Cheese grater horizontal? and other gadget gaffes!

Abu_Milhem

Sorry last post should have had a title: Garlic cloves

GreenQueen

My light bulb moment recently related to bubble packs of tablets. I always used to push the raised plastic dome, and often ended up crushing the tablet/capsule. Then someone mentioned to me that you turn the sheet over, and break the foil on the reverse with your finger nail. The tablet drops out effortlessly.

coffeehound

I only recently realised that the little plastic loop on the side of a vegetable peeler is for cutting out potato 'eyes'. :doh:

Santamaria

Owned my own home since 1988 so have owned lots of pairs of curtains. It was only when I moved to a rented house 20 years later, which had curtains already put up by the landlady, that I realised what those tapes were for.

[Deleted User]

V4M4 I agree cheese is cheese and I too buy Lid'ls cheese and divide into three portions and freeze Unless its some special cheese like roquefort or brie, or stilton then ordinary 'mousetrap ' stuff is more than good enough for cooking with

moneyistooshorttomention

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's a trick, it's not real, the Internet is wrong .... you'll grate your worktop with the other side of the grater, which also has sharp bits.

That's the first thought that struck me - and there's NO way I'm taking any risks with my expensive worktop. Pass - and I'll stick to using it upright thanks all the same.

Nelski

Tried it last night and i like it Have to say it would be a bit rank to me to grate directly onto your kitchen surface...eww do people actually do that? So as always my grater was on my wooden chopping board but horizontal for a change and its definitely not an internet trick

rwgray

coffeehound wrote: »

I only recently realised that the little plastic loop on the side of a vegetable peeler is for cutting out potato 'eyes'.

On the older, pointy style of peeler, the angled pointy end was for the same thing. No other reason for them to be sharp!

Rich.x

Slinky

Somebody I know said a while back they'd only just realised the plastic tape on a bread bag was made so you could put it back on to seal the bag up after taking slices out. I think she was in her 40s.

PasturesNew

Nelski wrote: »

Have to say it would be a bit rank to me to grate directly onto your kitchen surface...eww do people actually do that?

No worse than those that roll out pastry on the worktop. You clean it first.