Manual Beef Grinder & Coconut Scraper
- July
- 29
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Do any of you readers out there happen to have these two items? The first one on the left is something that I am familiar with, though I had never been inclined to get one. I am not sure why, but I never bother looking for it at the stores or online when I was in the UK or the US. Probably because I could get my ground beef/chicken whenever I felt like wanting some.
Not that I am saying that it would be hard finding ground beef here. But try finding ground beef over at the local butcher at the pasar malam, or at Chow Kit. We tried, and we could not find any. What would be available was the meatballs made for soup, which was heavily laced with flour that I don’t feel like feeding my daughter that.
The appeal of the manual meat grinder is that I don’t need to have it plugged into any electrical outlet. Easier to clean and use, from my point of view, too. I used to use this electrical meat grinder when I lived with Miss AL, cleaning it was not easy and it was very bulky because it was one of those ancient grinder that she had been using like forever.
Now that I want one of those, I am not sure where I could find it. Especially since I had never actually searched for it, anyway. To make it easier (on me), I figure I could put it up here, so if anyone knew, give me a holler, ya?
Though I am familiar with the first item, I had only found out about the second item on the right quite recently. Yes, I am quite the country bumpkin. I found out that the coconut scraper is used widely in India and Sri Lanka and the surrounding areas. I feel that I want to have it in my kitchen. *grins*
Again, I would appeal to any readers who would have a clue of its availability in Malaysia. Like the manual meat grinder, I have never actually searched for it in stores, ditto my not knowing whether they are widely sold in stores here.
Why would I need a meat grinder? Easy peasy. Pumpkin would not eat chicken in its natural state. If I were to ground it and make it into patties or round balls, and then throw it into any soup or curry, she would eat it. I have grown quite tired of having to chop the chicken breasts to make patties for her, really. But I doubt that she would eat ground beet no matter what.
And, I just want to have the coconut scraper, since I feel that it is a novelty item. I doubt that I would start making more local kuihs just because I own this apparatus, you get what I am saying? But it would be nice to have one whenever I felt like making that onde-onde, you feel me?
So like I mentioned before, if anyone knew where to get these two items, please do give me a holler, ya?
4 comments
Hi Mar,
I bought my coconut scraper from Sri Lanka but it’s not as shiny as the one you’re showing in the above photo. Tapi kalau setakat kat Malaysia ni, beli je kelapa parut kat kedai, kan senang. Hehehe.. Kalau simpan that coconut scraper, kena berhati-hati sebab blades nya tajam. As for the beef grinder, dulu mama hanya gunakan my Phillips Mixer set to grind those meat, or otherwise, beli yang dah siap digrind. Try looking at the Indian shops, maybe you can find them there…
hi mar,geram nengok doyan,nanti nk resipi emel me seperti di atas ek..
Posted by cik puan kesum, on August 11th, 2008, at 5:57 pm. #.
What do you want the grinder for? My family owns an antique German grinder. It is amazing. I have been searching on and off for about 5 years for another one. It is quite different than the kind used in Malaysia and Thailand. I don’t know about Sri Lanka.
Ours is much more like a sausage grinder, but grinds finely. We use it for making candy. I would like to use it for Asian cooking, but can’t get my parents to part with it. Hence the search.
If you use the one above, I would be very interested to know if it works for you.
Posted by Linda Schnetzer, on September 17th, 2008, at 8:22 pm. #.
Hai Mar, tk sudi singgah ke dapur akak..waahh..kat sini x kalah laaa…sume terliur tgk..sambal macam2 ada..kek stoberi tu, ish ish..menggoda betul…akak link dgn Mar yaaa…
Posted by ummi, on July 30th, 2008, at 2:58 pm. #.