I was so looking forward to sharing the joys of my salad spinner with you only to find out that it seems to be a figment of my imagination. It does not exist outside my kitchen. I looked everywhere online and nobody seems to sell this particular salad spinner. The closest I could find is the Rösle Salad Spinner but considering it is over $100, well, as much as I love it I would not spend that kind of money of a salad spinner.
It is imperative to have a salad spinner if you make your own salads at home. Obviously oil and water do not mix so if there is a lot of water on your greens, the dressing will not properly coat the leaves and the flavour will be lost. I have tried the old trick of putting the greens in a tea towel and spinning it around and all that does it get water all over your kitchen ceiling and end up with a still-wet salad. It is a cool idea though! Just wished it worked.
I have had many salad spinners that were a disaster. All plastic and almost completely useless. I have lots of hand and shoulder pain and hurt myself practically every time I used it, thus, the avoidance to eating salad began. One day in the Superstore my husband spotted this fancy stainless steel retractable cord salad spinner and was completely impressed with the design. He said there was no way I could break it (which I am so good at) because the design was so simple and the materials were so strong. You pulled on it and it spun. No pushing down on a button or churning of a lever. I figured there was no way. I mean spending $25 on a salad spinner seemed ridiculous! I had no idea until now, just what a deal it was.
First, I love using it as a cleaning vessel for my greens. I fill it up with water and add a little vinegar and then toss them in and swish. It already has a its own strainer of course so I lift it out and then do the process all over again with just water. After straining, I put it back inside, put the top on and pull the cord over and over again. Easy.
Everything will not be bone-dry but the greens will not be soaking wet. This salad spinner works like a charm and recently I have been using it to store my greens in it after washing them and putting them in the fridge. They are always ready to go for an impromptu salad. The raised strainer gives it a lot of air to circulate around the leaves and because it is covered it prevents wilting.
So I apologize that this post is a bit of a tease! You can totally tease me back. So do you love or hate your salad spinner? Do you use one at all? We’re having a great discussion about it at Food Network Canada and my Facebook page. Would love to hear your opinion! So far most people have one and love it!
Wow, I’ve never seen a stainless one before – well done! Though I assure you, you will break it! That cord will wear and break eventually. I guarantee it. We just lost our last one this way – and it was too hard to get at to repair. So I bought a new cheapo one at Superstore as well, but not without taking it apart first to see that it was well built and probably would not break. And it is the kind with the turning handle, not a pull cord. I find the cords harded to get a good spin, too.
Thank you and you know, I have had mine for six years now and it is still going strong, everything is like new! It was totally worth the investment. It probably doesn’t go at light speed like the other ones but it lasts and still works great.
Wow, that is pretty good. I’m sure not all the pull cord ones are as nasty to repair as the one we had. In theory, it should be a pretty easy repair when the cord breaks, but ours was next to impossible. Here is the one we got – it was only 8 bucks. There was a more expensive one there at about 3 times that price, but I’m unemployed at the moment so price matters. And the other one had a different sort of mechanism again – a squeezy handle thingy – that I did not trust. This one was plain and simple, and easy to take apart to verify everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eySx9dKtu0
That is a great deal on a salad spinner, that is for sure. Glad it works great, it does go super fast doesn’t it? So many of the churning kind used to get stuck and not move so I gave up but I think they have made some strides in the last few years with the design because that one seems to work great.
If you’re interested, at The Food Network we are having a great discussion about our love/hate relationship with salad spinners. You can read about it here. So far, most people love theirs!
…I’m pretty sure my parents have the exact same one! I have no clue where they got it but there’s a good chance it was from Superstore too! It works great and they’ve used it for ages