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In article .com>,
wrote:

> > So...what things to you have that you found out were
> > really wonderful and/or terrible?
>
> Since I'm tagged as the cook among my friends -- though I only do it
> because otherwise I'd *starve* -- I get cooking paraphernalia as gifts.
> I never wanted a microplaner, but I'm reasonably glad I got one,
> though I've only used it like four times for nutmeg.
>
> On the other hand, I've got this weird little thing and I'm not even
> sure what it's for. It's like a very small handheld grinder: turning
> a crank turns a little spiky wheel that forces *something* down into
> some little parallel blades and then out.
>
> But what?
>
> As I recall, I was told it was an herb chopper, but for the life of me
> I can't figure out what herb. I wouldn't put rosemary in the thing,
> for example -- or thyme, or anything with a stem. Even assuming it
> could handle basil, I think it'd just rip it into miscellaneous shapes
> rather than nicely chop it.
>
> Anyway, anybody have an idea of what I'm talking about? Obviously I
> don't.
>

A jpeg would help. :-)
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Peace, Om.

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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:

> In article .com>,
> wrote:
>
>
>>>So...what things to you have that you found out were
>>>really wonderful and/or terrible?
>>
>>Since I'm tagged as the cook among my friends -- though I only do it
>>because otherwise I'd *starve* -- I get cooking paraphernalia as gifts.
>> I never wanted a microplaner, but I'm reasonably glad I got one,
>>though I've only used it like four times for nutmeg.
>>
>>On the other hand, I've got this weird little thing and I'm not even
>>sure what it's for. It's like a very small handheld grinder: turning
>>a crank turns a little spiky wheel that forces *something* down into
>>some little parallel blades and then out.
>>

That sounds like a rotary grinder. Does it look like this or similar?
http://www.klinq.com/details.asp?mtc...&prodID=106444

>>But what?
>>
>>As I recall, I was told it was an herb chopper, but for the life of me
>>I can't figure out what herb. I wouldn't put rosemary in the thing,
>>for example -- or thyme, or anything with a stem. Even assuming it
>>could handle basil, I think it'd just rip it into miscellaneous shapes
>>rather than nicely chop it.
>>
>>Anyway, anybody have an idea of what I'm talking about? Obviously I
>>don't.
>>
>
>
> A jpeg would help. :-)

Yep

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