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Kitchen Timers - Another handy piece of equipment for your kitchen
June 19th, 2008
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)Way back in February, we had written an article:
Using Kitchen Scales - Tip for Indian homemakers
Today’s article is actually an inspiration by seeing the egg like device on our shelf (see picture below). Â
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The device which you see above resembles and egg. But it is actually a mechanical timer which is capable of counting back from 60 minutes down to 1 minute. At the end of this countdown, it would buzz like a typical mechanical alarm clock.
How it operates is simple - you take the device and twist it clockwise (wind it up). Care should be taken not to over-wind the device as it may get spoilt completely. After winding it up, you merely turn the dial anti-clockwise till the red market coincides with the time you want to set.
For example if you want a timer for 5 minutes, you can turn the egg’s top half anti-clockwise till the red market coincides with “5″. Its that simple. Once that is done, leave the device on the table and at the end of 5 minutes the thing will ring.
The uses for such a timer in the kitchen are many. You can time cooking, soaking, baking and virtually anything which needs some timing. Most recipes require you to do time based activities and this is the perfect solution for that. Before the advent of electronic timers on microwave ovens these devices were more popular with conventional ovens.
They are available in wide variety of shapes and colors!
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As for the availability, we are not sure where in your city these would be available. Our piece was purchased in Germany. If you already have on, please do let us know where you purchased this.
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Do you remember our tussle with the brand new electric cooker? Â Well turns out that it actually did work. The only issue was that we didn’t know what to do with the piece of equipment shown below. It is called the Trivet and when we purchased the cooker, it was found below the main vessel. We kept it there in our first attempt and never realized that it was a mistake. Our neighbours who have a Panasonic electric cooker told us that this trivet has to be placed inside the main vessel.
We did that and then the cooker worked pretty well.
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The cooking time was around 30 minutes. The rice was well made. We used 1:2 proportion for rice and water. We didn’t try the keep warm feature though. Remember to pre-soak the rice as it really has a good effect on the end product.
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1) Hobs and Chimneys are never to be placed near a window as this could lead to dirt, wind and blow-out of the gas. Keeping an open window near a Chimney…what’s the point. The smell and grime will spread throughout the kitchen.Better to have the chimney and hob with cabinets on either side.
2) Tall Unit position is no acceptable in kitchen design. Tall Ladder units must always be located near the extreme ends of cabinets…in this case after the fridge itself.This would give a more streamlined worktop from end to end.
3)Space below the hob would be better utilised if the 3 main sets of drawers were with cooking range.
a) A 3 pc set of Cutlery basket + Cup Saucer Basket and Bottom Plate pullout
b) Bottle pullout and
c) 2 big wide Vessel Baskets.
With these 3 Stooges in place the main cooking experience will be a breeze. Need any more advise on kitchen design??
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A quick look at the table top wet grinder from Santha - “Maestro”.
 
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Product Brief
It is a sleek, sturdy and compact contemporary grinder.Â
- Far-ranging wet and dry grinding applications
- Efficient, elegant and easy-to-use
- Overheating avoided due to the high motor rating
- See-through lid
- Components made from Black Granite
Technical Specification
Model : Table Top
Capacity :Â 1.5 Liter (2 Ltr Optional)
Voltage : 220 V (110 V Optional)
Motor : 1/6 hp
Weight :Â 14 Kgs (approx)
RPM :Â 960
Guarantee : One Year
Accessories
a) Juicer : Helps make a variety of thirst quenchers, suited to add more energy, health and zest.
 
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b) Grater : Suited for making rich kurmas, tasty sweets, chutneys, puttu, poriyal and extraction of coconut milk.Â
 
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