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Does it work? orgreenic Metallized Ceramics green non-stick fry pan, slushy - Metallized Ceramics by e55he swrzsnb
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Does it work? orgreenic Metallized Ceramics green non-stick fry pan, slushy - Metallized Ceramics by E55HE SWRZSNB
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The Does It Work team is at it again, heading into the kitchen totest the newest bunch of gadgets that promise to make our time inthe kitchen easier and our lives better. As usual, home writer Mary Beth Breckenridge, consumer affairswriter Betty Lin-Fisher and I discovered that not everything livesup to its lofty claims. Orgreenic Metallized Ceramics Green Non-Stick Fry Pan Of all of the products that we have gotten requests from readers totry, this one seemed to be at the top of everyone"s list.Perhaps it is the bright green color or the frequent commercialshowing sunny-side-up eggs swirling effortlessly around in this10-inch fry pan that has intrigued so many. When we put it through its paces, though, we found that the pandisappointed more than it performed.
For a nonstick pan, it sticksa lot. The pan claims to be "green" because it contains noPFOA, a chemical common in nonstick coatings that the EnvironmentalProtection Agency has ordered removed from cookware by 2015. The pan has a Metallized Ceramics nonstick coating over an aluminum core, andthe claim is that because it can withstand high heat, you can cookmore quickly with it and therefore use less energy. When youconsider that some foods need to be cooked over low heat, followingthis logic, this pan only helps the cook to be energy-efficientwhen cooking over high heat, which isn"t always optimal.
When we began, we seasoned it according to the package directions,but the first batch of eggs I tested stuck to the bottom. The same happened nearly every time we tried to make eggs. Onlyonce did they release relatively easily. Melted cheddar cheesewasn"t much of a problem to clean up, but it was pretty clearthat the grease released from the melted cheese was the chiefreason it wasn"t sticking. To me, any nonstick pan that needs oil to not stick isn"tworth the money, even at $19.99, and I couldn"t really seehow this pan was helping me in any way to be "green." "I don"t think it"s nonstick, period," wasMary Beth"s assessment.
Betty also didn"t like the way the metal handle would gethot, even though it is supposed to be stay-cool. In the end, all of our testing left a string of black marks on thepan that we could not scrub out. Verdicts: • Betty: Skip it. • Lisa: Skip it. • Mary Beth: Skip it.
Slushy Magic This plastic cup is supposed to turn any liquid into a slushy inseconds, which seems like every kid"s dream. It comes with three ice cube-shaped pouches that must be frozen tomake a slushy. The frozen cubes go in the cup, it is filled with abeverage of choice, the lid is popped on and the user startsshaking. The cup needs to be shaken for three minutes to produce aslushy, while the cubes transfer their chill to the beverage using"snowflake science" (I"m still not sure what thatmeans).
After three minutes, we did indeed have a quality slushy on ourhands, as well as one really sore arm from shaking that cup. For us, the drawback of this product was not its performance, butits practicality. We paid $12.99 for this at a major retailer, butyou would need one cup per child, as the cubes start to melt andneed time to be refrozen after each use. Even with two kids, $26seems like a lot for slushies at home. Also, this makes a very small slushy, because the frozen cubes takeup most of the space inside the cup.
While shaking a cup for three minutes doesn"t seem like along time, it is also necessary to keep your finger over the strawopening at the same time, so it isn"t as easy as it seems andit can be messy. Kids could shake up their own, but there is stilla mess factor if their fingers slip off the straw hole. Betty wondered whether a blender wasn"t the better way to goto make more than one slushy at a time. "You could probablymake a blended slushy in the same amount of time with a lot morequantity," she said. Her kids, ages 9 and 12, lost interest in it after the first slushywhen she tried it out with them.
I have a hard time panning it, because it does work, but I"mjust not convinced it"s worth it. As Mary Beth put it, "I think that it"s a lot of workfor a little bit of slushy." Verdicts: • Betty: It depends. • Lisa: It depends. • Mary Beth: Skip it. Spice Stack Organizer We"ve tried spice organizers in the past without much luck.
This one performed well in all of our various kitchen cupboards. This organizer is a box (roughly 8.5 by 11 inches) made of sturdyplastic, with three pull-out shelves, each with space for sixstandard-size spice bottles or 12 of the small ones. Its totalcapacity is 18 or 36 spice jars, depending on their size.Extra-large bottles for items like chili powder or parsley flakeswill not fit into the slots. Mary Beth discovered that she needed to leave a few inches on oneside of it to accommodate door hinges, but otherwise it fit wellinto her cupboard.
It fit in Betty"s and mine, too. The one issue we all had with it was the stability of the spiceshelves. They seemed to rattle quite a bit when pulling them in andout. "I did find it a little unsettling the way the bottles shiftwhen you pull down a shelf. I didn"t have any fall off, butit seems if you yanked it hard enough, they might.
That"s myonly complaint, though. Generally, I liked this," Mary Bethsaid. In none of our testing did anything fall off of this rack, nomatter how hard we yanked. Betty wasn"t impressed and felt the shelves were just tooflimsy. I liked it, but wondered how long before these shelves startedtossing spices and, at $24.99, wondered whether an inexpensiveturntable isn"t the better way to go.
Verdicts: • Betty: Skip it. • Lisa: It depends. • Mary Beth: Snap it up. Spill Stopper The Spill Stopper is a large silicone disc that fits over the topof a pot. It has removable flaps that open in the center to keepliquids inside from spilling over.
With the center removed, it alsocan be used as a splatter guard. It seemed like the perfect solution for boiling foods like pastaand potatoes, when a lid is preferable but leads to the inevitableboil-over and stove-top mess. When we tested it with a boiling pot of potatoes, we found that itdid indeed stop the boil-over. Its shape forms a concave lid overthe pot, so that spills rise up, and then drain right back into thepot without overflowing onto the burners below.
It worked exactly as promised and we all liked it. Because it is silicone, it didn"t get hot, which I liked.Mary Beth liked how it could serve as an extra pot lid if needed. At $25 and $30, depending on size, it is a bit on the expensiveside, but not so much that it bothered Mary Beth or me. Betty feltit was too pricey. Verdicts: • Betty: It depends.
• Lisa: Snap it up. • Mary Beth: Snap it up. TopChips Kit: Chips maker & food slicer Another device for making microwave potato chips — do thatmany folks really want microwave potato chips? This kit claims to make fat-free, crispy chips in just threeminutes in the microwave, and it does in fact do just that. Onceagain, our hesitation with this product comes in its practicality. This silicone perforated disc comes with a mandoline-style slicerin a kit for $19.99.
The slicer cuts the potatoes razor-thin, whichreally helps to make them crisp. The slices are placed on the disc and microwaved for three minutes(times vary, depending on microwave wattage). When done cooking,the chips are very thin and crispy— more like dehydratedpotato slices than traditional potato chips. But they were full ofpotato flavor and fat-free.
And they stayed crisp. When stored in a zipper-lock bag, the chipsstayed just as crisp a week later, and Mary Beth thought theyactually tasted better as they aged. The box recommends seasoning chips after cooking, but we found thatwe liked the flavor better when we salted them before cooking. Overall, though, it seemed like a lot of work for just a few chips.The disc holds fewer than two dozen potato slices.
When done, thechips are barely a handful. Because they are sliced so thin, wemade three batches and only used up half a russet potato. "It would take you half an hour to make that wholepotato," Mary Beth observed. The discs can be stacked in the microwave, but at $19.99 each, howmany would a consumer realistically buy? "I liked the crispness of this.
There"s just so muchmanual labor," Betty noted. I thought it seemed like a lot of work for a healthy snack when alarge variety of baked snack chips already are available. This does work; it"s just a question of whether the resultsare worth the effort. Verdicts: • Betty: It depends. • Lisa: It depends.
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