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Beak Steeper: Penguin Tea Timer

Penguin Tea Timer

I never thought hot water and penguins mixed particularly well, but — at least when it comes to brewing tea — this particular penguin takes to it like a duck to water. Place a cup of hot water under the beak, attach either the included tea strainer or your favorite bagged tea, and set the timer. The bag lowers into the hot water, and automatically rises when the time is up.

Able to be set for up to twenty minutes, the Penguin Tea Timer can also be used as a traditional kitchen timer. Perhaps most important of all, as the product description states, at $11.89, the price is not steep at all!

***UPDATE: Flown the coop (do penguins have coops?!?) or left the nest (do penguins have nests?!?) — in any event, this product is no longer available.

Double Dipping In The Deep Fryer

Presto 05450 Dual Daddy Electric Deep Fryer

Some things just go together. Fish and chips. Chicken and fries. Deep-fried Twinkie and battered zucchini. (Okay, I made up that last one, but it probably should be mandatory to have at least some sort of vegetable when eating one of those monstrosities.) Short of having two deep-fryers handling this double-duty frying, this has always meant working in batches to accommodate for different cooking times.

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Catch This Dr. Who Cookie Jar Before It Disappears

Doctor Who Talking TARDIS Cookie Jar

Doctor Who is a popular television show in which the main character flies around space and time in a police call box. (Yeah, I know, but give ‘em a break—it’s British.) Perhaps one of the more defining characteristics of said box is it is bigger on the inside than it appears on the outside. (It originated in the 60s, you know.) If the Doctor Who Talking TARDIS Cookie Jar is anything like the spaceship in the show, this cookie jar should have an endless supply of chocolate chip macadamia cookies always lurking within.
Hmm, maybe this isn’t such a good idea after all.

(Via Chip Chick)

Biscuits And Gravy Machine Is Too Good To Be True

Bob Evans Gravy Dispenser

I like biscuits and gravy. A LOT. I can’t say I have ever tried the Bob Evans version, but considering they have a Bob Evans Gravy Dispenser, I might just have to go hunt one down. Gravy control at the touch of a button? I’m in. And for a buck-ninety-nine apparently. I can’t see how this is gonna last. Let me near that thing and they’ll be outta business in a week!

(Via HT Hackney)

Rack For The Grill More Delicious Than Dangerous

Mr. Bar B Q EZ Legs & Wings Rack

There is just something about grill accessories that quite often makes them look like medieval torture devices. The Mr. Bar B Q EZ Legs & Wings Rack is no exception. The commercial-grade stainless-steel rack is designed to hang chicken legs and wings over an open fire. If that doesn’t scream medieval, I don’t know what does. One thing for sure though, is that it won’t be torture finishing off that chicken.

Product Features
— Grill or oven-bake chicken legs and wings without turning, burning or sticking
— Rack hangs up to 13 chicken legs and wings above the grate on a grill or elevated above a pan in the oven
— Legs and wings secure into the circles and slots
— Poultry is cooked uniformly on all sides
— Remove all pieces at the same time

Dirty Dishes Dangling In The Wind Sounds Good

Dishware Wind Chime

One of the dangers of ordering things off the internet sight unseen is you never really know exactly what is going to be in that package when it arrives on your doorstep. Sometimes you open the box only to be sorely disappointed. It could be because of size or construction quality, or the worst one, where we end up saying, ‘well, I could have just made that myself.’

In the case of the Dishware Wind Chime you know exactly what you’re going to get. It’s a buncha dishes tied together made to rattle around in the wind. Sure you could make this one yourself, but then you’d be hung out to dry (literally) at dinnertime. Besides, who wants to raid their cupboard for a mismatched place setting when you could just order one? (Item #32264)