optional. Medium boil (the yolks are mostly cooked, but still a bit soft in the very center), 5 and 5 minutes, the the ice bath or cold water.
Funny timing: my sister just shared the temperature-shock method (straight into already-boiling water, then into ICEwater when done) re. Thanksgiving deviled eggs. She says it makes the membranes release for easier peeling.
Alice, thank you so much for the longer videos! I have trouble falling asleep lately, but your videos do wonders 🥺 I'm able to fall asleep within 10-15 minutes if I'm listening to it, thank you so so much.
I have a tiny one-egg sized pan and I use it every day. It is perfect for making an egg for a breakfast sandwich - and most of the time I don't even break the yolk when flipping it.
In the 1950s - possibly earlier - the "cake-pop" maker was marketed in the US as a meatball shaper. I know because my mother (I am very old) had an antique one when I was a child. In my lifetime she used it only once...mostly to demonstrate it to me. She mixed up about 1 lb (0.5 kilo) of ground beef, seasoning, egg, etc then packed it into the gadget, squeezed and poped out ready-to-cook meatballs. Love the channels, Paul in NYC
Ok question I've been thinking about for a while. If you're allergic to eggs, what do you use as an egg substitute when baking? I've been looking into different egg substitutes but have never tried any yet and want others' opinions on what they use.
It depends on what you are making. Or have on hand. Flax seed "eggs" are used for a lot of baking. Sometimes I use applesauce or a banana - or in the car of brownies, I replace both the eggs and oil with applesauce as most other substitutions really much up brownies. Tofu can be used. Chia seeds work for some things. There are also a couple of commercial egg replacers such as the one from Bob's Red Mill. And there are also cakes that don't require egg to begin with, like the one usually called Wacky cake, which uses baking dose and vinegar as the leavening agents.
I'm no professional, but I 100% relate to "Oh, I found this new thing I want to try! Oh... My ingredients have gone off..." I actually have a pan maybe SLIGHTLY bigger than the egg pan you have, and if I put a tsp or less of butter in the pan and then 2 large eggs, I can just wrist-flip it perfectly to cook the topside, so I don't need any runny whites like sunny-side up would give me, I can fully do over-easy.
The cake-pop thing might be useful if a cake gets disfigured, but is still perfectly edible, so you turn it into cake pops, slather them in icing, and make the best of the situation.
14:25 OK so for both of the cutters I'm pretty sure the first one unless it said it was for onions was made for like zucchinis and carrots because of how the cuts looked and for the chopping device that you pressed down on you were just using too whole of a piece of onion it needed to be cut into several smaller slices so that when it cuts it has less pressure to push through
I've long loved your shorts and now I'm hooked on your long pieces too. It's also great to see your subscriber & viewer numbers. You deserve the success.
Yes, the bag sealers are intended for use with plastic, not foil bags. I had one that worked great. Used it to seal tortilla chip bags, animal cracker bags, etc. Then my mum broke it by knocking its little magnetic self off the fridge and shattering it on the floor. I've gone back to clothespins, but dang that little thing was cool. It should indeed sound like your hair straightener, it works by melting the plastic together.
To open a tight lidded jar (metal top) all you need is a Swiss Army type or scout knife. Use the cap lifter gently as if you were opening an old capped pop or beer bottle - just enough to have the lid pop and break the vacuum. Then it opens easily.
The sealer... some are superior to others. I've had about 5 until I found a good one. Mine is usb rechargeable and has an on and off switch. I use it all the time. That jar opener has been a life saver for both my elderly father and myself, who has very bad carpal tunnel. My father uses thar hard boil egg gadget almost daily. It was really helpful as he aged and still wanted to cook but struggled. The chopper works really well once you get the hang of it. If you put the thick layer of onion on the bottom it helps. It is great when making big salads or preparing a lot of diced vegetables.
That cutter thingy is best when you push down with your whole weight. My mom has something similar and it is really handy to cut onions fast and without a lot of tears, though it needs quite a bit of testing and finding the best way of how to... And if you have only 1 onion per dish, don't buy it. The aftermath is not worth it and depending on size you have to cut it to smaller pieces either way. Useful if you gonna make a big family dinner with kids and grandchildren, otherwise can't really say helping more than simply using a knife... And I want that oven glove. It's absolutely cute AND helpful it sounds!
6:35 if you don’t have that tool just take the jar, tap the lid against a surface until it “pops”. You should see a small dent. It will open right away
That box chopper (and similar designs) is an accessibility gadget. My mom has mega arthritis in her hands, and she's able to chop veggies with it! It works best if you do a rough/large chop first and then put in the pieces, instead of trying to push through a whole half of an onion in one go. :)
For someone frequently using *soft* eggs, the egg timer is one of my favourite kitchen gadgets. (Store it at the same temperature as your eggs & buy eggs of a similar size.) & to be fair, I can totally see why you're grossed out by a perfectly *soft* egg 😆
My mom had one of those scissor-type sphere-making things. She used it to make meatballs. Honestly, I’ve never understood “cake pops” from the consumer pov. I assume bakeries started offering them as a way to make money off of leftover bits of cake that would otherwise be thrown out, so it makes sense to me from the vendor pov. But I would never choose dismantled and re-congealed cake over fluffy fresh cake!
Omg that is such a brilliant idea! I just ordered some from Amazon and was trying to figure out a way to justify my purchase (to myself the hunde doesn't care what I buy) and them having more that one use makes me feel better. ❤ danke shöen 😊
Aww! Unicorn sprinke shaker!!! I NEEEED one of those!!!! Edit: The holes should've been on the horn instead of the back. It would be more natural to have sprinkles coming out the horn.
The way you were talking about the jar opener being useful for you right after I was thinking in my head that it would be super helpful for people with disabilities
The amount of which you reminded me of myself in my 20s will never get old.* You have a fan for life. I too was a super sweet adorkable person with a mainstream job I loved who you’d never guess was an adrenaline loving Metalhead.
That unicorn sprinkle shaker *is* useful! It only dispenses a very small amount of sprinkles at a time. With a hungry child, they will be so excited to eat that they'll be happy with their small amount of sprinkles. So it reduces their sprinkle intake. Those bottle cap covers (there are also can ones) won't hold carbonation in. But they're great for keeping bugs out of your drink outside in summer. In the US, where we don't care about the planet I guess, so the lids can get lost. I find silicone wine "corks" to be much more useful. Teeny tiny pans like that for eggs are great for people who want to make their own breakfast sandwiches. The eggs come out just the right size, and round. But that can also be achieved in a 2-cup round pyrex in the microwave. Those vegetable choppers that have a hinge are all terrible. They do make ones, usually marketed as a french fry cutter, that are stainless steel and the pushing part slides on two posts so that it goes in a straight line. The handle is usually (but not always) hinged in a way that allows you to apply a lot more pressure than you'd be able to without using physics. And they're amazing. But they don't produce crinkle cut fries, just regular. I became familiar working at a restaurant that sold *a lot* of salad, so we had one that sat on top of a food safe 30 gallon "trash" can that did whole heads of lettuce at a time. I still have the tiny potato size one that is mounted horizontally on my wishlist, but I have to imagine that they work as well as the lettuce one did. It was incredibly easy to slam through a whole head of iceberg lettuce with the handle design. Last, and certainly not least, your joy is so infectious. I love how excited you get for simple things. It makes me feel better about being the same way.
Tried a bunch of jar openers made for kitchen work. Not None of those gadgets worked. Found a new strap wrench tool at an auto parts store. Has a handle with a cloth reenforced, rubber strap made to encircle round shapes. Usually to loosen and remove oil filters from automobiles. Works like a charm opening stuck, hard to open jar lids. Most kitchen gadgets don't work so well.
I was mid-yawn (it’s after 1130pm, and I recently got off work) when you said “don’t tell me this needs batteries as well. I’ve already stolen the ones out of my toothbrush” and I died 😂😂😂😂
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I thought ur hair was pink for the longest time
I love your hair. It looks really good when it's down
Lel, an egg timer, yeah works for just one type of eggs and as soon as you get some bigger ones MESS
I do have that last gadget, got at as a gift and then started using it, works really well for me but I don't see it lasting long, the plastic is way to soft
@@IIARROWS Get bent. Are you paying her bills? If not shut up zippy. How dare you judge her on how she lives her life. You are a big man. So full of integrity that when you get check you cry.
loved how you gradually went from 5-score to the 10 point system
there is a reason I use calculators for everything 😬
It takes a big person to realize they've made a mistake and adjust accordingly.
No no. The jar opener is just sooo good it got 9 out of 5 points.
@FromScratchBakery the last chopper gadget is very useful. I use it for chopping salads. half an onion is too big for the chopper. Slice it a bit thinly, maybe about 2 or 3 mm and then try. That exact gadget saved me hours of chopping, sliced fingers and shoulder pain. Extremely useful for my arthritic hands.
Cheers and lots of love from Maldives 🇲🇻
Love ur videos
@@aishathhassan9183yes, I love that gadget!! I make and jar a lot of salsa in the summer from my garden. This chopper thing saves me sooo much time. I dice sweet peppers, hot peppers, onions, tomatoes and multiple other veggies with it!!!
I gotta say, these longer form videos are very fun to watch! And go you for getting a sponsor! The cookie segue made me laugh.
Agreed. I usually stream videos from my phone to my Firestick or Roku (the only way I can watch on a bigger screen than my phone and be able to comment) and shorts can't be streamed that way
The lid-carrot absolutely can be beneficial.
Some kettles/pots can be difficult to find a position where the lit won't slide back on or completely fall off.
By just partially lifting the lid, all condensation will remain inside. If you lift it to the side, some condensation will drip down outside. If you don't consider that as a problem, good for you; if you do, the carrot could possibly sole it.
Your videos have a uniquely calming effect on me, likely due to the soothing tone of your voice and the overall mood you create. Even the specific subject matter seems secondary to the sense of relaxation I experience. I often turn to your content when I need to unwind, and I genuinely appreciate the comfort they provide.
They are ASMResque.
so that’s why I always get so happy to see her videos.😂❤
I totally agree. I love the content and the whole vibe. I also watch Nail Career education both for content but so many also find Susie's voice relaxing and calming.
@@newname5205 That and she's ineffably gorgeous. 😏
"how did little me figure this (unicorn) out?"
Little you was blissfully unaware of the mess you were making.
I have never seen that but would have loved it as a child. My kids/grand kid would have loved it too.
A local store has a pair of salt and pepper shakers in the shape of fairy godmother style magic wands. 😅
I'd buy those. They sound like fun.
Stroke survivor (1 working arm) with jar opener advice. Get your mom an under cabinet jar opener for about 5-10$ usd, kind of a V of metal teeth that mount under the cabinet. Every single person I've given one to since I got mine raves about how much they love it... Plus it's always right there not cluttering your drawers. Elyse newland has a pair of good videos on adaptive equipment for one handed cooking, some of it's guaranteed to be more useful than a lot of these :D I have that last chopper thing though & know why it failed you, do smaller chunks (ie 1/4 onion size not half) & it does a good job but definitely niche utility
I've had surgery on one of my arms that left it much weaker than the other and things like that make my life so much easier. It is much better than the gadget she showed because it works on any size jar.
I tried several choppers and most were completely worthless. Oxo makes one of the type she tried and it works great.
Thank you I am ordering one today
I had carpal tunnel and trigger fingers on both hands (last surgery end of October). My friend got me a battery operated, hands-free robotwist jar opener. You placed it on a jar (even narrow jars like capers), push the button until it starts moving and it will open up the toughest jars, even those sealed shut like my already opened Better Than Bouillon jars. No screws which may poke up through the bottom of cabinets, no worries about dropping the opened jar.
I love watching these, and I love how how your videos aren't so in your face and screaming. They're just chill, which I very much need in my life. So thank you for that. Congratulations on your sponsorship!
“Is the hat too much? Hmmm…yeah-“
I love that >:DD
I love seeing you talk so passionately about your profession. I recently learned how to dice (I think that's the correct word) an onion with just a couple knife cuts and it genuinely changed my whole world. I don't cook often, but it was honestly so much fun. No idea why you would want to use a gadget to cut an onion.
yes, that is the right word.
People with dexterity issues can benefit from a vegetable dicer, but this one doesn't seem like it would help anyone.
(Alternatively if you regularly have to bulk dice it can also save time, but I wouldn't recommend consumer grade tools for that either.)
Am I the only one very disappointed that the Unicorn has the holes in his back instead of shitting out sprinkles 😅
That's what I was hoping for 🎉
For the cake pop travesty: I worked in a kitchen that would trim a lot of the same cake (because why just be good when you can be fancy and over the top?). They used something like this with the cuttings rather than making something to use with it. They served it to any kids that came in as it was a lot less cake than the menu version. But yes that was way to big.
4:12 "Am I seriously going to have to watch a TH-cam tutorial on this?"
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"I watched about 6 tutorials..."
- Daily life as a SysAdmin
you doing the wrong job if you need to watch tutorials as an sysAdmin. how did you end up there? told chatGPT to write an job-application for you? then stop working and tell ChatGPT it should do the job for you because you proofing you have no idea what you doing.
And then you find an indian guy explaining some old software that's still used in production for some reason. But at that time you take whatever you can get it surprisingly is exactly what you needed.
How dare TH-cam hide this from me for nine minutes
Apparently I wasn't subscribed on this account 😭
@@Definetlynothuman You needed a reminder, you got it. 😊
How dare TH-cam hide this from me for five hours
6hrs….
It’s been hidden for nine hours 🥲
Sometimes, little gadgets that just put a smile on your face are worth it for that alone. Yeah, they may not be necessary... But I'll readily admit I giggled when I saw the sponge holder. I'd gladly buy one of those!
I audibly sighed at how stupid the sponge holder was, but I kinda want one now. It's so silly, but so amazing
Laughed when I saw it but wouldn't buy one.
the egg slander in this video was hilarious
I hate eggs.
@@FromScratchBakery the perfect magical egg preparation. cook the eggs minimum 5.30 up to max 6 minutes and then cool them in the pot with water "2" times. My girlfriend hates also eggs until i cook for her. Now she loves cooked eggs. 🥰but i still stand to open the egg with a knife 😜 btw i love all your videos and especially your curly hair
@@FromScratchBakeryso do I. They smell like farts and the texture is terrible, I don’t understand why everyone seems to like them 😖
@@FromScratchBakeryThank you! I’m so glad someone else knows how odious they are! I can’t stand them in any form.
So nice to see an extended video of you. And, as usual, your lovely humor was excellent. Great editing, too. Thanks!
not alice making scrambled eggs in a one-egg pan 😭 the ideal use for that pan is either a homemade egg mcmuffin or what my mom calls "egg on cheese & toast." pretty much what it says on the tin. the jist is that the pan keeps the egg from spreading out a bunch and keeps it a nice circular shape for placing on toast, english muffins, bagels, hamburgers... (edit: you can do sunny-side up eggs in that pan, just don't try and flip it without a spatula) if you ever do another one of these, i'd like to see you try some kitchen gadget baking hacks! like did you know you can use a milk frother to beat eggs?
Your personality is magnificent!
Thank you for brightening the day 🌈🤍
"my cupcakes!" 😆
first thing came into my mind was: "whats wrong about cupcakes? why waste totally fine cupcakes to make cake-pops?"
Rather than use that ball-maker for cake pops, I'm curious if you could use it on the dough chocolate directly to make ball-shaped cookies or something. But then you could just roll the dough on the table to make a ball, anyway. Maybe in a semi-soft chocolate? Another commenter mentioned making rum balls instead.
i don't get this, can't you just eat the cake pops? don't they taste the same? i've never tried cake pops so idk
@@adrianarocasoto I think it's just the fact that you have to make a cake and destroy it to make cake pops. The recipe I googled was take a cake, crumble it into a bowl of frosting and mix it, then dip it in melted chocolate.
Personally, I'd rather have the cake, or cupcake in this case.
@@benwagner5089 ohhh okay thanks!
@@adrianarocasoto @benwagner5089 is correct, just go with the basic recipe ben posted, bake & cool down a cake, crumble it, add frosting & mix it, then form the cakepops out of the mix and coat with chocolate. making cakepops out of cupcakes just adds a lot of extra work + destroying an already fine product.
with the cake its "doing a lazy job", instead of adding frosting to the cake and decorate it, you put everything into one bowl and mix it. lot of work saved.
about the taste:
cakepops tastes different than a usual cake. they are less a cake and more a confectionary (lots of choclate, cream and just a few cake crumbs), would almost call them chocolate candy, like the ones you get in a box of chocolate.
Omg no why are you so adorable?? I love your shorts, and I watch a lot of other channels that review cooking gadgets, but something about your soft voice and excitement over the little things, makes this video even better.
2:35 Love the SpongeBob sponge holder!!!
5:25 Use it for making rum balls instead
The crinkle cutter is the best, I also use it to jazz up cutting tofu for frying
That's a super-sized rum ball you got there!
@@benwagner5089Why not😅
For the shredder/chopper things at the end. ..... Knives work by allowing you to use the little bit of force your body can produce and focusing all of it on a very small spot (the edge of the blade). Obviously needles or stabby stuff do better because they are focusing the power into an even smaller spot (tip). So I can just see the people inventing this. "Let's _increase_ the size of the blade touching the item we're cutting! What could _possibly_ go wrong!?" Thus voiding the whole advantage of knives in the first place.
Playing with gadgets is one of life's delights. Watching you play with them is a very close second.
I actually have the one that you showed using with an onion, the big one that you press down and it goes into a tray, and it works really well if the thing you're cutting isn't much thicker than the thickness of the blades. It can work well for carrots, celery, and probably pretty much anything if you cut it to the right thickness first. Which you might think defeats the purpose, but it saves you two out of three cuts. I haven't ever actually tried it on onions, but it works for potatoes.
I was thinking the same thing. The 2 handed thing is for potatoes.
The unicorn was so cute tho!! And so what some sprinkles got everywhere, it's just a bit of magic in your day! (but don't let them sit or you'll be inviting and feeding unwanted pests) Great video as always!
Yes, but you should use rainbow sprinkles. It's a unicorn, and as we all know...
I think sprinkles would still work, but as opposed to them just pouring out you would have to shame them so they aligned to fall through.
8:15 “i’ve already stolen the ones out my toothbrush-“ 💀
The pause before you make your rating explicit speaks volumes by itself. I truly appreciate your delivery.
I was taught to cook/bake by my grandma and she taught me everything without gadgets. But i have one of those weighing spoons and let me tell you, it's my favourite thing. Love it.
11:33 This is a Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher. Greetings from Germany.
lol i just saw a youtube short the other day from a german guy explaining this gadget and now i want one!
Thanks
Das ist die korrekte Bezeichnung.
"how did little me figure this (unicorn) out?"
Little you was blissfully unaware of the mess you were making.
I have never seen that but would have loved it as a child. My kids/grand kid would have loved it too.
I almost got an aneurism trying to read this out loud🤣
No, no, no, the hat is perfection! The giggles are a 10!
Those were about the most beautiful cupcakes, inside and out, that I have ever seen, and I mourned their destruction as well as she did. I saw in one of her shorts that some people were doubting her baking skills - those people should bow down in awe of those cupcakes.
I love my small egg pan also for purposes of roasting a small batch of seeds for a salad or a quick roasted onion.
It's just so perfect for these small little things you don't wanna use your huge pans for.
Watching you be excited by little things has made my day! Thank you thank you thank you.
I like the wavy cut for fries and the bottle/jar opener. The pot holder was cute
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More long form content please 🙏🏾
11:36 This is amazing. The traditional German Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher! I hope you got your Eierverarbeitungsverordnungsbeschaffungsantragsformular ready for it. (OK, this last one is a made up word). Greetings from Germany. I love your videos.
Actually the one i know has a ball that drops but it does the same thing
@@the_retag Those exist as well.
Thank you Alice for talking directly to us fans of yours. You have beautiful hair, and lots of it! How does it all fit into a hair net and under a chef's hat? You could do a video about gathering your hair. Amazing.
God I absolutely adore how you speak , englisg is not my mother tongue but I understand 100% of your speech which inspires me a lot, thank you!
This is so heckin adorable and relatable. It reminds me of Elyse Myers on TH-cam. She's also super easy to watch 😊
This video was so relaxing to watch! You seem so gentle, chill and down to earth. You have a gift for 'keeping people company' virtually. Thanks for sharing your heart, gifts and time with us! Love from Canada.
That was fun to watch! I enjoyed your spontaneity in going over the material. Personally, I do like the chopper thing at the end, it works better with thinner pieces, and it is a bit of a pain to clean, but if you need to do a large amount of fine dicing quickly, it can save time.
Your comment about the use of the jar-opening thing is actually what a lot of products like that are for, they were actually designed as accommodations and aids for people with some form of disability or mobility issue. They are marketed more generally by the companies wanting to make money, but general use was not their original design or purpose.
2:17 "Can you guess what this is yet?"
"I'm ready!"
I've had one of those egg pans for years. Mine was sold as being for frying eggs. I find the best way to get an egg nicely fried in it is to put it over the small burner turned down as low as possible and melt a little butter in it and then, when the egg is in the pan, put a lid over it. I then time it by making toast, it's ready just before the toast is. (I'm aiming at getting all the white set but still leaving the yolk somewhat liquid.)
Those onion-cutting devices haven't made it to Australia. I hope it stays that way. Thank you for "taking one for the team" and letting us know about those gadgets.
As a fellow Aussie, I hate to break it to you, but the vegetable dicers have been here for _years,_ and are often part of mandolin slicer multi-tool sets.
They work much better with thinner chunks though. Alice was trying to make them cut through too much. So, while yes, you do still need to do a bit more knife work than demonstrated here, it can be easier overall for many people. I _would,_ however, recommend getting non-slip versions, because they certainly can be dangerous.
You're very cute and I appreciate your honest opinion on gadgets. Showing us the unicorn brought genuine joy to you which brought me joy seeing you so happy. Keep up the good work!
I've been watching your shorts off and on for some time but stumbled upon your full length videos this morning and you have a new subscriber! Your sense of humor and comedic timing is fantastic.
Priceless: the cute sounds while struggling. 😁
12:49 “ … we’re not gonna talk about that “ made me laugh
The chaotic energy in this video is addicting and plainly adorable. Keep up the longer videos! xD
Hi, the shredder, it is intended that you cut the veg in half, so that there is a flat surface, put the flat (cut surface on the cutter)
It also has a waffle style blade, like the one you used on potato, which allows crinkle cut chips/crisps
This is my favorite channel! ❤ I so appreciate the real, quirky, lovely lady who created/hosts such a purely personal, funny look at her life. 😊
Here is a method to boil eggs:
Boil a pot of water, then add the eggs. When the water comes back to a boil, shut off the heat and put a lid on the pot. Wait 15-18 minutes depending on how well-done you want the yolk.
Make sure you have a big bowl of water with many ice cubes in it. Move the eggs quickly from the hot water to the ice bath. (This makes them easier to peel.)
There are a few different methods to boil eggs. This is just one of them.
I’ve done boiled hard cooked eggs for years like this when I learned it ma y years ago! It makes perfectly hard boiled eggs without overcooking (and getting that green line around the yolk)!
I love that you made a longer video! Love listening to your voice, it's so clear!
Tiny frying pan is great, often use outs for frying sage, or spices etc for slow cooked meals.
As for chopping onions, if you wanna do it quickly use something like the oxo good grips chopper, the one where you push down a few times and itll cut. It means making it small enough to fit under the device, but can press twice for chopped, or more for diced, saves a fair bit if doing things on mass... if not just use a knife, its easier to wash and a good knife will last for ages.
Obligatory "WaIt, YoUr HaIr IsN't PiNk?!"
So excited for long form content from you, Alice!! 💛 your hair looks so cute btw
I've used both of those veggie slicers before, and while they do take a bit of practice to use properly, they actually are very useful. Generally, you want a hard, quick press, which leads to the blades slicing all the way through. Of course the ones I used were more expensive ones, and those look a bit cheap, so that's probably an issue as well.
Really fun video!
OXO Good Grips has an even better bar opener. It doesn’t limit you to specific sizes and it has a non-slip pad you can put the jar on for greater stability.
Most handy for us older folks
That to for making cake pops is essentially a meatball maker. The copper is lovely. I have one that I adore but you need to halve the veg and small the lid very hard. I mean ac whopping good small! My left hand is compromised severely due to strokes so to not have to do with a knife is so much safer for me.
08:39 „Brother, open it“ lol
I love your voice so much!!! Would love if you try out softspoken asmr someday, the sounds of baking combined with your voice would be perfection.
I have a tip for doing Hard boiled eggs (or soft boiling them too really -easy to adapt this one!): Put the water on to boil FIRST, once it's fully rolling boiling (BIG bubbles all the time), add the eggs, one at a time, and once the water starts to boil again (should be almost immediately) start a timer. For a HARD boil, 7 minutes at a boil, then turn the water off and let them cook (off the hot burner, but still in the very hot water) another 5. Then just dump the water, or fish them out if you need to make more eggs, and rinse the newly boiled eggs in COLD water - or put them in an ice bath to stop them overcooking (that's where the nasty green comes from - yuck). For SOFT boiled eggs, same process, just do a three minute boil, 5 minutes in the hot water, and rinse in cold water is optional. Medium boil (the yolks are mostly cooked, but still a bit soft in the very center), 5 and 5 minutes, the the ice bath or cold water.
Funny timing: my sister just shared the temperature-shock method (straight into already-boiling water, then into ICEwater when done) re. Thanksgiving deviled eggs. She says it makes the membranes release for easier peeling.
Alice, thank you so much for the longer videos! I have trouble falling asleep lately, but your videos do wonders 🥺 I'm able to fall asleep within 10-15 minutes if I'm listening to it, thank you so so much.
I have a tiny one-egg sized pan and I use it every day. It is perfect for making an egg for a breakfast sandwich - and most of the time I don't even break the yolk when flipping it.
7:36 And you can rotate the potatoes 90 degrees with each slice to make cross-cut (waffle) fries.
In the 1950s - possibly earlier - the "cake-pop" maker was marketed in the US as a meatball shaper. I know because my mother (I am very old) had an antique one when I was a child. In my lifetime she used it only once...mostly to demonstrate it to me. She mixed up about 1 lb (0.5 kilo) of ground beef, seasoning, egg, etc then packed it into the gadget, squeezed and poped out ready-to-cook meatballs.
Love the channels,
Paul in NYC
Ok question I've been thinking about for a while. If you're allergic to eggs, what do you use as an egg substitute when baking? I've been looking into different egg substitutes but have never tried any yet and want others' opinions on what they use.
It depends on what you are making. Or have on hand. Flax seed "eggs" are used for a lot of baking. Sometimes I use applesauce or a banana - or in the car of brownies, I replace both the eggs and oil with applesauce as most other substitutions really much up brownies. Tofu can be used. Chia seeds work for some things. There are also a couple of commercial egg replacers such as the one from Bob's Red Mill. And there are also cakes that don't require egg to begin with, like the one usually called Wacky cake, which uses baking dose and vinegar as the leavening agents.
I'm no professional, but I 100% relate to "Oh, I found this new thing I want to try! Oh... My ingredients have gone off..."
I actually have a pan maybe SLIGHTLY bigger than the egg pan you have, and if I put a tsp or less of butter in the pan and then 2 large eggs, I can just wrist-flip it perfectly to cook the topside, so I don't need any runny whites like sunny-side up would give me, I can fully do over-easy.
The cake-pop thing might be useful if a cake gets disfigured, but is still perfectly edible, so you turn it into cake pops, slather them in icing, and make the best of the situation.
The spongebob spong holder 😂
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14:25 OK so for both of the cutters I'm pretty sure the first one unless it said it was for onions was made for like zucchinis and carrots because of how the cuts looked and for the chopping device that you pressed down on you were just using too whole of a piece of onion it needed to be cut into several smaller slices so that when it cuts it has less pressure to push through
We have similar hair type and I’ve always wondered how you get your curls so neat! If you ever feel like it please give your routine !💚🌄
2 points, love the chefs hat, your Nord intro and explanation is about the best plug i have seen on You tube
You had some very strong "my cabbages!" energy there❤
I've long loved your shorts and now I'm hooked on your long pieces too. It's also great to see your subscriber & viewer numbers. You deserve the success.
Yes, the bag sealers are intended for use with plastic, not foil bags. I had one that worked great. Used it to seal tortilla chip bags, animal cracker bags, etc. Then my mum broke it by knocking its little magnetic self off the fridge and shattering it on the floor. I've gone back to clothespins, but dang that little thing was cool. It should indeed sound like your hair straightener, it works by melting the plastic together.
Yes! More long-form videos, please.
To open a tight lidded jar (metal top) all you need is a Swiss Army type or scout knife. Use the cap lifter gently as if you were opening an old capped pop or beer bottle - just enough to have the lid pop and break the vacuum. Then it opens easily.
Seeing the egg-topper made me smile, I have a similar one (the bell is dropped onto the egg) and it's ace!
I bought my first niece a little pan like that for Christmas when she was two. Her mum used it and said it was great, especially for washing up. 😊
The sealer... some are superior to others. I've had about 5 until I found a good one. Mine is usb rechargeable and has an on and off switch. I use it all the time.
That jar opener has been a life saver for both my elderly father and myself, who has very bad carpal tunnel.
My father uses thar hard boil egg gadget almost daily. It was really helpful as he aged and still wanted to cook but struggled.
The chopper works really well once you get the hang of it. If you put the thick layer of onion on the bottom it helps. It is great when making big salads or preparing a lot of diced vegetables.
That cutter thingy is best when you push down with your whole weight.
My mom has something similar and it is really handy to cut onions fast and without a lot of tears, though it needs quite a bit of testing and finding the best way of how to... And if you have only 1 onion per dish, don't buy it. The aftermath is not worth it and depending on size you have to cut it to smaller pieces either way. Useful if you gonna make a big family dinner with kids and grandchildren, otherwise can't really say helping more than simply using a knife...
And I want that oven glove. It's absolutely cute AND helpful it sounds!
6:35 if you don’t have that tool just take the jar, tap the lid against a surface until it “pops”. You should see a small dent. It will open right away
That box chopper (and similar designs) is an accessibility gadget. My mom has mega arthritis in her hands, and she's able to chop veggies with it! It works best if you do a rough/large chop first and then put in the pieces, instead of trying to push through a whole half of an onion in one go. :)
For someone frequently using *soft* eggs, the egg timer is one of my favourite kitchen gadgets. (Store it at the same temperature as your eggs & buy eggs of a similar size.)
& to be fair, I can totally see why you're grossed out by a perfectly *soft* egg 😆
Oh, & yeah the smell is real 😰
But it fades after a few uses.
My mom had one of those scissor-type sphere-making things. She used it to make meatballs.
Honestly, I’ve never understood “cake pops” from the consumer pov. I assume bakeries started offering them as a way to make money off of leftover bits of cake that would otherwise be thrown out, so it makes sense to me from the vendor pov.
But I would never choose dismantled and re-congealed cake over fluffy fresh cake!
Omg that is such a brilliant idea! I just ordered some from Amazon and was trying to figure out a way to justify my purchase (to myself the hunde doesn't care what I buy) and them having more that one use makes me feel better. ❤ danke shöen 😊
Moldy jam and green potatoes where are you filming this? Are you cleaning out my cold room?
(a cold room is like a root cellar in Northern Canada but it's in your basement and has concrete walls in case cold room was a weird term, sorry)
the unicorn sprinkle shaker was so cute tho lol
5:25 I literally have one of those in my drawer in the kitchen and it's for meatballs... It's literally the exact same thing
1:51 ok, sprinkles do not come from the horse's ass? that s a scam hahahah 😂
6:56 "It's moldy!" Well, welcome to Ireland.
"Oh my gosh it worked!"
"Oh my gosh it's moldy!"
Two very different sentences that should beautiful together
12:40 you could also make pancakes with this pan
Aww! Unicorn sprinke shaker!!! I NEEEED one of those!!!!
Edit: The holes should've been on the horn instead of the back. It would be more natural to have sprinkles coming out the horn.
Love the curly hairstyle
The way you were talking about the jar opener being useful for you right after I was thinking in my head that it would be super helpful for people with disabilities
The amount of which you reminded me of myself in my 20s will never get old.* You have a fan for life.
I too was a super sweet adorkable person with a mainstream job I loved who you’d never guess was an adrenaline loving Metalhead.
That unicorn sprinkle shaker *is* useful! It only dispenses a very small amount of sprinkles at a time. With a hungry child, they will be so excited to eat that they'll be happy with their small amount of sprinkles. So it reduces their sprinkle intake.
Those bottle cap covers (there are also can ones) won't hold carbonation in. But they're great for keeping bugs out of your drink outside in summer. In the US, where we don't care about the planet I guess, so the lids can get lost. I find silicone wine "corks" to be much more useful.
Teeny tiny pans like that for eggs are great for people who want to make their own breakfast sandwiches. The eggs come out just the right size, and round. But that can also be achieved in a 2-cup round pyrex in the microwave.
Those vegetable choppers that have a hinge are all terrible. They do make ones, usually marketed as a french fry cutter, that are stainless steel and the pushing part slides on two posts so that it goes in a straight line. The handle is usually (but not always) hinged in a way that allows you to apply a lot more pressure than you'd be able to without using physics. And they're amazing. But they don't produce crinkle cut fries, just regular. I became familiar working at a restaurant that sold *a lot* of salad, so we had one that sat on top of a food safe 30 gallon "trash" can that did whole heads of lettuce at a time. I still have the tiny potato size one that is mounted horizontally on my wishlist, but I have to imagine that they work as well as the lettuce one did. It was incredibly easy to slam through a whole head of iceberg lettuce with the handle design.
Last, and certainly not least, your joy is so infectious. I love how excited you get for simple things. It makes me feel better about being the same way.
Tried a bunch of jar openers made for kitchen work. Not
None of those gadgets worked. Found a new strap wrench tool at an auto parts store. Has a handle with a cloth reenforced, rubber strap made to encircle round shapes. Usually to loosen and remove oil filters from automobiles. Works like a charm opening stuck, hard to open jar lids. Most kitchen gadgets don't work so well.
Delightful as always! Love your shorts, it’s neat to see some longer form stuff from you!
I was mid-yawn (it’s after 1130pm, and I recently got off work) when you said “don’t tell me this needs batteries as well. I’ve already stolen the ones out of my toothbrush” and I died 😂😂😂😂