Kitchen gadgets review: finally, a magnetised device to measure spaghetti | Life and style
What?
Dexam spaghetti timer and measure, (£15, dexam.co.uk). Crystal oscillator and diode display, with swivel-out back panel cut with holes of variable diameter. Portions and controls the cooking of spaghetti.
Why?
Pasta, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Well?
A handy item this week â€" a pasta-measuring device with a built-in timer, which, thanks to a magnetic back, can be kept on the fridge. (I watched the movie Edge of Tomorrow yesterday and I’ll tell you who else has a magnetic back: Emily Blunt.) It’s nicely chunky, with a large readout. The three-serve pasta hole is the default, but pulling out the rear tile accesses single and double measures, and you can use multiples thereof for larger quantities. (Bit worried about that Blunt comment. It’s just, in the film, she’s this badass who destroys aliens in a boxy robotic exoskeleton; there’s one particular scene where Tom Cruise finds her in a post-training cobra pose, covered in sweat, and it’s stayed with me. They keep replaying the moment within the film, too, so blame the producers.)
The clock and alarm work well. I normally use my phone for this sort of thing, but it’s amazing how Siri can mishear “Set a timer for three minutes†as “Conduct a search for teat pipettes†or some other nonsense. (Having made some phone calls, I now realise the whole Blunt back tangent is problematic. For balance, here are some other backs I think about often: Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, Alain Delon in Plein Soleil and whoever the actor is who plays Tim Riggins in Friday Night Lights.)
While not a technical marvel, the sheer convenience and functionality here mean creator Dexam should receive credit for not trying to reinvent the wheel. (So, apparently, the solution to objectification isn’t more objectification? Jeez. OK, the full list of inoffensive, non-controversial backs I like is as follows: backgammon, cashback, smoked back bacon, The Empire Strikes Back, Rhodesian ridgebacks, Back to the Future, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie by Baccara, and the international baccalaureate.)
All in all, no complaints. In our carb-swerving era, the timing may not be right for a spaghetti alarm, but it’s always pasta o’clock where I live, and this a gadget that rings my bell. Dystopian fantasies not included.
Any downside?
Maybe they’re called Zimbabwean ridgebacks now? Oh God.
Counter, drawer, back of the cupboard?
To put it Bluntly, better than fine. 3/5
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