Yeah, once you see it, youāre going to be underwhelmed. But one of the reasons I got into this thing was to be able to make what I want if itās impossible to get any other way.
And this little item is so obscure I donāt even know what to call it.
Saw one in a picture, thought āMan! What a great idea!ā, and then spent the better part of a day trying to find one.
No joy.
Sass to the rescue:
Extra points if you can guess what it is used for. Itās a specialty kitchen tool for taking care of an annoyingly slippery problem in poultry preparation. (Cooks will have a slight advantage here.)
Itās a chicken tender tendon stripper.
Sometimes the simple yet brilliant things in life make me smile.
Update: You do want to use 1/4" acrylic for thisā¦itās useable at 1/8th but just a hair too floppy. Quarter inch is going to do it better. Oh, and it survives the heat sanitization cycle just fine in the DW.
Geesā¦I guess thatās why I had no advantageā¦I pretty much donāt like cookingā¦never have, never will. I do it anyway, though. Never, never have I heard of a tool like that nor a reason for a tool like that. SO cool though that you made one for yourself!
I donāt cut up whole chickens either unless Iām doing a gumbo or making stock. (Too messy).
But the tenders in the package at the store arenāt usually de-tendoned. And the dad-gummed things are impossible to grab, they slip and you usually wind up with a knife tip stuck in your hand somewhere.
With this, you just thread the tendon end through the slots and pull. Zips the tendon right out. (Freaking brilliant.) Similar to the shrimp de-veining tools.
Iām going to have to whip up some stir fry this weekend.
I looked for the one that I saw and couldnāt find it againā¦it was in another language ( Chinese, I think) and the chef was using a pair of connected disposable chopsticks to strip the tenders. I wanted to design something that could be reused.
Ingenious! My current practice of buying chicken breasts at a certain Kroger ā¦ The tendon is usually gone. Any other store and Iām a very unhappy gal.
Somewhere along the line I slipped into buying the āAll Natural Free Range Still Got It In Thereā variety. I didnāt realize that Kroger prestripped those out, I might need to rethink my purchasing habits.
But one of the reasons I got into this thing was to be able to make what I want if itās impossible to get any other way.
works perfect for so much of it!
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