I decided to use my Saturday slot to share with you some things I really like. These are not going to be solicited reviews and I don't have a giveaway. It's just stuff I like, use and want to tell you about.
One of my sisters gave me the Misto for Christmas a few years ago and I love it. It's basically an oil atomizer. You unscrew it in the middle, pour in some olive oil (or any oil) and use the top to pump it up. It stands about 7 1/2" tall and a couple of inches in diameter. It has an attractive stainless steel finish and stashes easily into a kitchen cabinet.
This thing is very handy. You can use it to spray oil in a thin even coating on just about anything. Oiling slices of french bread to toast for bruschetta, oiling a bowl for bread dough, oiling a pan to bake brownies; anything you might normally use a brush or your hands to oil can be oiled quickly and cleanly, using less oil. If you're watching your fat intake, you could use the Misto to spray a very thin coat of oil in the frying pan before sauteing. It's cheaper to use than non-stick cooking sprays.
I love my Misto. If it broke, I'd replace it. It's inexpensive and will make your oil stretch farther, saving you a little money in the process. Quick, easy, handy and cheap; what more could you want in a kitchen gadget?
Do you have a Misto? Do you love it? What do you use it for?
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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I used to have one of those!
Here's a question: how do you get it clean?
After I'd squirted olive oil with it for a while, it needed to be washed. By then it had accreted stale olive oil in its squirter mechanism, which had gone rancid. I could not for the life of me figure out how to get the oil out of the squirter. So I finally gave up and tossed the thing.
As soon as I read your comment I went and checked my Misto. Whew, no smells of rancid oil. Honestly I'm not sure I've ever had that problem. I use it a lot so the oil doesn't stay in there too long. I asked my sister and she said that she runs her Misto through the dishwasher with no problem. I picture much sniffing of the sprayer henceforth!
I have never seen a misto and I am going to get myself and my daughter in law one! What a neat, inexpensive, wonderfully useful item. Thank you so much for sharing!
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