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Win Friends With Salad

Oxo Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker

Homer Simpson, the sage of a generation said, â€œYou donâ€™t win friends with salad.â€ While this sentiment might be all well and true, perhaps it is time to consider the salad dressing as the source of all the missed connections. After all, the stuff you find in a bottle at the supermarket in no way compares to homemade. The problem is, while it may be easy to whip up a batch of oil and vinegar, storage and serving usually requires a little more effort.

The Oxo Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker may not actually win you any friends, but you certainly wonâ€™t lose any either. Featuring a wide opening on top, and cup, milliliter and ounce measurements marked on the sides, the salad shaker makes it easy to make your own salad dressing. For serving and storing, the watertight accessory has a flip top lid that lets you shake, serve and store all with one container. And of course, you could always use it as a marinade shaker for meats.

Open Up To Bamboo In The Kitchen

Natural Home Decor Bamboo Can Opener

Bamboo has been invading the kitchen for years; the growing trend has seen an increase in everything from utensils to flooring. This has been a good thing, as bamboo is an eco-friendly alternative to hardwoods and plastics: it grows quickly without pesticides making it an attractive option, both for its visual appeal as well as for its environmental impact.

The Natural Home Decor Bamboo Can Opener keeps the bamboo trend growing by replacing plastics with the sustainable plant. Using bamboo for the grip and the handle, the can opener offers a distinctive style for the kitchen. Even the metal parts are made from recycled stainless-steel. It may be responsible to use this can opener, but what you use it to open, however, is another story.

Spiral Cut Hot Dogs Increase Condiment Coverage

There are no ends to the possibilities when it comes to dressing up a hot dog. From sauerkraut and relish, to jalapenos and hot sauce, the ability to add a personal touch to the tube is one aspect that makes hot dogs so eternally popular. Add in the fact that the hot dog itself is available in a million different varieties, and practically every meat-eater out there is guaranteed a dog to their liking. Now, it is possible to add one variation to each and every option out there, thanks to Wynder’s Spiral Hot Dog Cutters.

Star Wars: Now In Pancake (And Cookie) Form

Star Warsâ„¢ Pancake Molds

If Star Wars and the NFL ever got together to make a baby, weâ€™d all be doomed. The marketing machines behind both license-happy organizations would soon take over the world, branding everything from cookies to pancake molds. Oh, wait, itâ€™s been done.

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Stick A Fork Into The Riddle Of Spaghetti Serving Size

Epicurean Pasta Fork

It is famously difficult to judge the serving size of pasta in a pre-cooked state. The conundrum, delicious as though it may be, is easily solved with a little help from a measuring guide. The Epicurean Gourmet Series Pasta Server Utensil helps to determine serving size of dry spaghetti, linguine or fettuccini by offering three pre-measured guides incorporated directly into the utensil. Put to use as a stirrer and serving spoon while the pasta cooks, and the handy kitchen tool is one all-in-one solution that wonâ€™t stretch your noodle.

Lost In Time With A Programmable Fork

Forks, by and large, are easy to operate, so by that thinking they must be due for a makeover. As fork-users have had it far too easy for far too long, it’s about time they were presented with something of a challenge.

Designed for use on the grill as a thermometer and a timer, the Cuisinart Programmable Digital Temperature Fork takes the guesswork out of grilling meats, poultry and seafood. (Assuming of course one has learned how to use it.) Set the temperature or desired doneness level and let the timer do all the heavy lifting. (Of numbers, that is; the fork still has to do the real lifting.) As for the ~~forkophobes~~ technophobes out there, used to the blinking 12:00 lifestyle, the fork may have a timer, but a clock is not incorporated!