Testing kitchen gadgets from wish
Testing WISH gadgets to see if they work.
Most of these gadgets can be purchased cheaper on aliexpress.
Raclette Cheese Melter
The positives:
* Melts raclette or gruyere cheese beautifully
* Nice sturdy construction
The negatives:
* It takes 24 minutes to melt the cheese.
* Does not come with candles
Cake Sprayer
The positives:
* If you dry it completely and flip it upside down it sprays edible glitter evenly over a cake, but uses a lot to do so.
The negatives:
* Not a smooth even coat of food colouring even after 5 minutes of spraying (I used powdered food colouring dissolved in vodka as per instructions)
* Uses a lot of food colouring.
* Makes a mess
My overall rating – never
Donut Maker
Positives: None in the format it is sold in.
Negatives: Does not make donut shapes in the format it is sold in (see below).
Overall rating: This gadget looks like other donut batter dispensers from the outside but it appeared that the part in the centre was not the right shape. After making the video I wondered why they got it so wrong. I had a quick look at patents for donut mold tools and you can see that the one below has a part that comes below the hole when the plunger is pressed. That made me wonder if this one was incorrectly assembled when it arrived. So after pulling the centre out and unscrewing the end. I reassembled it, pushed the plunger down, flipped the end piece upside down and screwed it on the outside of the gadget – now it is a shape that looks like it might just work. This wish gadget needs to come correctly assembled OR come with instructions.
If you bought one and want to try it out here is the recipe that I used for the thick batter:
4 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups milk
3/4 cup oil
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
Dolmer Roller
Positives:
* Rolls perfect, even sized grape leaf parcels
* easy to use
Negatives:
* none
My overall rating: Clever
Microwave Potato Bag
Positives:
* cooks potatoes
Negatives:
* Has a fire danger on the bag, you can cook potatoes in the microwave in a bowl with a tiny bit of water at the bottom and a plate sitting on top. This would get rid of the fire risk.
* Did not cook potatoes faster than using the bowl method.
My overall rating – Never
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The roller looks useful as my hands aren’t getting more nimble with age. Did you try it with jarred vine leaves (more fragile) or only fresh?
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