Testing Kitchen Gadgets from WISH | Clever or Never Ann Reardon

Testing Kitchen Gadgets from WISH to see if they are rubbish.
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[maccamacca]

I got your cook book for Christmas! I’ve made your chocolate cake a couple of times and your churros. The cake is the best ever, my mum is continually asking me to make it again. Thank you for making a cookbook full of such wonderful recipes 😁💖

[WhereWhatHuh]

I'm imagining Dave hearing a knock at the door, opening it for dinner, and finding boiled potatoes, melted cheese, scrambled doughnuts, and the grape leaf rolls.

[Shrestha..]

Glad to hear that Dave is doing fine... He's such an amazing person.. His sarcasm and your sweet giggles😀😀But Matt really filled in for Dave... It was a surprise to see him appear... And yes, we would like to see him in more videos😊Have a great day!

[HazardousMoose]

For the cheese melter: Raclette is popular winter dish in Switzerland and the French alps, and you can buy dedicated electric heaters/machines that go on your table top. But virtually all of them are designed for 6-8 people. So the candle based melter is great for a small household of two and in my experience keeps up nicely with the demand of two people having a nice dinner. Ours uses four candles instead of tree and with proper raclette cheese, that is always cut thinner, it takes significantly less time (~5 minutes). So a definite clever from me, having used it plenty of times:)

P.S: Gruyère is also great for eating as is! It's just a great cheese all-round.

[baptistenormand]

I've laughed a bit by seeing you try on the cheese melting one ^^
It's a raclette device !

Raclette is a verry comon festive meal here in France, It is originated from Switzerland, and does require special cheese, which has the funny feature of being WAY tastyer melted than it is "fresh", and melt faster than gruyère (wich makes it easyer to make a whole meal out of it without starving midways). We enjoy it with poatoes and deli meat on festive occasions and we do put that much cheese on something and do so repeatedly (we're all mad here).
Traditionally, we used to cut the whole cheese in half and suspend it sideways to the chimney fire or a gaz burner, then scrape big chunks of melted cheese directly on our plate of potatoes and deli meat.
That's where the name comes from : "Racler" meating scrapping, so "Raclette" means "scrappy time" (No I coudn't say that out loud with a straight face).
Today, electric raclette device are the more popular. They consist on a little oven you put on the center of the table where everyone puts its little pan of cheese to melt. The top of the device also makes for a nice plancha you can cook your deli meat on (It is one of te most decadent meal we enjoy here, and yet, we only enjoy it during the winter xD)
But you also find little one person devices, electric or with candles, like the one you bought :)

Hope you'll get to enjoy a nice raclette sometime, even tough I think getting your hand on raclette cheese will be an issue in Autrailia ...

[jaimeleschips]

Hey ! As a French girl, raclette is divine ! The device could have melted it faster than gruyère ( not that fast though ) because the cheese is meant to melt quick and is sliced thinner - In France and in Switzerland it is an extremely popular winter dish, the cheese is melted and then put on top of boiled potatoes with a side of charcuterie 🥰

[riverllie]

My mom, who’s a cake artist, uses this “spraying thing” to make galaxy and tie dye cakes. It makes a big mess, but the results are really pretty tho :)

[santana]

Here in Brazil the bakers use the pump from the first gadget a lot, not for coloring the cake but for applying a thin layer of edible glitter, it makes the cake glown in a really soft way, perfect for weddings or maybe a 15 year old party

[PagePrincess]

As European, hearing that Raclette (cheese) is not popular in Australia just blows my mind! It's also a dish (I think from Switzerland) where you just melt the cheese and eat it with veggies and potatoes etc. It is also super popular in Germany during Christmas and New Year's Eve!

Also I hope Dave is getting better and that you can all leave quarantine soon!

[justaname]

Congrats on getting into uni!
Traditionally, raclette is a whole thing in Switzerland; it's mostly a winter staple and you'd probably only make guests/tourists eat it in summer :). You have either a large chunk of cheese (like the whole round thing) and the top part gets melted off and scraped onto somebody's potatoes or you have a little table top grill that has cheese melting shovels on the bottom for 6-8 people and a grill for veggies and meat (bacon) on top. It's eaten with a variety of pickles and white wine. It's meant to be a dinner option that is filling, made from stuff that keeps in winter. The whole thing is that it's supposed to be cosy and social and can take a while. So you sit around and enjoy the heat and meltiness with some tiny potatoes and some pepper-nutmeg spice on top of the cheese.
Gruyere also makes a good fondue, by the way :) Another heavy winter Swiss dish.

[bipolarrambling]

That first one would be good for making a pretty multi-coloured splatter pattern on the cake. Not something you'd need particularly often, but I think it would work nicely.

[mrs.thomas-usmcwife]

Matt most definitely has his dad's sense of humor! The last doughnut maker would be great for making funnel cakes.

[jolfi]

Glad Dave is doing well. Congrats to Matt!
About raclette, usually the piece of cheese you put on there is about a third the thickness of the slice that you put on there. It takes 2-5 minutes to melt the cheese. This device is used if you are eating racelette on your own. If you're more people, you have an electric raclette oven. 😉

[EchoOfSunshine]

The third gadget is actually not really a gadget, but a very popular "dish" in Germany and Swiss called "Raclette" (and probably other parts of europe). We just use an electric one instead of candles and usually we cut the chesse thinner than you did, so it won't take as long. Every family kind of has different ways to eat it, some even with meat or fruits and so on. Really can recommend it and that gadget looks pretty good actually!
Edit: just wanted to make clear, that Raclette is originally from Switzerland. But from what I know it is somewhat different in Germany.

[melinahillen]

This was so cute! Its super refreshing seeing a teenage boy just try some funky gadgets with his mom. I was worried he was gonna try to be all "ugh mom" about it but he seemed to have such a good time! This was just so wholesome and a perfect break from the chaos in our world today.

[StephenZumbrun]

The Potato Express works great as long as you wet the potatoes first; it works by steaming them. I have a kid who asks for fresh mashed potatoes every day, and the Potato Express has been a life saver! It does take some time to figure out the exact right ratio of number of potatoes to amount of water to minutes in the microwave, but once you learn that, yes, you can get perfect baked potatoes in minutes with that thing.

Congrats on getting into Uni, Matt! Hope you'll get a chance to be in more videos!

[aurainesheinz]

So glad to hear that Dave is doing well and congratulations to Matt for getting into Uni! My son is in his last semester (becoming a teacher) and has really enjoyed his time there even though he had 2 years of fully remote learning. I admit having him at home with us was an unexpected joy. He was a wonderful housemate during the depths of being stuck at home.

[SakkaraKirax]

Matt did an excellent job as a stand-in Dave! I'd love to see more segments with him, he's very natural on camera. 🙂

[ILovHelloKitty]

This was so fun to watch. As a smoker I LOVE his “I don’t smoke” hoodie. Keep those lungs healthy Matt! And congratulations on getting into university. 🎊

[eltooyo]

Congratulations, Matt! To those of us who've watched your boys practically grow up online, , Ann, his acceptance to university comes as great news! And what fun to have him sub for Dave in a "Clever or Never." Terrific video, as always. Thanks!