Brandless offers a nice selection of high quality kitchen gadgets at discounted prices. We review two of these below. However, before we do, we want to point out how these cool kitchen gadgets are symbolic of our humanity.
One of the hallmark characteristics of being human is frequent use of tools. Our high intelligence, opposable thumbs, and inclination to socialize is what makes our tool making abilities rise to the extraordinary levels they have among the animal kingdom. Sea otters use rocks to crack open abalone and some gulls crack open mussels by dropping them onto hard surfaces from the air. As clever as this is, humans take tool usage to a while new level. This is nowhere more apparent than in the kitchen where our kitchen tools allow us to elevate our food preparations more than any other animal ever has.
Brandless Julienne Peeler
A julienne peeler is essentially a highly specialized culinary knife used to cut vegetables into long thin strips that resemble wooden match sticks in shape and thickness. Julienning vegetables by hand takes serious skill and practice to truly master, especially if you want to create longer julienned pieces. It’s also a tedious time consuming task to do with a ordinary knife. Most home cooks never learn how to julienne vegetables, or take the time to truly master the skill, but a Brandless Julienne Peeler can make it so simple, you can julienne your vegetables all the time.
Julienned vegetables elevate the taste, texture, and visual appearance of food. They are the perfect shape for Asian style salads, stir-fries, lettuce wraps, spring rolls, and beautiful cole slaw. Sweet potato fries are much tastier when julienned as they crisp up on the edges more and caramelize. Yum! A good julienne peeler also allows you to easily make “vegetable noodles” like “zoodles” made from long julienned zucchini strips. These are an excellent option for those following a low carb diet.
The Brandless version of a julienne peeler is shaped like a potato peeler which makes it more ergonomic and easier to use than other styles of julienne peelers. This style also makes it easier to control the length when making longer vegetable noodles. By the way, this is a really sneaky way to get the kids and other vegetable adverse people to eat more vegetables. You and your family will love your new culinary creations using this handy Brandless tool.
Brandless Silicone Spoonula
Humans are always improving their tools. The spoonula is an ingenious way to combine two common cooking tools, the spatula and the big spoon, into one more versatile tool. A Brandless Silicone Spoonula makes sauce making a breeze. You can brown up some garlic and shallots using the spatula-like flat head and then use the spoon part to stir, taste, and serve the sauce you then create. A Spoonula is also great at getting the last bit of scrambled eggs stuck to the edge of the skillet or scooping out all of the mashed potatoes (or cake batter) so you don’t lose a speck!
The food-grade silicone head of the Brandless Silicone Spoonula is heat resistant so you can use it even when your skillet or wok is really hot. Unlike a porous wooden spoonula, it will not soak up sauces, retain odors, or harbor bacteria. The Brandless Silicone Spoonula also features a beautiful acacia wood handle which makes it more sustainable than a spoonula made with a plastic handle. Although the Brandless Silicone Spoonula is designed to last for many years, even decades, the wooden handle can eventually be composted.
Silicone is much more durable than plastic which makes it less “disposable” and a greener material than plastic. In fact, silicone can last for decades and still look and function like it’s brand new, even when subjected to extreme heat and cold. Silicone is also more environmentally friendly than plastic in other ways too. It’s chemically inert and does not leach out toxins or off-gas hazardous fumes into the atmosphere like petroleum based plastics. It lacks estrogen-mimicking chemicals like BPA and other toxins like phthalates commonly found in plastic. Further, silicone can be fully recycled, although you may need to take it to a special facility to do so.
The fact that Brandless sells high quality products made with sustainable materials at economical prices is often pointed out by their customers in reviews and to their friends. This is why Brandless is quickly rising in popularity. Long live these kitchen gadgets — and have fun with them!
