Mary O'Connell on thu 21 nov 02
General request to all
I used to have a tool called a veggie gripper (kitchen tool for holding =
things like onions while cutting) that I used for scoring my slabs for =
handbuilding. I lost it while teaching awhile back and can not find a =
replacement anywhere. The store I bought it from closed a couple years =
ago (rats). The tool looked like a small angel food cake cutter. The =
handle was about 2 1/2 - 3 inches long x 1 inch tall x 1/16 inch deep =
(small thin rectangle) and it had about 20, 2 12 long very narrow tines =
coming out the bottom of it. If anyone out there comes across one of =
these in a store somewhere I would love to be able to pick some up. =
Maybe even order some for future students. Please keep your eyes peeled =
for this tool.
Mary O'Connell
The Geneva Potter
moconnell@inil.com
L. P. Skeen on fri 22 nov 02
Mary, have you looked online for this critter? There's a TON of online
kitchenware stores......
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary O'Connell"
Subject: help me find veggie gripper scoring tool
If anyone out there comes across one of these in a store somewhere I would
love to be able to pick some up. Maybe even order some for future students.
Please keep your eyes peeled for this tool.
Mary O'Connell
The Geneva Potter
moconnell@inil.com
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Lily Krakowski on fri 22 nov 02
While I will keep my eye peeled, the description sounds a lot like that of
some pet combs. Sorry to be difficult (no, I am NOT) but one of those might
help you settle the score.
Mary O'Connell writes:
> General request to all
>
> I used to have a tool called a veggie gripper (kitchen tool for holding things like onions while cutting) that I used for scoring my slabs for handbuilding. I lost it while teaching awhile back and can not find a replacement anywhere. The store I bought it from closed a couple years ago (rats). The tool looked like a small angel food cake cutter. The handle was about 2 1/2 - 3 inches long x 1 inch tall x 1/16 inch deep (small thin rectangle) and it had about 20, 2 12 long very narrow tines coming out the bottom of it. If anyone out there comes across one of these in a store somewhere I would love to be able to pick some up. Maybe even order some for future students. Please keep your eyes peeled for this tool.
>
> Mary O'Connell
> The Geneva Potter
>
> moconnell@inil.com
>
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Be of good courage....
Susan Cline on fri 22 nov 02
Most decent cooks' stores have these onion grippers. I bought one last year
from a "Pampered Chef" in-home dealer. You can find them and a catalog
on-line.
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 19:40:07 -0600 Mary O'Connell wrote:
> General request to all
>
> I used to have a tool called a veggie gripper
> (kitchen tool for holding things like onions
> while cutting) that I used for scoring my slabs
> for handbuilding. I lost it while teaching
> awhile back and can not find a replacement
> anywhere. The store I bought it from closed a
> couple years ago (rats). The tool looked like
> a small angel food cake cutter. The handle was
> about 2 1/2 - 3 inches long x 1 inch tall x
> 1/16 inch deep (small thin rectangle) and it
> had about 20, 2 12 long very narrow tines
> coming out the bottom of it. If anyone out
> there comes across one of these in a store
> somewhere I would love to be able to pick some
> up. Maybe even order some for future students.
> Please keep your eyes peeled for this tool.
>
> Mary O'Connell
> The Geneva Potter
>
> moconnell@inil.com
>
>
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vince pitelka on fri 22 nov 02
Mary wrote:
"I used to have a tool called a veggie gripper (kitchen tool for holding
things like onions while cutting) that I used for scoring my slabs for
handbuilding. I lost it while teaching awhile back and can not find a
replacement anywhere."
Mary -
Do not despair, because the ordinary Kemper toothed rib does a much better
job. My objection to the "onion slicing tool" is that the needle-like
points are too sharp, and the slurry cannot penetrate those deep, narrow
grooves. A toothed rib creates shallower, wider grooves, and the slurry
will fill them, insuring that you do not have any air bubbles when you press
the parts together, as long as your joinery is good.
With a sharper tool (like the onion slicer) it is possible to trap a network
of bubbles in the joint, possibly causing it to pop apart in bisque-firing.
If you have not had this happen, you are lucky. Avoid sharp-pointed tools
for scoring.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
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Judith S. Labovitz on sat 23 nov 02
A variation on the Kemper toothed rib: cut it into several smaller pieces
and put masking tape or something around the cut portion. This gives you
something more comfortable to hold, and the smaller surface of
"tooth-i-ness" makes it easy to score small surfaces (ie adding
handles)...Plus, you get a lot of them and give the rest to others......
Judy....in cold snowy mid- Michigan
At 05:25 PM 11/22/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Mary wrote:
>"I used to have a tool called a veggie gripper (kitchen tool for holding
>things like onions while cutting) that I used for scoring my slabs for
>handbuilding. I lost it while teaching awhile back and can not find a
>replacement anywhere."
>
>Mary -
>Do not despair, because the ordinary Kemper toothed rib does a much better
>job. My objection to the "onion slicing tool" is that the needle-like
>points are too sharp, and the slurry cannot penetrate those deep, narrow
>grooves. A toothed rib creates shallower, wider grooves, and the slurry
>will fill them, insuring that you do not have any air bubbles when you press
>the parts together, as long as your joinery is good.
>
>With a sharper tool (like the onion slicer) it is possible to trap a network
>of bubbles in the joint, possibly causing it to pop apart in bisque-firing.
>If you have not had this happen, you are lucky. Avoid sharp-pointed tools
>for scoring.
>Best wishes -
>- Vince
>
>Vince Pitelka
>Appalachian Center for Crafts
>Tennessee Technological University
>1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
>Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
>615/597-5376
>Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
>615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
>http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
>
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Mike Gordon on sun 24 nov 02
Hi,
I have found a simple cheap tool for scoring. In most food stores you'll
find bamboo skewers( can't spell worth a damn this am) for shiskabob.
Tape 4 or 5 of them together in 2 places so that they remain flat. The
width of the bamboo keeps the points apart just right. Mike Gordon
Snail Scott on mon 25 nov 02
At 05:25 PM 11/22/02 -0600, Vince wrote:
>...needle-like
>points are too sharp, and the slurry cannot penetrate those deep, narrow
>grooves... Avoid sharp-pointed tools
>for scoring.
Vince is right about this! Deep, narrow score
marks only create air pockets where the slip
cannot follow. I never let my students use
needle tools for scoring, for this reason.
Those serrated ribs are great, because not
only do they make closely spaced scoring
quickly, but they don't allow the marks to
go too deep. They don't need to be deep to
work. Forks are also nice for more constricted
spaces; I've got one with a nice fat handle
and not-too-pointy tines. Keep those score
marks flat or rounded on the bottom of the
'trough', and not much deeper than they are
wide, and slip will be able to go all the
way to the bottom, leaving no empty pockets.
-Snail
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