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Okay, so I read a lot of magazines on food and sometimes I come across some interesting gadgets. This week I thought I would mention two of them - one quirky and one practical. Let’s start with quirky. Don’t you just hate it when you go to the freezer looking for some ice cream only find your husband or your kids ate the last pint? Well, have no fear Ben and Jerry’s has you covered. Ben and Jerry’s sells a pint lock. Yeah, you heard me right, I said a pint lock for your ice cream. Now you can either buy just the basic pint lock for $5.50 at Ben and Jerry’s or you can get the upgrade - a pint lock and six free pints of ice cream for $29.50 (although, I guess at that price the pints aren’t really free are they?). Still it’s a fun quirky gift idea for the ice cream addict in your life. To check them out visit http://search.store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch?catalog=benjerry1&query=pint+lock&.autodone=http%3A%2F%2Fstore.benjerry.com%2F
Now, on to the more practical gadget, although I am seeing mixed reviews on this one. In theory this seems like a great gadget, it’s the big chill pastry board. This pastry board is interesting, in that the it has ice packs in the middle of it. Sounds like a fabulous idea right? After all doesn’t pastry need to be kept as cool as possible…Well, according to one review I read this board didn’t kept the dough any cooler than rolling it out on your sideboard. The other complaint was that it actually made the dough stick more to the board and thus required more flour. My jury is still out on this one, I may have to pick up a board and give it a full review myself. You can check it out over at http://www.amazon.com/Kuhn-Rikon-Chill-Pastry-Board/dp/B0006L0KR6/sr=8-2/qid=1172771614/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-0690923-1053729?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden
Do you have either one of these gadgets or do you know someone who does? I would love to hear your thoughts on these two gadgets.