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So for the veggie thing, I think you're supposed to twist the handle to open the threading up, drop the cutter down onto the vegetable, then lock it in before you start spinning.
Hi Barry, I keep asking everytime your glass mugs appear on your videos, but you've yet to reply. Where do you get yours from? All the ones I find are too small, yours look big. Please please 🙏
Or, as we know them in England - a Muffin. The cakey type of muffin is very recent here. Traditionally, Muffins are a round bread roll intended to be split and toasted (why did that sound wrong?), and served buttered. Cakey muffins have only been known as such here for about 20 years. Bread muffins are centuries old. Muffins should be split open using a fork, inserting it into the side, all the way round, and the top and bottom just come apart. It makes them crumblier, and nicer when toasted.
Watching Barry struggle with, and be amazed by, an electric can opener that I've been using similar ones of for the last 30+ years of my life is hilarious. XD
Oh my gosh, yes! I actually have that exact brand at the moment, but mine is red. I was baffled at someone not being familiar with an electric can opener!
Same! I was wondering if this is a Barry thing, or if they’re not that popular in the UK, because that’s so similar the one I have, down to the knife sharpener on the back. Mine is a name brand, but I bought it for maybe $10 when setting up my place over 20 years ago. Works perfectly.
Yes! We always had one growing up, and when it broke bought another to replace it. The amazement at the magnet and holding itself up somehow was too funny!
Barry, sending the biggest hugs and thanks to you! Having pre written subtitles makes all the difference, knowing what sounds they’re making and when music is playing etc makes the video so much easier to watch and enjoy. Especially as I watched this video in tears after a lengthy battle (where even the BT person who interprets the call into text for me to understand wrote to me that they felt sorry for how I was having to fight) with a company to get subtitles and a BSL interpreter for a show in a few months time and getting basically no where and actually being called a “massive pain”, got told they are going to think about it too, so no decision. So switching this on after, feeling very upset and frustrated at being deaf, this made me cry but happy tears. Thank you so so much ❤
The slanted slice in the bread had nothing to do with the slant of the gadget, it was because the end was slanted. If you don't want it to come out slanted cut that off first.
Re the sprializer thingy - the reason it kept falling off is because you're left handed, and were turning the handle counterclockwise while the base screwed on clockwise, - so each time you used it, you were unscrewing the base. As a fellow leftie, I can truly sumpathise - brilliant episode though x
The bottom cutting bit gets put on one way, but the device turns the other way, meaning that if the cutter touches the walls at all it will start to unscrew itself.
@@Okurka. Having a electric tin opener doesn't mean we didn't eat fresh food and ate out of tins all the time. Even if we did, research has shown that for example, tinned fruit and veg are just as good for you as fresh, they also last longer, so food is less likely to be wasted. Eating fresh food doesn't make you better than someone who eats majoritively tinned food. Also my parents didn't buy the electric opener it was in the house already. I was simply agreeing with the O.P, that electric tin openers are not a new idea, and I remember them being around in the 90s. You shouldn't make assumptions about the lives of people you don't know!
I'm in my 40s and absolutely giggling at him being so blown away by an electric can opener. Things really do come back around again, just like fashion!
For the spiralIzer I think you need to have the blades start on top of the carrot/cor guette so lock the blade in then drop the it down BEFORE you lock the threads on then start turning it
Also putting it in crocked does affect it's function alot.... probably the reason it fell apart that much along with the likelyhood it may have been returned at some point based on the packaging being overtaped.
@@argosy666 I think the reason it fell off is the same as why your car wheel would come off if the wheel nuts were threaded the conventional way. That's why it unscrews itself when Barry is turning it without it being 'engaged' on the food - or it's just not got enough threading to withstand the variation in speed he's giving it while it slowly lowers onto the carrot. Like the OD said, if you move the lever you can lower the whole thing onto the food, then start spinning it, it'll work fine. Perhaps the person who returned this couldn't read the manual either.
It seemed like, to me, the direction it turned when you were using it was the opposite direction to the locking direction of the blades - so basically, whenever it bit into the vegetable, the resistance turned it against the lock and unlocked it, leaving it a bit of a gamble whether it would bite in and slice first, or whether it would unlock the blade thing first. Maybe having it all the way down firmly against the vegetable would help to prevent the issue, but (if my hunch is right) it still seems like a problem of bad design more than anything else.
I've had almost exactly the same can opener from kenwood for the last 20 odd years, and I still use it all the time. It's absolutely fantastic and opens all sorts of cans like a champ, and leaves no sharp edges. You don't actually have to hold down the lever to open the can - you press it once and it will automatically open the whole way and stop when it gets back to the start.
I've read a book written in the 50's/60's that taught about house cleaning. When they got to dish washing, they mentioned how to wash dishes but not to rinse them, just let them dry. I couldn't believe it. I assume they didn't use our chemical based detergents like we have now.
Hey Bazza... I love these, especially when you can't see what we can and we're yeling at you through the screen. It's so much fun. Should be a drinking game! The muffins they were referring to are what we know as Engish Muffins (think of the Maccas McMuffn). The Spiraliser, you unlock the top (like you did when sliding it out), lower in the inner piece with blade attached until it is in place. Only then do you lock the top and start to turn. Keep up the great work!
We have had the same exact can opener before. One slight small feature that Barry did not show was that the bottle opener has a wedge on the opposite side that can be used for pushing up ring pull lids. Sometimes the pull rings are hard to get up to get your finger in, but the wedge works great at getting the ring up and ready.
Seeing him fiddle with something that I've been using for a few decades and my mother had one mounted under her kitchen counter, has got to be one of the best things I have seen all day.
Barry I've always enjoyed your videos and these are my favorite. But now my partner has had early arthritis set in fast. I've been able to order several gadgets for them to help in the kitchen so we can still cook together without a ton of pain with simple tasks. Thank you for your videos, your humor, and your thought of those who need some help in odd ways sometimes to keep enjoying things like before.
Those tea makers are my favorite kind for ease of use, and just the frankly brilliantly simple design. I got an Inginuitea from Adagio probably 12 or more years ago, and now we have multiple from Teavana from when our local store went out of business, and they’re my favorite rec for a tea maker for loose leaf! There’s also a coffee form of it called the Clever coffee brewer that uses Melitta cone filters, since coffee is more your thing!
Not sure what the benefit over using a tea ball would be though - just looks like you've got to wash up two things now. I'd either use a tea ball for a cuppa for one, or a teapot with a strainer basket if I needed to brewer more than one cup/mug. Interested to know what it's USP is for you, though.
I had one from davids tea and it was great except for the fact that the inside part was very difficult to clean, and I'm pretty sure mold was starting to grow in it.
I was just about to comment about the pink one I have from Teavana that I got a few years ago. Also saw a RUclips channel recently that id dedicated to coffee and the person was trying the Clever Coffee Dripper.
@@DaveF. I was thinking the same. Especially as you have to empty it completely immediately or else the tea would continue to steep which is a no-go for e.g. black tea (at least to me). Meanwhile, the tea ball or strainer basket can be removed when done.
My childhood house had an electric can opener mounted to the bottom of the cupboards. Robust little thing, lasted at least 20 years, but had already been there and in-use by the previous owners before us. It would grip the can, auto-open it, and hold it there until you came back for it, if you were busy with other things around the kitchen.. all mounted up out of the way nicely on the bottom of a cupboard. The only downside is that it was sorta hard to clean thoroughly.
Wow. I watched your videos years back in high school. Just got back into RUclips again and saw this video and HAD to watch. This warmed my heart with nostalgia and happiness. Love your energy and videos Barry! - Long time subscriber Anna ❤
Haha seeing Barry excited about an electric can opener when we've had these in the US as far back as the 80s. Mom always got these from Kmart growing up 😁
I'm American and I bought one of those tea brewers from David's Tea. I like it because it has measurements on the side so I know how much water to add it to avoid watering down the tea. Great video as always!
As an avid tea drinker, that tea pot is absolutely brilliant! I LOVED the music in the background as you "poured" the tea out. I was indeed in tea heaven, lol!
Thank you for another wonderful year of videos. Can’t wait to see what is coming this next year. You never disappoint and I always learn something new and try new recipes. Happy new year!!!!🎉
Dear Barry, I wanted to thank you for the video cameo I received from my partner "squishy" for Christmas. It made my day so much to the point I cried! Happy tears I promise! I adore you, your family and of course your videos! I really hope we get to meet one day. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas and happy new years! All my love, Stephanie xxxx
That tea maker is pure magic! I've tried so many different individual loose leaf strainers but haven't found one that can keep all of the leaves out. I might have to get one of these for myself...
As always very entertaining to watch ! I think that I know why that Gadget that you tested at 18:00 looses it’s Blade every time while cutting the zucchini , you twisted the blade to the right to lock it in and when you tried to cut the zucchini you spun it to the left so that the blade fell down so I guess that you should only spin it to the other side !
Is anyone else wondering why he's so astonished by an electronic can opener? I grew up in the '80s and I grew up with an electric can opener in my kitchen... I don't understand why he's so amazed by something that has literally been around for _at least_ 42 years...
To be fair, not all of us are able to us the pull up bit to open it. While I don't eat spam, it's really useful to know if the shape of a tin makes a difference.
The bread slicer didn't make your bread like that, the type of bread you used with the big bit on top vs the skinnier bottom :) It was perfectly straight because the rest at the bottom was at a right angle to it
I bought a Kenwood can opener about 30 years ago and it is still going strong. Love it and would definitely recommend it. It is actually a lot easier to use than seen here. Especially if you use it with the cutter facing you! It will open oval cans without a problem, corn beef cans are a doddle. You just have to take the key off so it does not get in the way of the mechanism. The SPAM tin had a ring pull so that was getting in the way so perhaps not the best tin to use in the demonstration.
My nan had one, but otherwise I’ve used hand crank openers all my life. I actually recently got an ambidextrous friendly one that only has one handle and magnetizes to the lid so that it doesn’t pop off randomly. Frankly I prefer it over my nan’s electric opener lolol. But I also don’t have many issues with my hands and wrists short of the occasional carpal tunnel episode.
Thanks Barry for all your efforts in making videos that brings us joy and laughter and many many new ideas !! And indeed, arent we agitating ourselves all?🤣
I had one of those electric can openers as a wedding present in 2006. It also worked right away! Think you're a tad behind the times lol! Also if you forget to remove the lid you get loads of bean juice dropping off it!
@@mrbarrylewis The best ones are the type that just separate the entire lid from the rest of the can by popping the glue seal. Then you just pull the top off, no sharp edges. I don't know if there's a name for that style but the one I have is a "Hamilton Beach" brand "Smooth Touch" can opener. Looks like they don't sell them over there, the ones on Amazon UK need a voltage adapter.
When the bread slicer says "muffins" it probably doesnt mean the sweet kind. Some places use "muffin" as another name for a bread roll/barm/bap/cob/breadcake (insert name that your local area uses) etc
With the twist slicer, I think you need to put the container to the vegetable first, then close the handle for the threads and then spin it. When you start spinning it with the blades not touching, the threads turn the blade plate and unlocks it from the container.
Watching Barry being confused by an electric can opener is wild. We've been using one in our house since the 1980's, and it was my grandmother's old one... it's not exactly new tech.
I was thinking the same thing. We have one of the battery operated ones by FarberWare now (it’s nice because it doesn’t take up counter space), but we always had one like he tested growing up. I think ours didn’t have the bottle opener, but that wasn’t something we needed.
I have been using an electric can opener for many years, and I really laughed watching your attempts to get this working! You shouldn't need to stand over it - lock the can in and press down, and it will keep going round until it's removed the whole lid. Wouldn't be without it!
I love how he was so new to the electric can opener type that I have been using for 30 years. Maybe it's a country thing and finally migrated over there? Not sure ..
I grew up with one of those electric can openers and it was old back then so they have been around for a long time. I do remember people struggling to use it but they work so well
Do they not sell electric can openers in the UK? That looked like a standard electric can opener no different than the one I bought for our kitchen nearly thirty years ago. (Except that one also had a built in knife sharpener on the back.)
I just started watching your videos and they are great, educational 👌🏻🤣 and funny. So nice to watch and 😆. Your family is great too! Thanks for making my days better!👍❤️
Barry doesnt wash the soap off stuff he washes up.... all his food must have a soapy taste! Also peaches are easy to do, slice down 1 side and up the other, then twist the 2 halves to pull them apart. and the electric tin opener has been about forever, had one always in london and when i was in bolton... not exactly a new invention lol
out of all 78 kitchen gadget videos you have done, this is the first one that i have thought "Yeah i need to buy that product". whoever invented that bottle drying rack is a genius
Your Muffin moment has me like 🤦🏼♀️ 🤷🏼♀️😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤭 I don’t think I have ever sliced a cake muffin like you do Barry! Gotta love those English Muffins from Maccas 😋
8:16 My mum had a disability that effected her hands and she had a can opener similar to that many years ago. It was amazing for her because she couldn't use a normal can opener. I haven't seen one for years and didn't know you could still get them
The electric can opener have been around for a couple of decades. Had one for years. Got my dad one after his stroke. He loved it cause it gave him a touch of normality
we've had electric can openers since the 90's but what made us switch to a hand crank opener was a multi tool can opener called the Kuhn Rikon auto safety master opener
I think the spiraliser is supposed to be used in a different way - instead of winding it all the way down onto your food, use the lever to lower the entire spinny thing, and it's blades, onto the top of the food, throw the lever and then start turning. Once it's biting into the food, that'll keep it in place. What you're doing is spinning it with nothing pushing into it means the inertia of the blades makes it unlock itself from the spinner before it gets to the food. They could have solved this with counter-threaded blades - the same way your car wheel nuts are designed to stop them unscrewing themselves when your wheels turn - the reverse threading means they tighten themselves up when the wheel turns, not unscrew.
I've had a tea strainer like that for almost 10 years now and it's brilliant! The one I used in the office more than once per day was amazing (I drink my tea black, nothing in it so that was great)!
The basic design of that can opener has been around for ages, my parents had one that was 99% the same, made by Kenwood as well, since the late 80's/early 90's. Worked in exactly the same way, you sort of shoved the can in and then when you put the handle down it magically held the can in place, even when the lid was done cutting. Big downside to it was that, as you found out, if you don't get the can in correctly, it will just fall and also the lid and can were left with quite a sharp edge. I recently replaced my parents one with one of the "one touch" ones that you've had in a previous video and it's so much better.
Have to say I chuckled watching you struggle with the electric can opener.... We have had one of those as a basic kitchen tool in my house since I was a kid in the '90s... And yes they are typically meant for round cans.
Those electronic tin/can openers have been about since the 80's ish and they are AMAZING!!!! At least the old ones are, only just thrown out a 30+ year old one that was amazing!!!!
we had an electric can opener like that when i was a kid...40 years ago lmbo. So funny to see you treating it like you've never seen one before in your life heh.
I was so excited seeing the peach slicer and the kenwood tin opener, I was shouting out I have them Barry , I was like a big kid then my husband said you know he can’t hear you. Lol
omg ,My wife was a big fan of your channel, "was" because she passed away two years ago. And one of the reasons for that, besides you and your lovely family being you and your lovely family (she absolutely adored your girls) was your disclaimer about the gadgets helping those that can't do things the "normal" way. She was one of those people, in fact the last years of her life,she needed help even with just getting a spoon to her mouth. A few years before her passing however we went to aconsumer products fair in the netherlands and that bread slice thingy was there as well. As much as she loved gadgets that help the disabled, this thing.... she "tore it to shreds" verbally. I very much remember that the first thing she said to the salesman there was "they invented sliced bread for that" following by pointing out the thing only sliced fake straight because, as you also noticed.... the bread got a sloped end. When seller tried to point out that it was also useful for things like donuts and bagels and such she simply pointed to me saying 'much better slicer". So seeing this thing on your show made my day and brought some sweet sweet memories back. Thank you. And yes, I know you can get it to slice straight if you first cut the cap... but disabled people do not have that option now do they?
This video reminds me that I'm baffled beyond all recognition that British people still don't rinse their dishes after washing them. I just simply can not understand why that is.
You need to try a "smooth edge" can opener, that cuts through the glue on the side of the top, no sharp edge and the top doesn't fall in the can and expose the food to the dirty top.
I have been doing some catch up. I love all of your videos. Thank you for the hours and hours of entertainment! On the can opener: I believe these have been around with that design since at least the 70s. At 46, I don't remember them ever not being a thing. In fact I have an under-cabinet mounted version in my kitchen. The magnet was not holding the can. It only holds the lid. The can was held in place by tension between the wheel and the blade. Also, I didn't see you use the knife sharpener. When you do, the lever for using the can opener part also runs the knife sharpener.
'Anti-gravity baked beans' sounds like something Willy Wonka would create. 😂 I love the tea maker! I've seen an average one-cup version of these too. 😊
Back in the day (70s) we had a gadget like that spiraliser but it was chunky metal and clamped tightly to the worktop it was awesome (usually used to make mince out of old roasts)
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The peach is something I personally rip in half (like you can an apple)and remove the "stone"
Please do an IKEA kitchen gadget video
Hey Barry, a word on the knife sharpener on the electric can opener. They are horrible on knives and will ruin them.
So for the veggie thing, I think you're supposed to twist the handle to open the threading up, drop the cutter down onto the vegetable, then lock it in before you start spinning.
Hi Barry, I keep asking everytime your glass mugs appear on your videos, but you've yet to reply. Where do you get yours from? All the ones I find are too small, yours look big. Please please 🙏
I think they meant an English muffin not a cake muffin. Gotta love Barry😂
I was sat there like a maccies muffin barry 🤦🏼♂️🤣
@@gazwj 😂
I was thinking the same 😂😂
lol! Yep it would deffo work on one of those
Or, as we know them in England - a Muffin. The cakey type of muffin is very recent here. Traditionally, Muffins are a round bread roll intended to be split and toasted (why did that sound wrong?), and served buttered. Cakey muffins have only been known as such here for about 20 years. Bread muffins are centuries old. Muffins should be split open using a fork, inserting it into the side, all the way round, and the top and bottom just come apart. It makes them crumblier, and nicer when toasted.
Watching Barry struggle with, and be amazed by, an electric can opener that I've been using similar ones of for the last 30+ years of my life is hilarious. XD
It was cracking me up too. I'm 51yo and that's what we had growing up. LOL
Oh my gosh, yes! I actually have that exact brand at the moment, but mine is red. I was baffled at someone not being familiar with an electric can opener!
Same! I was wondering if this is a Barry thing, or if they’re not that popular in the UK, because that’s so similar the one I have, down to the knife sharpener on the back. Mine is a name brand, but I bought it for maybe $10 when setting up my place over 20 years ago. Works perfectly.
Yes! We always had one growing up, and when it broke bought another to replace it. The amazement at the magnet and holding itself up somehow was too funny!
SAME! Been using one just like that since I was a kid, in the 80's.
Barry, sending the biggest hugs and thanks to you! Having pre written subtitles makes all the difference, knowing what sounds they’re making and when music is playing etc makes the video so much easier to watch and enjoy. Especially as I watched this video in tears after a lengthy battle (where even the BT person who interprets the call into text for me to understand wrote to me that they felt sorry for how I was having to fight) with a company to get subtitles and a BSL interpreter for a show in a few months time and getting basically no where and actually being called a “massive pain”, got told they are going to think about it too, so no decision. So switching this on after, feeling very upset and frustrated at being deaf, this made me cry but happy tears. Thank you so so much ❤
The slanted slice in the bread had nothing to do with the slant of the gadget, it was because the end was slanted. If you don't want it to come out slanted cut that off first.
Indeedy, thanks Brian
Barry : Hates tea.
Also Barry : Tests every tea gadget he finds.
he takes one for us tea drinkers, i appreciate it! lol
Re the sprializer thingy - the reason it kept falling off is because you're left handed, and were turning the handle counterclockwise while the base screwed on clockwise, - so each time you used it, you were unscrewing the base. As a fellow leftie, I can truly sumpathise - brilliant episode though x
The bottom cutting bit gets put on one way, but the device turns the other way, meaning that if the cutter touches the walls at all it will start to unscrew itself.
I'm just imagining the next sip from one of those water bottles and the taste of fairy hitting my lips.
Exactly what I was thinking. Not rinsing your dishes is the same as taking a shower and not washing off the soap 💀
Right? I was thinking the same thing. There’s no way he doesn’t rinse off the soap afterwards, it would taste horrible!
Amazed by a can opener that had a magnet in it and would hold the can that my grandmother had from the 50s.
And in the 60’s an electric opener was already available. My grandparents had one at least early in the 70’s in a wall mounted version.
@@bas6983 We had a wall mounted one when I was a kid, in the 90s.
@@Okurka. ???
@@Okurka. Having a electric tin opener doesn't mean we didn't eat fresh food and ate out of tins all the time. Even if we did, research has shown that for example, tinned fruit and veg are just as good for you as fresh, they also last longer, so food is less likely to be wasted. Eating fresh food doesn't make you better than someone who eats majoritively tinned food. Also my parents didn't buy the electric opener it was in the house already. I was simply agreeing with the O.P, that electric tin openers are not a new idea, and I remember them being around in the 90s. You shouldn't make assumptions about the lives of people you don't know!
Yeah, I remember when the magnet and the knife sharpener were standard features. I think the one my mother used was from the 60s and had both.
I'm in my 40s and absolutely giggling at him being so blown away by an electric can opener. Things really do come back around again, just like fashion!
For the spiralIzer I think you need to have the blades start on top of the carrot/cor guette so lock the blade in then drop the it down BEFORE you lock the threads on then start turning it
Makes sense, I think the gadget looked quite good, a lot better, but bigger, than my spiralizer
Also putting it in crocked does affect it's function alot.... probably the reason it fell apart that much along with the likelyhood it may have been returned at some point based on the packaging being overtaped.
@@argosy666 I think the reason it fell off is the same as why your car wheel would come off if the wheel nuts were threaded the conventional way. That's why it unscrews itself when Barry is turning it without it being 'engaged' on the food - or it's just not got enough threading to withstand the variation in speed he's giving it while it slowly lowers onto the carrot. Like the OD said, if you move the lever you can lower the whole thing onto the food, then start spinning it, it'll work fine. Perhaps the person who returned this couldn't read the manual either.
@@DaveF. that's what I was thinking also. It said it can be done both ways but I think that is false.
It seemed like, to me, the direction it turned when you were using it was the opposite direction to the locking direction of the blades - so basically, whenever it bit into the vegetable, the resistance turned it against the lock and unlocked it, leaving it a bit of a gamble whether it would bite in and slice first, or whether it would unlock the blade thing first. Maybe having it all the way down firmly against the vegetable would help to prevent the issue, but (if my hunch is right) it still seems like a problem of bad design more than anything else.
I've had almost exactly the same can opener from kenwood for the last 20 odd years, and I still use it all the time. It's absolutely fantastic and opens all sorts of cans like a champ, and leaves no sharp edges. You don't actually have to hold down the lever to open the can - you press it once and it will automatically open the whole way and stop when it gets back to the start.
I love that he cut a cake muffin in half 😂😂😂 it’s moments like that, that keep me coming back to the channel
Why didn't you rinse them after washing them? There's still soap on them.
Britain
Well, it was just for the video to test the theory and they weren't drunk out of!
I've read a book written in the 50's/60's that taught about house cleaning. When they got to dish washing, they mentioned how to wash dishes but not to rinse them, just let them dry. I couldn't believe it. I assume they didn't use our chemical based detergents like we have now.
Hey Bazza... I love these, especially when you can't see what we can and we're yeling at you through the screen. It's so much fun. Should be a drinking game!
The muffins they were referring to are what we know as Engish Muffins (think of the Maccas McMuffn). The Spiraliser, you unlock the top (like you did when sliding it out), lower in the inner piece with blade attached until it is in place. Only then do you lock the top and start to turn.
Keep up the great work!
We have had the same exact can opener before. One slight small feature that Barry did not show was that the bottle opener has a wedge on the opposite side that can be used for pushing up ring pull lids. Sometimes the pull rings are hard to get up to get your finger in, but the wedge works great at getting the ring up and ready.
Seeing him fiddle with something that I've been using for a few decades and my mother had one mounted under her kitchen counter, has got to be one of the best things I have seen all day.
Barry I've always enjoyed your videos and these are my favorite. But now my partner has had early arthritis set in fast. I've been able to order several gadgets for them to help in the kitchen so we can still cook together without a ton of pain with simple tasks. Thank you for your videos, your humor, and your thought of those who need some help in odd ways sometimes to keep enjoying things like before.
Those tea makers are my favorite kind for ease of use, and just the frankly brilliantly simple design. I got an Inginuitea from Adagio probably 12 or more years ago, and now we have multiple from Teavana from when our local store went out of business, and they’re my favorite rec for a tea maker for loose leaf!
There’s also a coffee form of it called the Clever coffee brewer that uses Melitta cone filters, since coffee is more your thing!
Not sure what the benefit over using a tea ball would be though - just looks like you've got to wash up two things now. I'd either use a tea ball for a cuppa for one, or a teapot with a strainer basket if I needed to brewer more than one cup/mug. Interested to know what it's USP is for you, though.
I had one from davids tea and it was great except for the fact that the inside part was very difficult to clean, and I'm pretty sure mold was starting to grow in it.
I was just about to comment about the pink one I have from Teavana that I got a few years ago. Also saw a RUclips channel recently that id dedicated to coffee and the person was trying the Clever Coffee Dripper.
@@DaveF. I was thinking the same. Especially as you have to empty it completely immediately or else the tea would continue to steep which is a no-go for e.g. black tea (at least to me). Meanwhile, the tea ball or strainer basket can be removed when done.
@@DaveF. I'm not sure there's much of a benefit per se, it's more of a nicety. A bit more moving part-wise, but easy to use and novel for some.
For the spiralizer, it probably helps if you lower it to the level of the veg before engaging the threads, then start twisting.
i mean sometimes i feel like he never used anything in his life :D :D :D
My childhood house had an electric can opener mounted to the bottom of the cupboards. Robust little thing, lasted at least 20 years, but had already been there and in-use by the previous owners before us. It would grip the can, auto-open it, and hold it there until you came back for it, if you were busy with other things around the kitchen.. all mounted up out of the way nicely on the bottom of a cupboard. The only downside is that it was sorta hard to clean thoroughly.
Wow. I watched your videos years back in high school. Just got back into RUclips again and saw this video and HAD to watch. This warmed my heart with nostalgia and happiness. Love your energy and videos Barry! - Long time subscriber Anna ❤
Haha seeing Barry excited about an electric can opener when we've had these in the US as far back as the 80s. Mom always got these from Kmart growing up 😁
We've had them here too - we're all amazed at how amazed Barry is - but perhaps they just never got to Weston-super-Mare.
@@DaveF. haha okay yeah I was thinking that's a really old gadget here lol
I'm American and I bought one of those tea brewers from David's Tea. I like it because it has measurements on the side so I know how much water to add it to avoid watering down the tea. Great video as always!
Hi Barry oh that bottle aired/dryer absolutely stonking! I loved watching this and bought the exact same one from Amazon. It’s brilliant. Many thanks.
As an avid tea drinker, that tea pot is absolutely brilliant! I LOVED the music in the background as you "poured" the tea out. I was indeed in tea heaven, lol!
My favourite Barry videos. Love kitchen gadgets❤️
Cheers Mandy, appreciate the support
I use that white & green bagel slicer, love it!! I squeeze the green things together slightly to hold it while slicing
Thank you for another wonderful year of videos. Can’t wait to see what is coming this next year. You never disappoint and I always learn something new and try new recipes. Happy new year!!!!🎉
Thankyou have a good one, this will be the last video for a few weeks!
@@mrbarrylewis enjoy the family and the well deserved break!!
@@mrbarrylewis A few weeks! Whoa that's a nice break! Enjoy!!!! ❤
The tea brewing and dispensing thingy was sooo awesome :D
I've been using a tea brewer like that for years. I love it! Love your videos, Barry!
I had a similar one of those magnetic automatic can openers at home back in the 90's, worked like a dream.
awesome
They've been around--with an integrated knife sharpener--since the late 50s. Can't believe Barry's never seen one before.
@@Doktor_Calamari I think that electronic can openers are more common in america.
@@angelinaduganNy It would be strange to find an American home that doesn't have one.
Hi Barry we have had our Kenwood can opener for about 20 years now and it has been amazing and it never stops working
Dear Barry, I wanted to thank you for the video cameo I received from my partner "squishy" for Christmas. It made my day so much to the point I cried! Happy tears I promise! I adore you, your family and of course your videos! I really hope we get to meet one day. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas and happy new years! All my love, Stephanie xxxx
That tea maker is pure magic! I've tried so many different individual loose leaf strainers but haven't found one that can keep all of the leaves out. I might have to get one of these for myself...
As always very entertaining to watch ! I think that I know why that Gadget that you tested at 18:00 looses it’s Blade every time while cutting the zucchini , you twisted the blade to the right to lock it in and when you tried to cut the zucchini you spun it to the left so that the blade fell down so I guess that you should only spin it to the other side !
Spinning the other way wouldn't work, because that would just unthread the top. Just a terrible design.
That's what the lever is for - so you can lower the blade down onto the food before you start spining it. He's using it wrong.
@@ErwinHolland. Nah, it works fine if you follow the instructions. Barry's not using it properly.
Is anyone else wondering why he's so astonished by an electronic can opener? I grew up in the '80s and I grew up with an electric can opener in my kitchen... I don't understand why he's so amazed by something that has literally been around for _at least_ 42 years...
Only Barry would try to use an electric can opener on a can of Spam, which has a pull-up tab for easy opening. Love it!
To be fair, not all of us are able to us the pull up bit to open it. While I don't eat spam, it's really useful to know if the shape of a tin makes a difference.
9:27 hay Barry did you get that at Ned Flanders “Leftorium”
The bread slicer didn't make your bread like that, the type of bread you used with the big bit on top vs the skinnier bottom :) It was perfectly straight because the rest at the bottom was at a right angle to it
I bought a Kenwood can opener about 30 years ago and it is still going strong. Love it and would definitely recommend it. It is actually a lot easier to use than seen here. Especially if you use it with the cutter facing you! It will open oval cans without a problem, corn beef cans are a doddle. You just have to take the key off so it does not get in the way of the mechanism. The SPAM tin had a ring pull so that was getting in the way so perhaps not the best tin to use in the demonstration.
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My mum had one of these can opener’s when I was a kid in the 80’s it scared me and fascinated me at the same time ❤
How has he never used an electronic can opener before, I am so thoroughly puzzled at how puzzled he is at using that.
i dont think electronic can opener is a common thing...
@@mixermaster10 - Certainly not here in the UK. Handheld manual ones are the norm.
My nan had one, but otherwise I’ve used hand crank openers all my life.
I actually recently got an ambidextrous friendly one that only has one handle and magnetizes to the lid so that it doesn’t pop off randomly. Frankly I prefer it over my nan’s electric opener lolol. But I also don’t have many issues with my hands and wrists short of the occasional carpal tunnel episode.
I thought the same thing, but, then again I have never seen a real electric kettle in my life.
@@ShellyS2060 Must be an american thing, prob one of the few places where almost nobody uses electric kettles. At least as far as I'm aware
Hope you're okay and just taking a well earned Christmas/New Year's rest, Barry! Been missing you on my RUclips feed
I was looking for a comment like this. Is videos are always entertaining.
I have never wanted a gadget more in my life, that bottle stand is amazing! and I have watched all 78 episodes
Thanks Barry for all your efforts in making videos that brings us joy and laughter and many many new ideas !! And indeed, arent we agitating ourselves all?🤣
Dad why does my drink taste like washing up liquid?
lol!
I had one of those electric can openers as a wedding present in 2006. It also worked right away! Think you're a tad behind the times lol!
Also if you forget to remove the lid you get loads of bean juice dropping off it!
Thanks for the year of great videos and positive vibes!
What kind of can openers do they have in England? The one in the video is the one we have had our whole lives here in Texas.
Generally manual ones, but there are some other ones on the gadget playlist over the Years of all different shapes and styles
@@mrbarrylewis The best ones are the type that just separate the entire lid from the rest of the can by popping the glue seal. Then you just pull the top off, no sharp edges.
I don't know if there's a name for that style but the one I have is a "Hamilton Beach" brand "Smooth Touch" can opener. Looks like they don't sell them over there, the ones on Amazon UK need a voltage adapter.
For the bread slicer, when it says you can slice muffins it’s talking about English muffins.
When the bread slicer says "muffins" it probably doesnt mean the sweet kind. Some places use "muffin" as another name for a bread roll/barm/bap/cob/breadcake (insert name that your local area uses) etc
Interesting! Thanks
With the twist slicer, I think you need to put the container to the vegetable first, then close the handle for the threads and then spin it. When you start spinning it with the blades not touching, the threads turn the blade plate and unlocks it from the container.
I live in a peach (and apple) growing region. Fresh peach over fresh apple any day. They're so delicious!
Sounds awesome
When you have perfected the tin openener it's brilliant. Especially if you struggle with normal ones
Watching Barry being confused by an electric can opener is wild. We've been using one in our house since the 1980's, and it was my grandmother's old one... it's not exactly new tech.
I was thinking the same thing. We have one of the battery operated ones by FarberWare now (it’s nice because it doesn’t take up counter space), but we always had one like he tested growing up. I think ours didn’t have the bottle opener, but that wasn’t something we needed.
there's even one at the start of back to the future.
I have those same straws! I definitely want that stand as I've never been confident about the straws draining properly
I have been using an electric can opener for many years, and I really laughed watching your attempts to get this working! You shouldn't need to stand over it - lock the can in and press down, and it will keep going round until it's removed the whole lid. Wouldn't be without it!
I love how we have bread cutting machienes in store, so I don’t need to do it myself 😅 does not take up space at home, and gets the job done 👌🏻
I love how he was so new to the electric can opener type that I have been using for 30 years. Maybe it's a country thing and finally migrated over there? Not sure ..
haha yep absolutely!
@@mrbarrylewis I really do love your enthusiasm though. I still use this type of can opener but glad you finally got around to trying one 🙂
My mother had a similar can opener, complete with knife sharpener, 50 years ago.
It didn't have a bottle opener, though.
I grew up with one of those electric can openers and it was old back then so they have been around for a long time. I do remember people struggling to use it but they work so well
Do they not sell electric can openers in the UK? That looked like a standard electric can opener no different than the one I bought for our kitchen nearly thirty years ago. (Except that one also had a built in knife sharpener on the back.)
I just started watching your videos and they are great, educational 👌🏻🤣 and funny. So nice to watch and 😆. Your family is great too! Thanks for making my days better!👍❤️
Barry doesnt wash the soap off stuff he washes up.... all his food must have a soapy taste! Also peaches are easy to do, slice down 1 side and up the other, then twist the 2 halves to pull them apart. and the electric tin opener has been about forever, had one always in london and when i was in bolton... not exactly a new invention lol
Yeah, those soap suds were trobling me as well
out of all 78 kitchen gadget videos you have done, this is the first one that i have thought "Yeah i need to buy that product". whoever invented that bottle drying rack is a genius
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Your Muffin moment has me like 🤦🏼♀️ 🤷🏼♀️😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤭 I don’t think I have ever sliced a cake muffin like you do Barry!
Gotta love those English Muffins from Maccas 😋
I have a single cup tea maker like yours. I love it!
8:16 My mum had a disability that effected her hands and she had a can opener similar to that many years ago. It was amazing for her because she couldn't use a normal can opener. I haven't seen one for years and didn't know you could still get them
It takes me at least 5 goes to get a can into my electric tin opener! Don't even attempt a fray bentos pie! lmao!
Yes it was very fiddly! One of those things that after a while would work a charm
I’ve just discovered your channel. I’m also left handed so I really appreciate your channel. Many thanks. By the way I love your sense of humour 😂😂
The electric can opener have been around for a couple of decades. Had one for years. Got my dad one after his stroke. He loved it cause it gave him a touch of normality
we've had electric can openers since the 90's but what made us switch to a hand crank opener was a multi tool can opener called the Kuhn Rikon auto safety master opener
I think the spiraliser is supposed to be used in a different way - instead of winding it all the way down onto your food, use the lever to lower the entire spinny thing, and it's blades, onto the top of the food, throw the lever and then start turning. Once it's biting into the food, that'll keep it in place. What you're doing is spinning it with nothing pushing into it means the inertia of the blades makes it unlock itself from the spinner before it gets to the food. They could have solved this with counter-threaded blades - the same way your car wheel nuts are designed to stop them unscrewing themselves when your wheels turn - the reverse threading means they tighten themselves up when the wheel turns, not unscrew.
I've had a tea strainer like that for almost 10 years now and it's brilliant! The one I used in the office more than once per day was amazing (I drink my tea black, nothing in it so that was great)!
Barry not a cake muffin a bread muffin silly 😂😂😂
6:10 Did you utilize the knife sharpener?
The basic design of that can opener has been around for ages, my parents had one that was 99% the same, made by Kenwood as well, since the late 80's/early 90's. Worked in exactly the same way, you sort of shoved the can in and then when you put the handle down it magically held the can in place, even when the lid was done cutting. Big downside to it was that, as you found out, if you don't get the can in correctly, it will just fall and also the lid and can were left with quite a sharp edge. I recently replaced my parents one with one of the "one touch" ones that you've had in a previous video and it's so much better.
Have had a Kenwood Can Opener/Knife Sharpener/Bottle Opener for years. It's fantastic...
Have to say I chuckled watching you struggle with the electric can opener.... We have had one of those as a basic kitchen tool in my house since I was a kid in the '90s... And yes they are typically meant for round cans.
"But being left handed..." Well I hadn't realized that. Barry, you just went up in my cooking and reviews ranking!
Barry! I cannot tell you how much I laughed when the blade kept falling out of the spiraliser!! 🤣🤣
Watching Barry struggle with an electric can opener, which is cutting edge *1930s* technology, was kinda painful.
Are old-fashioned electric can openers not a thing in the UK? They were all the rage in the 60s and 70s in the US.
Those electronic tin/can openers have been about since the 80's ish and they are AMAZING!!!! At least the old ones are, only just thrown out a 30+ year old one that was amazing!!!!
Ha, loved the flying cars bit at the end 🤣
we had an electric can opener like that when i was a kid...40 years ago lmbo. So funny to see you treating it like you've never seen one before in your life heh.
british man amazed by everyday electric can opener originally patented in like 1959 lol
There's this thing called a kettle too lol
@@mrbarrylewis well to be fair electric kettles are very rare here in the US 😋
love the tea filter pot thing.... amazing
The only hassle of eating a peach is the juice dripping down your hand and arm 😂
@@amandak.4246 Lol, I meant hassle 😂
that Tea maker looks so satisfying!
I was so excited seeing the peach slicer and the kenwood tin opener, I was shouting out I have them Barry , I was like a big kid then my husband said you know he can’t hear you. Lol
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omg ,My wife was a big fan of your channel, "was" because she passed away two years ago. And one of the reasons for that, besides you and your lovely family being you and your lovely family (she absolutely adored your girls) was your disclaimer about the gadgets helping those that can't do things the "normal" way. She was one of those people, in fact the last years of her life,she needed help even with just getting a spoon to her mouth.
A few years before her passing however we went to aconsumer products fair in the netherlands and that bread slice thingy was there as well. As much as she loved gadgets that help the disabled, this thing.... she "tore it to shreds" verbally. I very much remember that the first thing she said to the salesman there was "they invented sliced bread for that" following by pointing out the thing only sliced fake straight because, as you also noticed.... the bread got a sloped end. When seller tried to point out that it was also useful for things like donuts and bagels and such she simply pointed to me saying 'much better slicer". So seeing this thing on your show made my day and brought some sweet sweet memories back. Thank you.
And yes, I know you can get it to slice straight if you first cut the cap... but disabled people do not have that option now do they?
That maxi spiraliser thing must be one of the most over engineered kitchen gadgets for what it is supposed to do.
Absolute entertainment!
This video reminds me that I'm baffled beyond all recognition that British people still don't rinse their dishes after washing them. I just simply can not understand why that is.
Mmm, soapy straws.
Oh we generally do! We leave it in the rack once washed to drip dry any water then dry it off with a cloth, this is a very exciting conversation.
@@mrbarrylewis In that case, I stand corrected. Thanks for setting me straight, and have a nice New Year! : )
You need to try a "smooth edge" can opener, that cuts through the glue on the side of the top, no sharp edge and the top doesn't fall in the can and expose the food to the dirty top.
I have been doing some catch up.
I love all of your videos. Thank you for the hours and hours of entertainment!
On the can opener:
I believe these have been around with that design since at least the 70s. At 46, I don't remember them ever not being a thing. In fact I have an under-cabinet mounted version in my kitchen.
The magnet was not holding the can. It only holds the lid.
The can was held in place by tension between the wheel and the blade.
Also, I didn't see you use the knife sharpener.
When you do, the lever for using the can opener part also runs the knife sharpener.
'Anti-gravity baked beans' sounds like something Willy Wonka would create. 😂
I love the tea maker! I've seen an average one-cup version of these too. 😊
Baked bean one is made from Jack and the Beanstalk.
You can probably collect the rest of the peaches with the stone (in a fridge or even a freezer), boil it and make a jam or a syrup.
My mom.has a can opener like that since i was a child in the 90s and the thing still works. Its a really cool gadget for cans without pull tabs
Back in the day (70s) we had a gadget like that spiraliser but it was chunky metal and clamped tightly to the worktop it was awesome (usually used to make mince out of old roasts)