I got these pipettes a while ago intending to use them for presentations where someone can sauce their own plate. You might have seen such presentations around, they're pretty common. I have yet to serve anything with them, but they have nevertheless become indispensable.
They're perfect for using very small quantities of liquids in a preparation or presentation. If you want only a few drops of some liquid, or only a couple grams, these are great. For instance, I used them for saucing the scallops I recently posted about.
Unlike, say, an eyedropper, you don't have to clean these out after using them for some weird gel or tough to clean ingredient. They're disposable, and super cheap, so you just throw them away. You can trim the stem end to make it shorter or longer if you want to. I highly recommend them. The ones I got were 114mm x 3mm.
Posted by Barzelay on 2009/04/30 @ 23:59 | Comments (5) | Equipment
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What else did you order from that site to make the raping they give you on shipping less painful?
Posted by: sygyzy at May 1, 2009 10:37 AM
Couple of nit-picky thoughts. They aren't actually "graduated" unless the volume is marked on them. Otherwise, they're just disposable pipettes. (Although now that I write that, I can't really tell from the picture if they are graduated or not - it's hard to see.)
And one comment on the disposable nature - good not to have to clean, but maybe don't use multiple ones everyday and encourage others to do the same or we're gonna have a landfill problem. Are they recyclable? Could you rinse and recycle?
Posted by: Cara at May 3, 2009 10:54 AM
sygyzy, I also ordered some petri dishes, also for service. You can get your pipettes elsewhere. They're widely available.
Cara, there are tiny volume markings. As for disposability, well... nothing much I can say. Depending on what I use them with, they're basically impossible to clean because of the small opening. There's no way I could ever get oil completely out of them, for instance. And even if recyclable, they can't be recycled if they're covered with a film of oil.
Posted by: Barzelay at May 3, 2009 2:33 PM
yeah man, we used those at mugaritz, but we HAD to clean em out with soapy water everyday.. super useful.
Posted by: Patrick at May 4, 2009 4:55 PM
How did you clean them out? Just suck and then squirt soapy water repeatedly? Did that work?
Posted by: Barzelay at May 4, 2009 5:13 PM