(upbeat music) - Hello, everyone, it's Barry here! Welcome to My Virgin
Kitchen, I hope you are well. Today is another kitchen
gadget testing video. I'm not sure which one it
is, but we've done a few, and if you are not already
in the middle of having a Barrathon, after watching
this video, please consider watching the full kitchen gadget playlist, it is a rather epic way to spend your day. And bizarrely, there are
many people that do that. Today, we have... Six gadgets that we are looking at. Some very useful ones, some
that might be a bit more novelty, but as always,
please consider that some of these might help
people with disabilities before commenting down below. Let's get cracking with the first one. One of my favourite gadgets
of all time, I did do a video on my top five so far,
one that made it in there was one very very similar
to this, because it was made by the same company, Kuhn Rikon. Swiss design! But this, that one was an avocado knife, this is a strawberry knife. I don't know why you would need that, there's a really cool gadget
called a strawberry huller, I think I've still got that. Yeah, this thing, where
you put the strawberry in, pull it out, works an absolute charm. Really really good,
there's many many versions of this about. This one's a little bit more sassy, it's a little bit more mmm about it. Super sharp Japanese carbon steel blade, nonstick coated peduncle remover. What is a peduncle? That's amazing! Like, pedestrian and uncle made together, but with a K, uncle. Peduncle, what's a peduncle? Is it English! Ey, Peduncle, you solved that case yet? Sorry. So it's got three sections on it. Number one is the blade,
nonstick-coated super sharp Japanese stainless steel
blade, food does not stick to the blade, amazing. Number two, ingenious handle
in strawberry appearance accommodates the knife and tool. Oh, okay, it just must fold into it. And then the last thing,
tool for neat removal of... The pressure, what's it gonna be? I read the German and it freaked me out. (speaking in foreign language) Tool for neat removal of the stem, no unnecessary fruit flesh is removed. Right, let's try it! It's a fantastic time of year
to have strawberries, as well, and I've got some decent
ones from Cheddar, which is right near me, where
the cheese originates from, and they make it in caves. Yeah, I might even take you
there on a video sometime. If you want to see that, let me know. So let's do, like, one of
those police identification lineups with our strawberries. One way you can do it,
grab it by the hull. (humming) That works for me, I have
no problem with that. Or, of course, we can get a
knife and slice off the top, and then you got it like that. This might not work so well
'cause this straw is more of a fancy one, it's more papery than... Oh, no, it will. Right, if we push this through, look. You can pop out the hull like that, hey. Holy strawberries! (laughing) Yeah. Then, of course, we have the gadgets. So we've got this one. So you open it up, put it
in, and then twist, pull out. And you've got it nice cored. The thing I like about this
gadget, 'cause it's taking it out in like a triangular
wedge, you can fill that with chocolate, you know,
chocolate coated strawberries. I get video requests for that a lot. Fill that with chocolate, dunk
the whole thing in chocolate, sit it up like that. ♪ Mama, it's tellin' me no ♪ But anyhow, the gadget. So, nice sharp blade on it,
and this is the pointy end that I presume we get the
hull out with, like it says. The only downside, it
doesn't actually show you how to use this top end bit. I'm gonna give it a wash anyway. - [Phone] And it scoops
out the hull perfectly every single time. - American QVC! I was once on UK QVC. Kiwi see? Kiwi see. QVC before, yeah. This is actually like
penknife, it's awesome. So with the sharp end, you
can just tuck that away, like so, and you can
still access it there. And then this is your huller
thing, and then you've got the little latch there
that you can lift up to pull it back out. Yeah, really really safe, so
it's actually the sharp points on this that we just sort of go in. There we go, you ready? Look at that! That has hulled that perfectly. Mm, strawberry juice. So then you're like, yeah,
I've hulled my strawberry. I'm gonna pop it away, I'm
gonna get my knife out, I'm gonna go like this, lock
that in place, and this'll hopefully be a nice sharp
knife, we can just go... Ooh, that is sharp. Strawberries! What a really good gadget,
I'm so impressed with that company, I think they
do a couple more things, I'll try and get ahold of them. Remember, these aren't sponsored,
I can be completely honest about it, if I ever do a
sponsored gadget video, I will tell you, but
hopefully, I'll negotiate that I can be honest as well about that. Hey, Pugs, you know if Meat
Loaf liked strawberries and hulling them, maybe he
would have released the album Bat out of Hull? ♪ Tease me, tease me,
tease me, tease me baby ♪ Sorry, I'm excited now,
'cause I love it when I get a gadget that works, because
I highly recommend that, that's probably in my
top 10 gadgets ever now. Not that I use that many
strawberries, we're not blessed enough to have delicious
ones all year 'round. On the subject of tease me tease me, there was a reference to that, tea! Right, this has taken months to arrive. I want to thank my friend
Letice for telling me about this one, this is a
Kuchenprofi penguin Tea Tea Boy. I'm not gonna say any more about that. You guys know how much I detest tea. Ashens and I actually gonna
do a video together soon where we taste test different teas. This is effectively,
it's got a timer on it, you dunk your tea in, and
it should brew it perfectly, it's gonna lift it up. I have no idea anything more about this. It's Germen, the Kuchenprofi
tea boy is equipped with a precision timer and
does not need any batteries. Amazing, 'cause I don't have any. To enjoy a perfect cup of tea,
the beak lifts automatically after the time has elapsed
and pulls the tea bag or tea ball out of the cup. What's a tea ball? You got the tea bags, and
you get the loose tea. ♪ I'm horny, horny horny ♪ I don't know what a tea ball is, though. Oh, is that one of them metal things? I think it is. Forget about this, right? The most complex thing for
me, as a non tea drinker, is wandering down the tea
aisle, that's the actual walk I did, and trying to find
tea that has a drawstring on it, 'cause you don't know. I opened three different
boxes, don't tell the people in the supermarket that,
opened three different boxes and they didn't have strings on them. I'm like, argh! There was pyramid ones,
there was round ones, there was square ones, I just
want a teabag with a handle. For my beak, for my penguin. But I seem to remember when
I'd tasted some fruit teas years ago that fruit ones
had some one's on there, so this is one by Twinings. Jenny, stop twining, get down! (grunting) Coconut and mango green tea. Didn't actually open these
in there, so I'm praying. Oh yeah, there's pressure,
look, it's in a box, and now it's in a bag. Please have a drawstring. No. Tell you what, though,
they smell brimming good, but I ain't going down that route today. If the tea smell, no. If the smee? If the tea smelt like how, no. If the tea tasted how it
smelled, it would be... Next option was by Pukka, vanilla chai. I hope this smells good. More importantly, I hope
it's got a drawstring on it. Oh, no. Are you serious? God, that stinks of cinnamon. My last one here, there is Twinings. Jenny, get down! Again, please, please please please. Come on! Oh my gosh. None of them have strings on! That's okay, I think
I'm gonna make my own. There's a hole in there. Made a hole with a bamboo skewer. Alright! (laughing) We'll get the penguin, and
that's not a Batman reference, and then stick this in. It seems to be holding. I'll just put on my kettle. Once that's boiling. (laughing) Look at that thing! That's massive! Oh my gosh. Look, it's got the top hat on it! There it is, so we can hang our... You see that, yeah, you can
hang it on the ridge there. And there's our timer. Oh wow, so it goes all
the way up to, like, 20 minutes, I think. We might be able to leave
it to brew if it hangs on. I'm really happy with my
homemade tea bag bodge. Alright, that's going on there. Let's set you over there. Actually, no, let's
pour the water in first. So that way, I wasn't gonna
get any on the teabag. I didn't want to cheat it. You can let it sit in, which
is gonna brew it anyway, but then... (ticking) That's just gonna go now. I know they branded it
intentionally like a penguin, but it's making a very like... (squawking) Sort of noise that a penguin would make. I used to like Pingu, I
hope I'm not the only one. Such a good show! After the time has elapsed, the
beak will life automatically and a signal will sound. I have no idea what that signal is. Consider there's no battery in it, I wonder if it'll just be a ping. I've also put this in the
most awkward situation for the rest of this
videos whilst it brews. But that really is gonna
take a little awhile, so we'll crack off. So whilst my penguin ticks
away and brews my tea, which, of course, I'm gonna
enjoy, we've got two gadgets that are relatable and kind of double up. This one by Cheffin, who we
have on the gadget playlist quite a bit, bizarrely. Has it still got that guy on the back? Yes it has. David Hokum, famous inventor. Has he come up with this one as well? What a guy, kind of my hero. It's a thing that you put
in the palm of your hand, right, like that, so that cups your hand, and then on the back there
is a very sharp blade. Yes, remove before use, that would help. You can do lemons and limes, really. And to help that, we've
got another sort of gadget to get the juice out of a lemon. This is a lemon squeezer
by Kitchen Crafters. Loads of variations of these
online, this one's actually a stainless steel one, and
a guy in America actually contacted me, like, hey,
would you like to start your own range of My Virgin
Kitchen lemon squeezers? There's so much potential, man! Think about it, you could
have your name on a squeezer! Didn't go down that route. Once things do settle down
here, I'm actually working on my own one of these, but it's
been a bit bonkers recently. First thing I wanna do,
though, is a choppy one. Love that, using it in a minute, actually. I just want to make it better,
safer, sturdier, sharper. Was actually just looking
to see if the beak is slowly rising, but it doesn't, it's
just when it hits the time. Anyhow, lemons and limes. How do you like those lemons? What's that even mean, that phrase? I don't know. I am gonna carefully
try and move this back. My fear is where I've pierced
it with a bamboo skewer, when it lifts it up, if it'll
just pull up some string, as if, y'know, you're
trying to catch a fish and the fish, it just got away. That would be quite funny,
though, wouldn't it. Hoo, yeah, that is sharp. So the cool thing with this
is this actually pops off. Gotta be careful, don't
want to cut myself. There we go, yeah, so this
pops off, kind of like a big bling ring, this is the designer. Yo man, what's up, I got my bling on! So the zest should get caught
in that, then you take it out, but my experience generally
with zesters is it tends to go everywhere, but we'll find out. So say, for example, you
got some friends around, you're making some mojitos, love a mojito. Here we go, so you got your lime. Ow, feels really weird. But there, actually, look,
not a speck in the bowl, and there's a few in my bling. Gonna have to do the
whole thing with my ring. You gotta be really careful
not to catch your fingers. That'll take a layer off. Oh, I nearly did it then,
just nicked my thumb. This is pretty dangerous. Yeah, I mean, if you want
to go out to a nightclub and be like, yo, what's up? What's that scent? Oh, it's lime for men. We'll try a lemon, because... They seem to be a little bit less butch. But now you've really got to be careful. I mean, there's more width on
the lemon, you can put your fingers and thumbs like
that, away from the blade. This is dangerous, though. Ow! I'm stopping with that, I don't like this. There's something about it,
it makes you feel really uncomfortable, and oof, I
haven't opened it up, luckily, because if that did, with the citric acid, that would hurt, that's
why I'm stopping right now. But anyhow. We pop that off, and
that looks quite cool, I do like that, I'll agree there. I think just use a zester, really. Loads of people rave about
these, it's very very simple indeed, you've got, like,
a solid sort of a hat, almost like a little yellow
hat there, and one with holes in it, like this, kind of a colander, or really cool futuristic glasses, man. Alright, and then, we just... (grunting) Yeah, look at that! It's like a lemon shower,
wouldn't that be amazing? If you had, like, a lemon
shower as an attachment for your shower. Just give that a little lemon scent. Yes! I think these are used
very very often in bars, 'cause they get so much
juice out, there's no pith. And of course, the seeds stay in there. Yeah, that is well and truly squished. (grunting) The lime as well. Yeah! Beautiful! And the cool thing about
both these gadgets that we can both say here, and
I nearly ruined it then, is that we've made, like, no mess at all, it's all in this bowl, so
that is one good thing. This is actually really really good. Maybe I should release
a My Virgin Kitchen one. I love how it kinds of
turns them into little macaroons, as well. (groaning) Conclusion, works, but lethal. Good! This has just got me thinking
about something, actually, whilst that's ticking
away, and this is where the lovely kind and thoughtful
comments section comes in. Seriously, I appreciate
that most of you don't put nasty things, some of my other
YouTuber friends get some horrendous comments, but
most of you guys are good, thank you. My point is that you guys will let me know what I'm thinking here, you
basically teach me, this is how it works, the roles have
reversed over the years, right? I boiled the kettle, poured
that in there, and yet 20 minutes is quite a long
time, by the time that brewed, that's gonna be quite awhile, right? Gotta be cold tea. Iced tea! (hip-hop beat) No, that was Ice Cube, sorry. So how does that work? Are you supposed to sort of part fill it? But then you're not brewing it, 'cause you're gonna
dilute it with more water. Like, work with me here, guys! And also, we've gone for
the bland tea, as well, so I won't like it. Darn it. But my thinking on that was
because it was the other gadget there, the green thing, beep beep, because it will actually
work out better for me. Can you remember the gadget
video I did when I tested out the novelty, I think it was wine glass? Not gonna go all the way up,
but that is still quite a lot. Oh, sugar! Oh yeah. I don't think this will
happen to this one. This is Wacky Practicals,
because things can be different, collapsible mug. Folds down to less than 45 mil,
which I guess is about that, and it's got a 300 mil capacity. Easy to store, dishwasher safe, stable from -40 to 230 degrees C. That's quite a temperature range. It's kind of like England. I mean, it doesn't tell you. It was only two quid, so it's quite cheap. Which doesn't always bode well, folks. So here's your lid. Quite good for keeping in your car, maybe, if this works, y'know, maybe like-- (ringing) Oh, it's gone up! If I can zoom in that far,
it would hopefully have shown it going up when
I got excited, then. (ringing) I don't know how I'm
gonna get 'round that, but you have to trust me. The ticking just stopped as
I went to move my camera, just sort of eased away. I was gonna say, mate,
you've done your time, have a rest now. I almost thought the penguin
was gonna be hot, then. Alright, so my bodged tea
bag did actually work. We're gonna need a bigger boat! Gonna need a bigger penguin. I should've put it on something. But we have done it, and it does look like a very well-brewed tea. No. Well, I was hoping, like, for storage, you could, like, fold his
beak away or something, but no, he is very much like that. Hey penguin, do you wanna do a dab? Yeah, alright. (laughing) Sorry, alright? I get a bit excited. Look at the tea, though, look. That is so strong! We did have some double
cream in the fridge, that would lush in tea,
wouldn't it, surely. Just put, like 90% cream, 10% tea bag. Anyhow, we've totally diverted
from that silicon mug, but my point is, I was
gonna use that for that, but I was worried that
this might be cold, oh no. It's quite warm, actually. Left a hell of a stain
'round the inside of it, though, where it's been sat there awhile. (groaning) Why do people like it? I know you're gonna be like,
Barry, you need to try it with loads of milk and
sugar and just gradually dilute yourself down, then you'll be fine, you shouldn't have black tea
on its own, all that stuff. I just don't like it. Ashens and I together, we will find a way. This tastes like you're
drinking a wet field of mud! Not even flowers in there, just mud! So, this does feel sturdy
and a lot more secure to me. I'm just... Yeah, there we go, you push it this way. Come on! (laughing) I wonder if you could just
say, oh no, I don't want too much, I'm just gonna have that. No, you can't, it just wants to extend. Alright, but that is sturdy and sealed. That isn't gonna collapse. Put this in the jug so I could do this. Yeah, I mean, that's holding
it really really well. And yeah, 'cause it's
stronger than that other one, that one was plastic and it just... As I showed you in that clip a moment ago. Good! The only problem is
maybe putting the lid on. See, you're gonna, oh
no, that clips on nicely. My fear was, you're gonna
push down, all of a sudden, you go, if you went down like that... (imitates explosion) You'd love to see it, I ain't gonna do it. As long as that's on right. It's actually pretty good! Not the tea, the gadget. So you're a business man,
you're gonna drink all of your tea, which, of course, I'm gonna do. And then, oh yeah, I
can just squish it down. Yeah, I was a bit worried. Done, look at that! Little cleaning out, nice and safe. That is actually pretty good. Our last gadget for
today, ladies and gents... (sobbing) But as I say, don't forget
to watch the rest of the playlist, there's so
many, it goes on for hours. Individual playlists
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follow me on social media, at My Virgin Kitchen,
'cause I tell you when I put my videos out, then you'll know. So, the last one is actually
a nice sort of device. This is an omelette maker,
electronic kind of thing, I'm very excited to do this. I once reviewed an omelette
bowl, which was at an angle, very very cool indeed,
and you just bung it in the microwave, makes it in two minutes. This, I guess, is a little
bit of a rival to that. It's a little bit more
hardcore, you know the score. So we're just gonna make an omelette. Because that'll be my breakfast, other than strawberries and strong tea. Instruction manual. Oh, it looks like one of
them things from the film Batteries Not Included,
a classic 80s film. I love that film. We just need to give this a little wash, take all the safety bits off
the plug, all that stuff. Essentially, what 90% of-- (yelping) Instructions will do. There we go, I guess you just fill that up with our omelette mix. I've got my other favourite
gadget right down there, the veggie chopper that I
want to bring out my own version of that, let me
know if you'd be interested in doing that, if I do that
and put it on a crowdfuding site or something like that
and put My Virgin Kitchen 'cause that'd be really
really cool, maybe I could put some sort of thing up there,
you can help me with it. Maybe. But what I'm gonna do is
prep my vegetables with that and give this a wash. Now that's the problem I get on mine, see? The blades are falling out of it. So I wanna make a really good quality one. Honestly, it saves us so
much time in the kitchen. And I just chopped a pepper! And I just chopped a mushroom! You get the idea, it's so good. So yeah. Catching my hand in things today. Peppers and mushrooms, handful of cheese. Pug seasoning, AKA salt and pepper. As you can tell, I'm freestyling this. I'll do my eggs over here, alright? I mix it through with a drumstick spoon. - [Alexa] I didn't hear that. - What? Mix it through with a drumstick spoon, which is gonna be good,
'cause it's got a hole in it. Alright, so our bodged
omelette mix is ready. Close the omelette maker and
plug it into the wall outlet. You will notice that the
indicator light will go on, indicating that the omelette
maker has begun preheating. Yes! You see that light come on? I can feel it getting hot next to me, there's a red light there. So that indicates that the
omelette maker has begin preheating, when the ready
lights go out, baby when the, no. Indicating the unit is
preheated, open the cover and fill one or more wells
according to the recipe. Close the cover, the light
will cycle on and off during cooking to maintain
proper cooking temperature. It does say to fill the wells, doesn't it? Well! So again, to make it easier,
I'm adding my omelette mixture to a jug, just 'cause
the spout should make it a bit safer to pour. Made a hell of a mess in
that background today. ♪ Baby, the light just went out ♪ Alright, up you go. Wow, that is hot. Oh my gosh, it's so hot right now. Pour that in. Little bit of sizzling going on. Alright. I'm quite confident about this one. Close the lid down, and
then it says to wait until the recipe, but I'm just
winging a recipe, so. When the cooking time has
elapsed, carefully open the cover and remove the food. Oh, so it doesn't, yeah, we just gotta work it out ourselves, alright? I think we can do this. I'm gonna give it a minute
or two until it's hopefully sealed a little bit, 'cause
if I don't, right now, it'll probably be runny. Okay, I'll get a chopping
board ready or something. Oh, see there? It's firming up around the edges. Just needs a little bit
longer in the middle, yeah. What I'm really liking about it is it is gonna hold its shape. When you make an omelette,
obviously, it's very easy to do that, but sometimes,
if you try and flip it over and get flashy with it,
it can break, so at least these'll be neat little
kidney stone style, or lungs. Omelette lungs. Oh, what a time to be alive! Let's turn that power off. (groaning) I just moved it on my
finger and burned them, ow! I was thinking, oh no, is
it gonna damage the worktop? It's not, it's all protected,
off of feet on that, it just felt very hot. That looks phenomenal! Now, I really want to try one
of these omelettes that you do in Japan, where you do
it in half and it's raw and it looks like a weird cocoon thing. You guys know the ones I'm mean, right? Oh, barbecue sauce, mhm! Go right in the middle of it. That is really really good! Some days I get some gadgets
that I'm disappointed with, but today's, generally,
have been pretty good. But there we go. If you've seen a cool gadget
that you want me to review, do get in touch, let me know. Or if you want, like some
of you guys, send it to me. I've got, like, a hundred
still upstairs, and it keeps growing, but I work my
way through these videos. Carry on with your Barrathon
now and watch the rest of the kitchen gadget testing
playlist, it's pretty cool to watch it from one and see
how it's evolved over time. Or if you're watching
any of my other videos, I really really appreciate
it, thank you so so much. These are good! I'll put links down below
if you want to get them, but it's up to you. Bye!
