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I have at least 3 of these. They're hardly rare. I think it's just you.
I've wondered the same as OP and never saw one in real life.
Probably it's a regional thing, like how in some countries (as I recently discovered) they don't know what a cheese slicer is and just butcher cheese with a knife.
Why would you need an extra implement for cutting cheese when a good knife works fine for any variety of cheese you might reasonably slice? There's no need to butcher anything.
Why would you use a knife when you can cut anything with a spoon, if you give it a bit of force?
Because we have knives already in our kitchens, and they don't take up extra space in a drawer that would otherwise go to another more useful utensil.
Also my cheese slicers have all been cheap as shit and snap after a few months, and the nice heavy duty one I had with a replaceable wire got lost in the move earlier this year and they discontinued it and I'm sad.
Why would you a spoon, when you can use a spork? It is the ultimate utensil.
I prefer the spife
The texture and flavour of a hard cheese cut with a cheese slicer is different from when one cuts with a knife. I like both but on a sandwich the cheese slicer wins every time.
The cheese doesn't change its composition so I'd wager that difference is imagined. The percieved flavour difference presumes that the knife will have a thicker or less regular cut. An identically sized slice, whether by a knife or slicer, will have the same surface area and volume and exposure to air, and will therefore taste the same.
Cutting the type of cheese you use a slicer on, with a knife, compresses the cheese more. Young cheese is solid, but too fatty and soft to really easily slice through. You can ofcourse, but the quality of your slice will not be similar to the easily and reproducible quality you get with a slicer. Especially if you need many slices.
Of course you had to be Dutch. I swear, all my Dutch friends have like 3 of those an a couple of those electric grills with mini pans for melting cheese below
In all fairness, the slicer isn't even useful for all cheeses. It's convenient for Edam and similar ones though.
Ummm...
We’ve got four different sized honey spoons in our house!
Next they’re going to say they don’t own any wooden butter knives…
So once upon a time, you actually got honey at the market replenishing your pot, rather than buying jars in the supermarket.
This thing was always in the pot, and you did not use a spoon to get your honey, it works better than a spoon and you just leave it in the pot.
Today americans probably bleach their jars, spoons and bees, but honey is surprisingly shelf stable, having a pot with a little hole with this little plunger sticking out is fine really.
Ooooh it makes so much sense to leave it perpetually in the pot! I never understood why it was a thing, because there was always a bit of honey remaining on it and that felt weird, but now i get it, thank you for explaining.
You can buy them in every cutlery section in my country. But it's kind of useless, I'm not sure why this is the design that is associated with honey. A spoon works better.
You can rotate this as it's dripping to manage the flow due to the grooves which you can't do with a spoon. It's for when you only want a few drops at a time or a reasonably uniform drizzle.
And then many more drops are stuck between the ridges and get wasted.
No more than you wash off a spoon.
The dipper is meant to stay in the honey pot, so you're not wasting any, except maybe the last time you use it, or if you're pointlessly cleaning it each time.
You put it back in the pot of honey, the thing is supposed ot perpetually sit in honey pot.
I don't like it either, just explaining how it's supposed to work.
Spoon is made out of metal. Changes the taste of honey.
Really? How does that work? I've never heard that before
Honey is acidic with a pH of around 4, so it technically corrodes metal if left for prolonged contact.
Same reason it's not recommended to use metal pots or utensil for curries, the metallic taste can leech into the food.
Honey is acidic with a pH of around 4, so it technically corrodes metal if left for prolonged contact.
I make knives and I really want to let one sit in honey for a week to see if it gives it an acid wash.
I have other acids that work much quicker, but I'm having a bit of a giggle at making a pattern-welded steel butter knife and calling it my "Honey Knife"
Do people actually leave spoons or knifes in the honey? I just open the jar, scoop out what I need with my knife and spread it on my bread. And a lot of honey also comes in squeeze bottles, that way you can just squeeze it directly on the bread or waffle or whatever. But even with those I still use a knife to spread it around.
And most utensils are made from highly corrosion resistant materials right? As they get wet and exposed to all sorts of stuff all the time. And what about that Nilered video about the taste/smell of metal?
it's sold in every souvenir shop of stuff made with olive tree wood in Greece. and it's a stupid device, so much honey stays stuck in it after using it, absolutely not worth it
You're supposed to leave it in the jar when not in use.
I used these all the time as a kid. I haven't seen one in a few years though.
I guess that works if you use more runny honey but my honey is so stiff that you need to use a hammer and a chisel. I friggin hate honey that is almost liquid, it needs to be more like a rock.
Is your house really cold, or has the honey crystallized? You can heat up the honey to re-liquefy it, look up how.
I don't like honey much - the taste, that is. But I use it to sweeten tea or curd (with raspberries or banana, for breakfast)
I’ve got a couple variations in a drawer. I don’t use a lot of honey so I don’t use them a lot.
I have
these*
Anyone with a decent honey set up has these.
I own two of them. They are great for honey.
I'm guessing the people who don't use them aren't into honey. Like, maybe they have a little honey bear that's crusty in the back of their pantry.
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I've seen them. No advantage over using a spoon or even a knive as long as there's no cross contamination.
knife*
You keep slowly rotating it as you move it from the honey to whatever you’re going to put the honey in so the viscous liquid essentially “orbits” this thing instead of dripping onto your countertop. Then when over the target you stop rotating and let it pour off.
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These are bear butt plugs. Its how they stop themselves from shitting themselves during hibernation
I'd like to see a picture of that.
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