"potato masher" news and stories

Back in December, my friend Roz bought her first house. The day she moved in, her mother came over with food in a slow cooker and a pot of peeled potatoes that were destined to be turned into mashed potatoes to celebrate the new home. However, when it came time to mash potatoes, Roz's mom discovered that there wasn't a potato masher anywhere to be found in Roz's fairly extensive collection of kitchen paraphernalia.

Because of this utensil encounter, Roz was not at all surprised when, for Christmas, she received her very own potato masher. The thing is, she's just not much of a mashed potato girl, so this new item didn't fill her with excitement. However, just last night, she turned to me and said, "I'm loving my masher, although I still don't use it for potatoes. Guess what I'm making with it!"

Turns out, it has become her new favorite tool for whipping up batches of guacamole (a trick I plan on trying out this weekend). Now I have a question for the rest of you. Do you have a kitchen utensil or appliance that you resisted for a long time but now you adore? Or, do you have something that you use all the time, but not for its intended purpose?

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If you want to surprise a cook, get them a kitchen gadget that they've never seen before. Remove all tags, making sure to include anything with the product name, wrap it up and make them guess what it is. This guessing game is something of a tradition in my house and we always have a lot of fun with it. This year's mystery gift was this tentacled ... well, it took a while to guess what it was. Want a hint? It is light and easy to grip. It can be used by pressing down the many-armed end or by rotating it.

Give up?