Jamie Oliver kitchen implements

[ACAPULCO AL]

my trusty old garlic crusher has been a loyal servant over the years. it may have only cost about £2 from asda donkeys years ago but in that time must've obliterated half of france, and raised my levels of culinary expertise from 'completely and utterly atrocious' to the heady heights of 'mildly crap'. it's become like an old friend but, alas, it gave up the ghost last week...

arise its replacement: the jamie oliver garlic crusher, no less. mrs al, in her infinite wisdom, has placed her faith (and hard earned dosh) in this plastic monstrosity from him with the lithp that fills half the cutlery drawer. i used it for the first time about an hour ago and - let's not beat around the bush here - it's the ****test kitchen implement in the history of kitchen implements, perhaps even in the history of mankind. how this EVER got signed off by somebody as suitable for market will go down as one of the great mysteries of the universe. i could crush garlic batter with my arms in a straight jacket and armed with nothing more than a feather duster and a pair of elf socks. just cos his tongue is 12 sizes too big for his gob and everybody hates him, shouldn't give him reason to inflict his monumental cack-handery on the world of kitchen implements.

he's spoilt my day, watsed mrs al's money and - purely to spite the mockney t**t - i'm now going to feed my kids nothing but McHappy meals, sweets and disgustingly-coloured fizzy drinks for a whole month

floppy-gobbed w***er

[Dr GTA]

Happy Kids!

[Dfens]

This is Jamie Oliver you're talking about here. You aren't supposed to crush the garlic - that implies violence and oppression.

You have to sit down with the garlic and work out your issues together, so that the garlic willingly falls apart for you...

Shame Woolies folded. Woolworth garlic crusher: £2.99 10 years ago and still keeping the vampires at bay

[1of1]

Ace rant

[73GTVJim]

Love the rant but why are you wasting money on a garlic crusher?

Broad knife - palm of hand - splat! Job done and dusted and it effectively peels the clove too. Much better than all those crappy devices IMHO.

[milowokie]

Originally Posted by 73GTVJim

Love the rant but why are you wasting money on a garlic crusher?

Broad knife - palm of hand - splat! Job done and dusted and it effectively peels the clove too. Much better than all those crappy devices IMHO.

Agreed Sir Jim.

A sharp knife is a trusted kitchen friend.

[73GTVJim]

Originally Posted by milowokie

Agreed Sir Jim.

A sharp knife is a trusted kitchen friend.

So true. I have one old, quite cheap black plastic handled one that was part of an engagement gift from a neighbour but I keep it sharp and use it all the time in preference to just about any other knife in the drawer for loads of different culinary jobs. It has to be the most versatile, and most paid-back thing in the kitchen.

[ACAPULCO AL]

Originally Posted by milowokie

A sharp knife is just the ticket for permanently disposing of jamie oliver

i concur

[milowokie]

Originally Posted by ACAPULCO AL

i concur

I'm shocked,

I would have put you in the little cook's blowtorch camp for that task.

[73GTVJim]

Originally Posted by milowokie

I'm shocked,

I would have put you in the little cook's blowtorch camp for that task.

I have a Jamie Oliver pasta machine. It's cheap and nasty. Should've got a proper Italian one.

[steveisfrowning]

Do it my way............

.............or wind up under the highway.

+ YouTube Video

[divadiva]

I have a metal garlic crusher..had it years so can't remember where I got it.

Saw the Jamie Oliver range in Sainsbury's but didn't buy anything. Have some Nigella tins/measuring spoons etc as they are stylish..and love Nigella

You mustn't give your kids nasty fizzy drinks Jamie will never know! Make your wife watch back to back Jamie Oliver cookery programmes for a day for buying it.

[GJ]

Superb

Smash it under a large flat knife blade instead

[stuartmunn]

Jamie Oliver has reached the level of over exposure that makes me despise everything about him. Which is totally unfair as I've never met the chap. I also feel similar loathings for TESCO, X Factor, Audi and David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

Take the useless implement back to Sainsburys and get a refund.

[Joss]

Al the garlic crusher seems to get good reviews on t'interweb . Maybe you are using it wrong


Right I'm off before my house gets burned down

No gadget can match up to a sharp heavy kitchen knife.

[WTFH]

If you don't want to use a knife, try this:
Garlic Set - Ceramic Grater Plate & Brush: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

We bought ours at the Isle of Wight Garlic Festival a couple of years ago. Useful, great for getting the juices out and shredding the garlic, but I still generally use a knife.

[Al Faromeo]

9/10 for quality ranting.

As was said previously: all you need is a good big knife.

[divadiva]

I still think a metal garlic crusher is the best way to chop it finely as less messy. I do not want to reek of garlic unless I'm trying to keep vampires away

[Halibut]

Originally Posted by 73GTVJim

Broad knife - palm of hand - splat! Job done and dusted and it effectively peels the clove too. Much better than all those crappy devices IMHO.

Originally Posted by milowokie

A sharp knife is a trusted kitchen friend.

Originally Posted by ACAPULCO AL

i concur

Originally Posted by GJ

Smash it under a large flat knife blade instead

Originally Posted by Nev

No gadget can match up to a sharp heavy kitchen knife.

Originally Posted by Al Faromeo

As was said previously: all you need is a good big knife.

I believe that Jamie Oliver does a knife that might be suitable for this kind of garlic crushing.

[ACAPULCO AL]

i've tried using a great big kitchen knife and it's nowhere near as good as a decent crusher. now all i need is an implement suitable for crushing jamie oliver

his plastic abomination is now in the bin

[ACAPULCO AL]

Originally Posted by Joss

Al the garlic crusher seems to get good reviews on t'interweb .

there are forums for this ****e???

[Gibbo]

How much do you think would be a reasonable amount
to spend on one, Al?

[Joss]

Originally Posted by ACAPULCO AL

there are forums for this ****e???

Well it's on this one isn't it