Testing Kitchen Gadgets, CLEVER or NEVER | How To Cook That Ann Reardon
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The 3th Gadgets German name is "Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher".
AMAZING!! That is 100% the longest named gadget ever on Clever or Never. I have to pin it! 🏆
oh i do love german names
Looks like those long Amazon name listings XD
@@HowToCookThat The translation of that word being "Egg shell controlled breaking point maker" - basically, the idea is that you use those to slightly damage the shell in a controlled way so you can easily open it with a knife afterwards. These devices aren't meant to open the egg on their own.
I have both the first and second one, and while I definitely prefer the second over the first as well, the first is usable if you're careful with it.
@@HowToCookThat hey Ann I know this might not be related but where do you get the gadgets? Amazon?
The tortilla press is only for corn tortillas. They are widely used in Mexico and very effective. Source: I’m Mexican.
aha, that might be the mystery solved!
I’m not Latino whatsoever so I know little about these. I use mine for flour tortillas. Why are they only for corn tortillas? Did I get taken?
@@oreotookie Well now I'm legally obligated to call Liam neeson
You can totally use a tortilla press for flour tortillas or corn tortillas; either way you need to use greased paper in between the press and dough to prevent sticking
Good tortilla presses are invaluable! Even the good ones need a bit of testing to figure out what weight & positioning gets you the best results. I line mine with a ziploc bag for zero sticking. Cut the zipper part off, then cut down the two side seams so you’re left with a U-shaped piece. Place the dough inside the bag, then use the press as normal. After a “don’t squish your fingers” reminder, the kiddos can make the tortillas & pass them off to the adults for filling/cooking.
The tortilla press isn't much of a gadget, it's actually used in a lot of traditional Mexican restaurants and even homes! The trick is to use baking paper between the ball and the press, though for best results it has to be a quite heavy one. Traditional tortillas also aren't all that thin so it's usually not a problem if they're not perfectly rolled out.
Yes, i think we might have needed someone experienced to help us with that one ... or it might have just been a cheaper knock-off of a good product.
I'm certain you got a dud, sadly! The properly built ones just need one good press and it spreads it out perfectly even.
@@HowToCookThat If you watch his first press on camera, it totally looks like you can actually see it bend a bit. What is it made of, tin? Also the egg cutter, I think Hannibal Lecter has one of those for his brain puddings.
We've used a tortilla press for years that works wonders. Though it is easily much heavier than the one shown.
Yeah that particular tortilla press was built badly. You could see the large gap when it was pressed down, which should have been a perfect fit. If they'd had a good one the press would have won easily.
as someone who grew up in a dysfunctional family household it's so beautiful to see how well dave and you (and the kids) get along, i aspire to have a family like you guys 💕
every family has it's set of problems, there are no exceptions. thus every family is dysfunctional in one way or another.
maybe you just used the wrong word, i don't know but what you seem to be chasing just isn't based on reality.
Take into account they are in front of a camera, there's no way they would be cold and mean there. I believe and hope the love they show is sincere, but I'm just pointing out you can't believe everything you see.
And by the way they also argue from time to time for sure like everyone does.
@@rocksfire4390 you're making a lot of assumptions, mate
Maybe his dad beat his mum? wtf do you know?
Think we all like them seem a bit of a joy to watch (Est coast US-) & Fun with each. Other-as if ok let's all chip in to 1more of ma's crazy testing thing❤️👍
@@rocksfire4390 A dysfunctional family is not a normal family structure nor is it a healthy one.
Definition of dysfunctional family:
A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions.
Here are five types of dysfunctional families:
- The Substance Abuse Family.
When one or more parents abuse drugs or alcohol.
- The Conflict-Driven Family.
When family members are constantly picking fights or pressing each other's buttons to retaliate. For example, when one member feels threatened they may retaliate with even more hateful actions.
- The Violent Family.
When the children are exposed to some form of physical violence in the home.
- The Authoritarian Family.
When the parents act like dictators making great demands but giving very little positive feedback. With a family environment where your mistakes are met with severe punishment.
- The Emotionally Detached Family.
Where signs of affection and warmth are missing and emotional unavailability is the norm.
I appreciate Dave writing the subtitles, because I find so much easier to follow along with correct subtitles. 🎉
You’re welcome 😊
@@HowToCookThat I don't know if this applies to every video, but this time I noticed that the subtitles are badly placed and that you could hardly see what's on the counter at times
@@ThisIsNathalie If you're on desktop, you can drag the subtitles to move them around to your heart's content!
@@HowToCookThat I've done captioning as a part time job and I know how long it takes -- thanks to Dave for his time making sure the subtitles are there for those who need them! One more win for your channel. You're really thoughtful and caring people.
@@EvilMastermindOfDoom what! you just blew my mind!
Ann's cheeky little smirk when she knew she switched the raw and cooked eggs. Love it.
Where did she do that?
@@MsDrientje At about 5:22
It was the step back also 😂
@@MsDrientje 5:10
@@Jcookiemonster Yep, it was the step back that made me realize something was up.
Hi! I am from Mexico, where tortilla presses are very common. As someone said below, the trick is to use a thin film of material to avoid the dough sticking to the surfaces of the press. In Mexico, we use plastic bags most of the time (not baking paper, which is more expensive). Once the tortilla is flattened, the plastic is peeled off and on to the cooking griddle (comal). One of the reasons tortilla presses are so useful is because maize dough is not elastic, and thus difficult to roll out using a pin.
the best explanation on here 👍👍
Couldnt have said it better myself ❤
Hi 👋 Just wanted to say, as a non-native speaker, I really really appreciate Dave going to the trouble of writing the subtitles 💖💖 It's so helpful to me and other ESL speakers as well as those who are deaf or hard of hearing (plus I loved the songtitles he included at the end 😀).
My baby sister is learning English using your channel right now! I'm always looking for fun family-friendly channels I can recommend to her but she gets frustrated when there are no subtitles or incorrect ones because she sometimes doesn't understand everything and needs the CC to double-check. So thank you for all your hard work 💖
I was just thinking how special that message was and what it would mean for people, this was nice to read :)
really great for those of us with hearing loss, too. Between not hearing very well and Australian accents, I would not be able to follow this channel well without them.
Just so you know, there are two kinds of subtitles: 1) write exactly what was said or 2) write exactly the meaning of what was said at the speed of the scene. Both are correct, but type 2 is generally considered "better" because it allows the reader to keep up and to get nuance that may be lost (certain idioms deaf people won't understand might be changed, etc). Type 1 are more common on the internet and definitely better for learning a language.
@@adde9506 …Idioms deaf people won't understand? You know deaf people speak English right
@@woodfur00 I phrased that badly. If a character says, "that went over like a belch in church," and why belching in church is something you would have to think through because intrusive noises are something you don't experience, replacing it with "that went over like a nudist in church," would theoretically be a better watching experience.
As a German, all those egg gadgets were a staple in our household when I grew up. My dad swears by the egg piercers and ours always works well so maybe you will have to try again with a higher quality one, it definitely helps with not having exploding eggs in the pot.
Same here 🥚
I actually inherited a two-in-one from my grandmother: pierce the egg. Boil, cool and peel it, then bring it back to cut it into slices. It even has a small plastic safety cap attatched to it, so to prevent accidentally puncturing your fingers, when you're looking for it in the overstuffed drawer^^
Omg I was looking for a German comment on the egg gadgets (about the egg piercer especially)! Thanks you!
I grew up with the egg piercer too, in Sweden.
I don’t agree with the instructions to not hold the egg, though.
Just hold it firmly on the sides and press down, like a normal person!
Put your eggs in cold water and then start heating the water, and you don't need to pierce the shells. I boil eggs often and I hardly ever have one crack. The eggs only crack if they heat up too fast, because a quick rise in temperature causes the pressure to build up too quickly. Also, keeping them in the fridge will make them more likely to crack, because they go from very cold to hot too quickly.
I got so happy when Dave started singing Level Of Concern, that’s one of my favorite songs ever!!
So happy to hear that you two do your captions. I'm so tired of incorrect auto captions on TH-cam. Thank you for doing that extra step, it is really appreciated
yes, it's worth the effort for people who don't have english as their first language and for people who have impaired hearing too :)
I'm still upset that TH-cam removed that function. I very, very much enjoyed making captions for shows that I liked. The freedom I felt to interpret sayings or word-jokes and make them work for everyone or snappy comments and accents that don't easily transfer into my language... it was a freedom I wouldn't have in a real translating-job. I liked the celebrities in the show that I translated and I felt I 'knew' their manners and could imagine what words they would (and wouldn't) use if they spoke Dutch. It was a lot of fun making the captions.
@@HowToCookThat Ann, I did notice that is says “you guys a wonderful.” Not a big deal, but just in case Dave wants to fix it.
@@HowToCookThat as someone who isn't hearing impared, and can hear everything you say in videos just fine but use captions for APD, auto generated captions are hell. They are accurate for computer generated speech but when a human as talking, its super inaccurate.
So, the commenter here is speaking for many when they said that they are thankful for Dave taking the time and effort to write captions.
Glad to see Clever or Never is still happening, Ann. And anytime Dave is on camera is always a treat ❤
😊
As soon as I saw a clever on never or I clicked on the video straight away!
And this time nobody had to taste anything suspect looking, small victory right there!
@@janemiettinen5176 but Dave tasting horrific hack concoctions is the best! 😂
Thank you Dave, it always makes me SO happy to have such well done subtitles in every video! It really makes all the difference in every video for a lot of us!!!
wtf they're terrible
this! i am not a native and i sometimes struggle with accents 😊
The tortilla press is widely used in Mexican culture and is used to press any dough/tacos/make individual pizzas, etc!!!! ....and I would imagine every Mexican household owns one...we do! Ps. You guys are so sweet with each other, I love it! you inspire me to wanna do these kinds of things/videos with my hubby. 🥰🥰
Thanks Mayra, yes I think we were definitely showing our inexperience with that one 😂
So do a majority of us Texans. I love mine for lots of things but it works best for corn tortillas.
We have one but we put a small weight on top to make it flatter!
@@HowToCookThat I think your tortilla press was a bit dodgy also. Youre right in saying there are fantastic ones out there!
@@HowToCookThat you need to put covers on both sides of the press, mexicans tortilleras and most households will use two plastic circles cut out from bread bags or something similar, highly recommended over oil.
The cheese curler is perfect to make chocolate decorations. You need to let the chocolate getting warm just a tad bit. Not melting it, just letting it get a bit softer, then you get those pretty chocolate flower shavings. And if you use white chocolate, you can colour it and get amazing flowery decorations
It makes sense to have a softer cheese or chocolate to get the fluffy flowers. Maybe higher fat content?
And I would think going slower would help it form better too 🤔🤷♀️
The Gruyère was probably too aged, which leaves it with less water and a stiffer, more crumbly texture -- so same problem. A young Gruyère (may be tricky to find) would likely work pretty decently, as would many other soft sliceable cheeses, like a number of Scandinavian ones (Samsø, Danbo, Herrgård and Havarti come to mind as candidates, again as long as they're not too aged).
The cheese curler is a thing that goes with one specific cheese! Tête de moine, which means monk’s head!
It’s a traditional cheese in France and Switzerland.
They also make chocolate ones with very soft chocolate
yeah I was wondering if it would work well with compound or modeling chocolate
Such wholesome people, so rare to find these days. Thanks for the warm feelings.
they’re frauds
@@bostonrailfan2427 How?
@@Meccarox he screwed-up the test and she blames the device then proceeds to struggle with and insult a device used by millions because she can’t be bothered to use it as instructed despite knowing full well what it was before and how to actually use it
@@bostonrailfan2427 Are you talking about the tortilla press? And why do you think she knows how it really works. If she knew then she could have just done it right in the first place.
@@Meccarox those aren’t a new gadget, for someone who does food research she had to have lived in a bubble to not have known how to properly use it…that’s before you realize she ignored the instructions which tell you to LINE THE PRESS!
I love seeing Dave in videos with you, and today's was an especially good example. It's clear you two have fun together, and it's just so sweet to watch you both messing around in the kitchen and laughing along! Truly one of my favorite couples on youtube 💞
Aren't they just the best. Ahh I just love seeing them together such love and passion they still have just amazing to see and watch them together
Can't agree more. It's very comforting for me to watch both of them together interacting in this loving way ❤️
Glad you said this. I was thinking as I watched, they demonstrate one of the most important things in a good relationship - they speak nicely to each other. They tease and joke but it's always respectful and affectionate. And at point 11:30 they're having so much fun just being together they almost forgot the point of what they were doing! 😅 Lovely to see 🥰
I know! Ann and Dave are relationship goals!
Love how relaxed you are when you're filming with Dave
The way they briefly talked about their early stages in their relationship and how he "kept trying" despite feeling rejected and then working out wonderfully for them is just pure heart-warming stuff. It made me a bit softer and less cynical inside in regard to romantic relationships. I like your content and I would like to live in a world where there are more people like you guys. Peace and love from Syria.
It reminds me of how my husband and I got together. I asked him out, and he said no at first. Then he realized he really did want to go out with me and asked me out. In his defense, he’d never actually had a girl interested enough in him to ask out and he’d been rejected by several girls. I caught WAY off guard when I asked him out first. Then he realized that if I was into him enough to ask him out, he should probably at least try it. We’ve been married for eleven years now.
@@marthahawkinson-michau9611 This is quite a nice story. I wish you the happiest and most peaceful and lovely life together. Stay safe ✨
The Swiss Tête-de-moine cheese is made from a rich raw full fat cheese, pressed and aged. It has a reddish brown rind which helps when making the rosettes with the Girolle (the contraption you were trying to make flowers/curls with. Girolle is another name for a chanterelle (a beautiful butter yellow mushroom) and Tête-de-moine means the head of the monk. Dont give up on using the Girolle for chocolate rosettes though because if you were to add a bit more fat to the chocolate, in the form of cream to make a firm ganache, you should be successful. Much love from New Zealand!
Another solution would be to raise the temperature of the chocolate slightly. As anyone who frequently uses the Girolle discovers, the longer the cheese has been out of the fridge and softening, the bigger the flowers you can make.
@@nimbus7239 yes,that makes sense as l find cutting anything with a pure chocolate topping (brownies etc) extra tricky if the chocolate is fridge cold. The chocolate cracks
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@Sunny day A lot of these contraptions have crazy names. I can't remember them all either. I'll call this the cheese curling machine, 😉
I am selling cheese in a supermarket..And it really really needs a little practice to get nice flowers. it depends on the pressure and the speed you put in the knife of the girolle. The gruyere is not suitable for this he has already formed crystals and is not smooth enough. But you did a good job 😊
Ann and Dave together: ***Australian intensified***
I just adore watching you guys. Thanks for testing this stuff so we don’t have to 😂 ❤️
Omg you guys are so cute. Feel free to share your stories with us any time.
Our pleasure!
I just love watching them in videos together. He’s so supportive, she’s so playful with him. I’m so glad I found this lady 💚
I love clever or never, not just because the videos were fun, but because Anne and Dave are so adorable together.
The tortilla press is actually a very old invention and can be found throughout Mexico. The first electric industrial tortilla press (using rollers) dates back to 1904 or 1911 depending who you ask. Having said that, my mom never used them (rolling pin baby) but we still had an old one kicking around the house.
Gotta love how they act as if they fell in love just last week. 🥰
Too cute!😭
As a Texan, hearing a tortilla press called a “kitchen gadget” is hilarious. My wife’s family is Mexican and we use a tortilla press all the time. It works best for corn tortillas, but if you use parchment paper or wax paper and rotate the tortilla a couple times, you can definitely do a flour tortilla, too.
Yeah, its like calling a whisk a gadget😂
that and hearing Ann talk about rolling out tortillas with a rolling pin as like a normal way just blew my mind. sad that they got a poorly made one, though.
It’s funny how she can be so educated in the kitchen… and yet so dumb at the same time when it comes to adding something anti stick
I think all kitchen tools in some way are gadgets. "a small mechanical or electronic device or tool, especially an ingenious or novel one."
We are blessed with the story of how Dad Reardon asked out Mom Reardon and it is adorable.
😊💕
For the tortilla gadget, it doesn’t have to be only for tortillas, just put plastic wrap on both sides. In my Chinese family, we use them to press out dumpling wrappers and I loved helping my grandma do it as a kid
You two have such adorable energy together! I will say I always get just a bit nervous when people review gadgets because some are designed with disabilities in mind and it's disheartening when they criticize them for being "unnecessary". It's very relieving and encouraging to see that is not the case with this series (it seems you focus more on simply if it works) and I really appreciate that immensely. :) All the best to you and your lovely family. ❤️
Thanks Lambie 😁
This is so true, glad I'm not the only one who sees it. Function v necessity is important to differentiate!
oh quiet. they're just junk made in china for a quick buck
#relationshipgoals
I'd never turned on the subtitles before. Thanks for making me laugh, Dave! And thanks for being such an adorable couple on screen. You two make me smile.
Our pleasure!
Same here ❤
My mom has a tortilla maker, and (on the few occasions we get around to making tortillas) it's very helpful, though we use a double layer of parchment paper to prevent the dough from sticking. We also only make gluten-free corn tortillas, so that could be part of it as well. Thanks for another great video!
Edit: Realizing that someone else basically already said this. Oh well . . .
I think most households that regularly use a tortilla press just keep parchment paper permanently in the press and reuse it several times
ohh i don't know why my mom never used parchment paper. She cut out circles of those plastic shopping bags and just used that. It worked good too!
@@arimon1474 Because she's a thrifty Queen!
@@arimon1474 haha my mom also does that
she purposely didn’t use anything because she must show her skills despite it being not what is supposed to be done…i find it hard to believe she DIDN’T know to add paper or plastic liner to the press to allow easy removal but then again she’s a fraud
The boiled egg decapitator that you both loved is sometimes used in finer dining establishments to cleanly remove the top of raw eggs before scrambling the contents for a luxurious scrambled eggs and piled back in the egg shell, and served with a dollop of caviar.😋
The one that crunched the top off the egg with all the teeth could be one of the cheap nasty versions as I've had one of those for 20 odd years and I still use it to take the top of my egg (I eat a lot of boiled eggs in the cup). Mine works fine. Not suprised they've come up with a fancier one though.
thats cool
Hi! We use tortilla presses here in Honduras, though they are most commonly used for corn tortillas. A good tip so that the dough doesn't stick to the metal is to put parchment paper on the bottom of the press, then put the dough ball on top, and another piece of parchement on top of the dough, then you press! Love your channel! xx
Grease!
Another Honduran fellow following this channel? 🥺
@@christophermejia2167 that’s three honduran here!
I love you both, I hope if I ever get married I'm half as happy as the two of you. What you did with the mousse mold was so romantic. He turned it into a teardrop and you turned it into a heart because he asked you to dinner. It melted my heart
Ok but the best part is watching Ann and Dave together. The first date story was so cute 💜
For the tortilla press, you want to have the metal covered with plastic or parchment paper to let it spread more evenly and to not stick to the press.
right, i knew there must be a trick to it 😊
@@HowToCookThat Wax paper is commonly used too
The cheese curler DOES work, I have this at home. And the cheese is delicious! But, as you already guessed it, Gruyere is not the type of cheese to use with it, but there are others (like 'Cinderella' or 'Milchzapfen').
For the chocolate to work, I assume even the tempered chocolate was to hard, it needs to be softer.
never had it for myself, but I found the ingredients list on a official product for this curler: (Sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, canned butter, milk sugar, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural flavor (vanilla))
I wish I could send one of these cheese not only for you to see this working, but for Dave to finally enjoy something good on this channel, after having to try all these sometimes more than questionable recipe on our amusement!
I've always loved Dave's captions. I'm hard of hearing so I've had them on for years and he always put cute Easter eggs, commentary, and jokes in the caption.
The tortilla gadget is also used in India, like in a lot of households, for making a small, fried flatbread called "Puri". It works amazingly with small amounts of dough, and is usually easier than rolling out individual small dough pieces. I can confirm as I'm Indian and my mum has this XDD
I have used the cheese curler before and it is as you said in the video, the Gruyère has a different consistency, so you really need the Tête de Moine to get those perfect delicate flower shapes. But even as a Swiss person, I think the gadget while working flawlessly, has such a narrow and specific purpose. They are mostly used by dairies for producing cheese flowers to decorate the cheese boards they sell. Fun fact, Tête de Moine is actually French, as it is produced in the French speaking part of Switzerland and means “Monk’s head”, because the shaved top part of the cheese resembles the shaved head of a monk. The gadget will also produce perfect chocolate flowers, but like with the cheese, you need to use the specific chocolate-wheel they sell, otherwise it won’t work.
Tête-de-moine is a 800 year old Swiss cheese, originally made by the monks of Bellelay Abbey, in the mountains of the Bernese Jura, near lake Neuchâtel. It has a A.O.P which clearly defines and protects the origins of this cheese, and just because the cheesemakers speak French, does not in turn make this a French cheese. Peas and Lovage
@@swisski I think that they meant the name of the cheese is french and not the cheese itself.
@@koalaele5320 yeah, I meant 'of the French language'. Because I thought maybe people don't know that it's French, or that French is a national language in Switzerland.
We had a cheese curler at home growing up. But I guess it's not that common anymore in Switzerland to actually have one...
I've seen it used to shave ice as well, with some syrup on top of the grated ice it's a great treat during heat waves.
You two are adorable, three sons and all this time together and you are still very clearly in love. You are both marvelous. An extra thank you to Dave for all the work on the captions!
Thank you Rebecca 💕
The one to piece the bottom of the egg is quite commonplace here in Germany. I'll admit, if you aren't used to it it can be slightly tricky but once you get the hang of it, it work nice, provided you bought one of decent quality.
You operate it by holding the egg slightly from the side, rather than by pressing it down with full strength from the top.
Kudos to Dave for the subtitles! It's a lot of work but it's really nice when you're in a noisy environment
Tortilla presses are mostly used for corn tortillas because the nixtamalized corn has no gluten and doesn't spring back. They're flattened between 2 sheets of polythene normally (I use greaseproof) and they should be thicker than a wheat wrap. They really come in handy when you're making batches of them as they're all the same thickness, perfectly round, and you can really bang them out.
Hey Anne, we use the "tortilla maker" that you're using in India for making puris (fried breads). You have to fry that and it would turn into delicacies savoured with a potato or chickpea dip (sabzi)
I always get hungry in that comment section
I could see the genuine delight on your face when the boiled egg gadget worked, definitely a clever!
Always love the Clever or Never! So nice to see you both enjoying each other and the gadgets!
So excited to see this series return!
I have to admit I died with Ann's reply of "It's messy" to the attempt at chocolate roses...just too good!
Rest in peace, I'll make sure to send some chocolate roses for the funeral.
It’s lovely to see a couple who enjoys each others’ company as clearly these two do! It doesn’t seem like their faking it or putting on a show, just genuinely enjoying being around each other.
Egg piercers work just fine. You have to gently but firmly hold the egg and press it down onto the spike. The contraption is designed to keep your egg in place over the spike and has a spring to get the spike out again without breaking the egg.
It's a pretty common thing in German kitchens. Though I agree it's not really necessary, I like my Sunday breakfast eggs to look pretty (aka unbroken) and piercing the egg increases the odds quite a bit.
I was also surprised to see it here as a new gadget! We always pierce our eggs, and its such a staple to find in cooking stores
I was about to comment on the egg piercer. One of the kitchen gadgets that I thought everyone had but maybe Germans just eat breakfast eggs more than others xD Anyway, never had problems with egg piercers. I wonder if they just got a bad product?
My dad wanted one and as far as I know, he made one himself.
Tiny nail or pin or..needle, not sure..stuck in a corkshaped piece of wood, we tapped the egg on the head with it (I slipped once and stabbed myself in the finger) and that was it.
I mean, it was a really old thing, I'm fairly sure he made it himself.
Greetings from the Netherlands, bytheway, I'm just assuming you're German.
Tbf this one seemed kinda really shit though. I've never had an egg piercer you had to push down as hard as the one they tested seemed to need.
I wonder why they didn't hold the egg in the hand and and gently pressed down on it with the piercer. That's how we use it. Never broke an egg and never seen it put on the table and pressing down the egg... we kinda use it upside down, piercing the bottom of the egg, always works fine for us
I love the little look into your lives with the mousse mold. I know when my husband and I first got together, it was over a video game then he asked me to go to taco Tuesday with him. I'm also not a big fan of the movies, but street tacos are a different story.
haha, sounds like a match made in heaven 😁💕
I asked my ex (we parted during COVID) to a group movie and pizza gathering. I was totally surprised that he showed up. He is a big B-movie buff, so it turns out I made the right move.
I'm from Mexico, and we use the secod gadget for corn tortillas (I think someone else comented it before), we also put a very thin plastic sheet on the metal to prevent the tortilla from sticking. Hope this helps, I love your vids
I'm glad Dave kept coming back 😄 You're such a sweet couple and a great family.
😊 thank you
Woohoo another clever or never I love seeing Ann and Dave.🥰
thank you Smiley Girl 😀
I love the Ann and Dave lore xD. One of the best additions to an episode!
I love this series!
Also you two are adorable together, I always enjoy the energy you put out!
Thank you so much!!
For draining pasta without a colander, I'd usually take the lid of the pot, slide it so there's just a slight opening, and pour off the water through that. Unless you're doing spaghetti or similar thin pasta, it works perfectly well, and is super easy. (Hold the lid with a kitchen towel to not burn yourself, and pour it towards you rather than away from you to make it easier to handle.)
That's how I used to drain things, but now I am old I need two hands just to hold the pot, so a strainer resting in the sink is a must these days.
I use this technique too! Good for saving on washing up. The gadget seems very useful though, especially for people who have difficulty doing it this way, like the other comment says.
I place my colander inside the pot curved side in, and using hot pads to hold it in place, tip the water into the sink. The pasta drains well and stays in the pot it was cooked in. Add the sauce, toss, and tip into serving bowl.
I'm not even into cooking but love your videos because of the honesty and authenticity. The creativity and frankness is refreshing. Please keep your content coming - so many folks appreciate it. All the best!
I love these episodes! It feels like a nice break from the stressfull debunking videos. 🥰
Oh for me too David! I do find debunking hard work at times 😬
I'm a new fan and I'm absolutely in love with your channel! It's so wonderful to see how much you and your family enjoy each other. I love to see people conducting themselves with so much passion and integrity, backed up with a solid bit of know-how. I look forward to bingeing a lot more of your channel and sticking around for a while, as well. And, as someone with auditory processing disorder, THANK YOU SO MUCH for being intentional about providing coherent (and hilarious) captions! You're good people doing good work, which the world could use so much more of. Plus, y'all're relationship goals like whoa 😻
Rightt?? Really good couple 😄
Long time viewer here, and this episode made me feel extra warm in my heart, love how pure and cheery the energy is between you two
The tortilla maker is pretty much a traditional one. The thing to do is place plastic wrap on the bottom and top pieces of the machine, then your tortillas won't stick. Then you get a ball of dough, and place it in the center and THEN flatten it. It has to be in the center, and you must press it down hard, or squish it down a bit/few times (like a small bounce.) It is used in Mexico and other South and central American countries all the time to make the Tortilla's.
It's always a joy for me when Dave accompanies you. I'm personally not a gadget connoisseur but I do love when you two test out the goodies and the garbage :)
"Where the captain's a captor and I'm a puppet to pastor" 🍝 That's a cheeky one, Dave! 😂
Had a bit of a rough day at work, so it was a delight to check TH-cam and see an episode of Clever or Never! You guys never fail to put a smile on my face, and I always learn something!
For the tortilla press you are supposed to put two layers of plastic between the dough and the press, so it doesn't stick, and masa works best because it's not stretchy like flour dough is. you take the dough out and peel the plastic of the tortilla (not the tortilla from the plastic). It's a really useful gadget, I use mine all the time to make tortillas from Maseca.
I just really want to appreciate your Clever or Never series because you’re much more laid-back-your and Dave’s chemistry are perfect ❤
I would absolutely watch a video of Dave picking out obscure car maintenance tools for Ann to try using.
I remember the egg piercer. My mom used to have one when I was a kid and she always used it when she made boiled eggs. A needle works just as well, though.
Of all the things, i didnt expect Dave to start singing 21 Pilots 😂 absolutely brilliant!
I love your channel Ann!! I think it's also a wonderful way for non able bodied folk to see handy kitchen gadgets worth spending money on :)
Yes. I totally agree. 👍🏻
Lovely to see another Clever or Never - you two are so great together. That cake server might work just as well as the knife, but I bet it's awful to clean :)
Oh dang good point! (But the commercial would say- just toss it in the dish washer!😅)
I love this type of format!! The energy between you two makes it all the more enjoyeable to watch😇😇😇😇😊
I don’t remember the song but there’s this Swedish song that has a line that roughly translates to “the pasta was cooked to disaster” as a metaphor for a relationship and I’ve always found that quite funny
I actually have always grown up with an egg piercer. Not that exact one, but one similar. They do work, quite well. You have to told the egg in place with one hand, and press down on the peircer with the other.
I don't know if I've ever said this before, but i love watching you and your family try the gadgets out. Its so cute, and the curiosity is so much fun
Love watching Clever or Never! You and Dave are so entertaining. This also helps me find new gadgets to get or avoid.
thanks Ashley, it's always fun to do these for us too 😊
I loved Ann's egg thingy to take the top off, and the pasta drainer.. both quite clever
I have a pot lid whit hole in it.
The egg thingy is an Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher. Just goggle the word.
I love to see the friendship in you two. And the way you treat eachother.
I always watch with subtitles!! It's fun to know Dave is making those by hand-thanks for your hard work!
Tete de Moine has a much different texture than Gruyere. It's quite hard and dense and is very, very pungent. Best eaten in small quantities. The cylindrical scraper is perfect for making thin, consistent shavings of this very special cheese.
HOH & adhd canadian here. Dave does the captions, right? Dave, if you're reading this, I love you. The emojis make it so much fun. Everything is so good & I don't think I've ever encountered a mistake that impacts the understanding, if any mistakes at all. It makes me so happy.
Edit: yes apparently dave does make the subtitles. Love the easter egg one too lol.
These two are so wholesome together.
The cake at the start looks soooo good and I am looking forward to this year's gingerbread house. Thanks for testing these gadg
ets so I know what to buy and what not
Yes I'm going to start filming the gingerbread house soon 🎄❤️❤️
5:00 I feel that we just witnessed that egg's bar mitzvah! Mazle tov!
I always wondered who did the captions ♥ They're always perfect with the little emoji additions and help convey the tone alongside them. Thank you Dave! 😄
As always it’s a pleasure to see you two.
The love you have for each other transcend the screen.
Love your little story about your first date! So cute!
Would love to see old photos of you two together also 🥰
I bought that pasta strainer and I love using it! So much easier to wash. I definitely agree it is so clever!
So excited for another new video! Life has really caught up with me lately so it's nice to relax and watch these again
Relax and enjoy 😊😊😊
so it's dave that does the subtitles! just wanted to comment to say i really appreciate it, as someone that much prefers having subtitles to read in videos - makes everything that much clearer
This is the most wholesome content. I always feel happy and warm inside after watching any video with Ann and Dave in 🥰. Thank you for making these types of videos and I hope you continue to do so!
I'm from Costa Rica and we use similar tortilla pressers, for flour tortillas with cheese on them. You spread them, using nonstick paper on both sides and them throw them into a grill, pan or whatever. I was quite surprised to hear yours was that expensive, since in here they're quite old and traditional, so you can buy them at any market for as low as $4 (rough conversion from Costa Rican colones). They usualy have a different handle too, so when pressed they apply the force right on the middle. Great video as always, it was nice to see something I recognize for once not being too knowledgeable on kitchen stuff myself
Very interesting ... yes they're not at all common here in Australia, which is probably why they charged quite a lot for it. I don't think mine was great quality though.
I love your channel for all the reasons everyone else does, but I gotta say - you two are adorable!
Hey guys!
Yes, the girolle (the cheese curler) is specifically created for Tête de moine („monk's head“), a Swiss cheese. It also works the best with that cheese. Gruyere has some similarities but they are very different. I recommend trying Tête de moine if you manage to find it. It is a wonderful cheese. An it shows its flavours only when shaven with a girolle. Don‘t try it by cutting it into pieces!
That tortilla press would probably work if the lever was applying the pressure to the middle of the circle. In that form it's pretty useless.
A lovely and warm video as usual. And great banter between the two of you!
Tortilla presses are only for corn tortillas. They are used heavily in Mexico.
Nah all tortilla presses work the same way, just gotta know how to use it
Wow, they really love each other. So nice to see! What a wholesome couple/family. 🥰💜
I have a version of the silicone colander replacement, and I think it’s brilliant. I haven’t had use for my old, metal colander since getting it. You do have to be a bit careful not to fling pasta into the sink, but otherwise, it’s 100% clever.
Can you use it to drain the fat off ground beef?
@@freethebirds3578 I don't see why not. The one I have at least should work for that as the drainage holes are pretty small. The only thing I could really see being a potential problem is how well/securely it would clip on to whatever pan you used to cook the meat - the curve etc.
Fab do you have a link to where one can buy it or even the name please?
@@nialdean I think I bought mine from the dreaded Wish, and it was a few years ago now... However, if you search for a clip on silicone strainer, you should find what you're looking for.
Edited to add: I meant, search on your preferred online shop, not Wish specifically! EBay, Amazon, or wherever will be able to provide 😁
@@freethebirds3578 Depending on how much fat is produced by the beef, I usually just take some paper towels and hold them with some tongs to soak up the fat and then just drop it in the garbage. If it's too much for the paper towels, then I drain it.
couple things about the tortilla press I haven't seen in the comments yet! I'm a Mexican from the Southwestern US, so I don't blame you for being a bit unaware considering you're from Australia! As others have said, it is only for corn tortillas and you should use parchment paper or even a plastic liner similar to Ziploc bag texture on both sides, especially when using it at home. They are integral parts of a Latino kitchen and full of huge memories for most Mexicans! Flour tortillas are traditionally just rolled out with a rolling pin or rod in Mexico too! Because corn tortillas are usually rather small (think around street taco size), the tortilla press presses the dough into a pretty small circle, usually leaving plenty of space on the sides. You really only need light pressure too!
More interestingly, I can speculate on the quality of your press! Even in the US, there is a huge industry of faulty and low quality tortilla presses, or other Mexican cooking tools, that companies sell to profit off of unaware Americans! I'm sure the problem exists all over the world (aka Australia too!) Most Mexican-Americans (even those who were born and raised in the US like me!) know that the best way to get a GOOD tortilla press is to drive down into Mexico or ensure it is stamped with a "made in Mexico." A couple signs to look for in a good press are that they should be quite heavy, sturdy, and the best ones I've seen are made of cast iron. The biggest red flag is that you said the press cost 34 AUS! I don't think that would be expensive enough, especially considering how far away Mexico is, to make it a nicer one. Every Mexican press my family has every bought is usually stamped with brands or words, which I don't see on yours! Again, I don't expect everyone to have this information and much of it is out of your control! If you ever did try again with corn tortillas, you might not have amazing results because of some of these other factors, but it will for sure get the job done! I enjoy your videos very much!
Latinos use tortilla presses very effectively. It helps to use wax paper or parchment to help unstick the tortilla after it is pressed.