CUTCO CUTLERY REVIEW

 

CUTCO CUTLERY

REVIEW

     We are going to be reviewing some CUTCO Cutlery. Some have referred to CUTCO as an MLM scam, but it is not. CUTCO sells their product line like Kirby Vacuum Cleaners does...via direct sale.

     Accordingly, their product line is expensive, but it is worth it? Without the guarantee, no: with the guarantee, yes. We purchased and tested a CUTCO manual can opener----their knives have been thoroughly reviewed and are generally considered to be the Rolls Royce of cutlery.

     The CUTCO warranty is a multi-generational lifetime warranty, which justifies their high up front cost. You can use the can opener until you die and pass it down to your kids and grandkids and the can opener, as will their other products, still be under warranty. ( CUTCO has been around since 1949)

     The can opener we purchased was a sturdy plastic composite. It was comfortable to use and some thought went into the design. 

     

     The gearing allows one to open a can with just a few turns of the handle. The mechanism appears to be a bit oversized and this is an indicator of quality. We have had no issues with it thus far, and if it breaks it is covered by the lifetime warranty.

     The handle is reinforced for sturdiness and we fully expect to get several decades of use out of it without any issues. The current cost of the can opener is just over $60.00. Without the warranty, I would pay a max of $30.00 for it but the less expensive hand can openers we have purchased in the past have not lasted more than two years. The multi-generational warranty on this product makes it a good value and the children who inherit CUTCO products will be getting an extremely good value.

     We can highly recommend this product.

 

 

 If you like vegetable juice, we can offer a new option for you. Dei Fratelli is a regional brand but you can apparently get this on Amazon. 

This vegetable juice is considerably thicker and has more taste than traditional vegetable juices. Of course, now that we are promoting it, the company will probably make it thinner and less zingy tasting in order to "maintain shareholder value" or otherwise maintain profit. We hope that never becomes a reality as this is a superior juice in every respect. 

One suggestion is that for folks who have a glass of juice daily, a 56 oz. container would be nice since you could have 7 eight ounce glasses and that would cover you for the week. single serve bottles would also be nice.

Again, we highly recommend this juice.

Chow Daddy Recommends: Albanese's Gourmet Pasta Sauce

OK, finally had a chance to try the sauce. We put it on a shrimp and scallop angel hair pasta dish. We used the sauce as is and did find it to be a mild sauce with a fresh taste.

The sauce can be easily personalized to suit individual tastes and different proteins. It also has a slow simmered texture and is a good sauce to have on hand if friends show up on short notice and you do not have several hours to cook a sauce.

I'm not a big wine connoisseur but we have a local winery here in NW Ohio called Mon Ami. Their Pink Catawba would be an excellent pairing with this sauce, especially with a seafood dish.

We enjoyed the sauce and the meal. Two thumbs up!

Note: Manufacturers of our recommended products can use all or an excerpt of our recommendation in their advertising without charge and may place on their food label "Recommended by Chow Daddy" without charge or royalty.

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Ground Beef, Ginger and Teriyaki Egg Rolls

OK, so, you are running out of different ways to cook ground beef. Try this one.

You Need:

A deep fryer filled to the max fill line with oil or deep frying pan with  1 1/2-2 inches of oil in it.

2 lbs. ground beef.

1 pkg. of large Won Ton wrappers

Pickled Ginger, about 3 ounces.

Ground Ginger powder, about 2 tablespoons.

Sesame Seed Oil, about a half teaspoon.

1 bottle of thick Teriyaki sauce. (Kikkoman makes a good Teriyaki baste sauce).

1 small dish of water.

Brown and drain the ground beef. Add the pickled Ginger, ground Ginger and sesame Seed oil to the ground beef and stir. Then add about three tablespoons of the thick Teriyaki sauce to the ground beef and stir. Use just enough to moisten the beef, but do not soak it in sauce. The rest of the Teriyaki sauce can be used for dipping the egg roll in.

Heat up your deep fryer to between 350 and 375 degrees F. (If using a frying pan with oil, do not turn your stove on past medium.)

Take a large Won Ton wrapper and place it on a plate so one of the corners is facing you. Take 2-3 tablespoons of the ground beef mixture and place it in the center of the Won Ton wrapper in a rectangular pattern. (East to West) Using your finger, stick it in the small dish of water and moisten the perimeter of the Won Ton wrapper. Pick up the corner of the wrapper closest to you and fold it over the meat mixture  tightly towards the opposing corner. Then fold the right corner of the wrapper to the left and the left corner to the right. Tuck in and roll the wrapper to the opposing corner. Place folded wrapper corner side down on a plate.

Place 4-6 egg rolls in your deep fryer and cook for three minutes, then carefully turn the egg roll over and cook it for another two or three minutes. Remove from fryer, let drain on paper towel. Give them a few minutes to cool down and enjoy something a little different than what you may be used to.

Couscous Cabbage Rolls

Use your favorite cabbage roll recipe, but instead of cooked rice, use cooked couscous instead. Also, when we put the rolls into a crock pot, we just pour V8 juice over them and it tastes great.

The couscous adds a bit more flavor than the rice. 

Taco Bell Copycat Steak Burrito

Here's an easy one. A couple of decades back, Taco Bell came out with a steak burrito that was made with steak, tater tots, cheddar cheese, a light sauce and sour cream. I can't remember the exact sauce, but a drizzle of olive oil works.

Steak should be rare to medium rare and you should cook the tots to the point they are crisp.

This makes a tasty burrito.