Mysterious kitchen tool
December 28, 2011 • Category: Main Dish
Found this in a Beirut supermarket; it is a rolling pin with stationary blades (one inch or so apart).
Can anybody guess what it is used for?
Comments
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Emily Burns says:
A pasta or noodle cutter?
On December 28, 2011 at 8:11 am
Rosa says:
For making pasta?
Cheers,
Rosa
On December 28, 2011 at 8:12 am
doggybloggy says:
cutting pasta into even sizes?
On December 28, 2011 at 8:23 am
Rachel K says:
I am stumped! Is it for cutting pasta? Or strips of pastry?
On December 28, 2011 at 8:31 am
Italian Notes says:
I use it for making fettuccine, pie stripes and the like.
On December 28, 2011 at 10:03 am
Joumana says:
@Italian notes: it is too wide for fettuccine; perfect for even-shaped manti
@Rachel K. It is for cutting pasta into a square, hundreds of squares for manti
@doggybloggy: you are right, you cut one way then perpendicular and you get the perfect square for manti
@Rosa: right the pasta is called manti
On December 29, 2011 at 6:32 am
Belinda @zomppa says:
Huh. Stationary? I was going to say a pastry cutter – like to separate filo dough….
On December 28, 2011 at 10:08 am
Tom @ Tall Clover says:
Guess one: I’m going with a tool to cut phyllo dough.
Guess two: Something to shake at a spouse to get him to take the garbage out.
On December 28, 2011 at 10:20 am
Liz says:
Is it to cut the dough into even strips 🙂
On December 28, 2011 at 10:33 am
Alaiyo Kiasi says:
I, too am thinking a pasta, but I don’t think that pasta is part of Lebanese cuisine, right? Perhaps bread or cheese for finger foods?
Alaiyo
On December 28, 2011 at 11:21 am
Shreela says:
Twisty bread?
Spiral wraps for sausages?
On December 28, 2011 at 12:43 pm
familycook says:
What a coincidence, I saw this video on youtube on how to make peanut brittle (chikki) in India. This guy has used this tool to cut the brittle into small pieces.
Take a look
On December 28, 2011 at 1:01 pm
elz0oz says:
it is used to cut a dough in even width,
like if you are doing a phylo dough, you need to use this tool to cut the dough…
hope it explains the thing
On December 28, 2011 at 3:34 pm
ummomar says:
This kind of peanut sweets are very popular I think all over the arab world, specially in the times of feast. But living in Egypt for many years now, I have never heard of or seen anyone making it at home. It is always bought from special shops.
On December 28, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Steve @ HPD says:
Going to have to go with pasta slicer? But it wouldn’t be super-efficient to have a specialized tool that only made fixed-width pasta … unless it was for ravioli? Two slices?
On December 28, 2011 at 4:05 pm
deana says:
Yeah, looks like noodle cutter to me!!
On December 28, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Tobias says:
Hmmm, for Baklava, maybe?
On December 28, 2011 at 5:12 pm
Saba Ammari says:
Shushbarak?
On December 28, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Coleen says:
A pasta cutter! I’ve been looking for one and can’t seem to find one in the Atlanta, GA area. I think there are some where you can adjust the width of the pasta. I am looking forward to seeing what you make with it.
On December 28, 2011 at 8:46 pm
sare says:
:)) It’s for making our delicious dish,Turkish MANTI. As you know Mantı is;stuffed mince meat in square shape pasta, and boil in boiling salty water then put onmantı-pasta the plate you can serve them yogurt with garlic and tomato sauce. The important thing is What for you’ll use it.
On December 29, 2011 at 2:57 am
Joumana says:
@Sare: You got it! The label said “Mantimatik”.
@Coleen: You are right, it is for cutting pasta but it is stationary because it is meant for one specific pasta only : Manti
@Saba: Close, the Turkish or Armenian version, manti!
@Tobias: Not for baklava, but could be used to cut phyllo for sure!
@Deana: it is for a noodle, manti; the other pasta cutter have adjustable blades
@Steve: You are right, specifically for manti which is made with pasta dough and stuffed like an open ravioli
@Shreela:Could be used for these purposes I suppose! However here it is for manti only
@Alaiyo: You are right, again it is specificallly for manti
@Liz: You are right too, it will cut the manti into an even square
@Tom: Sorry but love your ideas!
On December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am
Robyn Kalajian says:
Joumana, is there a place to purchase the mantimatik in the US? BTW, I love the name!
On December 29, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Joumana says:
@Robyn: I don’t know since I only found it in Beirut; I would try Armenian delis in Fresno or Glendale in California.
On December 29, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Jamie says:
Although I love Tom’s answer, I’d go for pasta cutter too. Very cool!
On December 30, 2011 at 1:41 am
Joumana says:
@Jamie: It is a pasta cutter for a special pasta, manti
On December 30, 2011 at 4:17 am
Chris at HyeThymeCaf says:
I was thinking papardelle – a very wide noodle. That would have come in very handy when I made Manti. I think I used a pizza wheel, but I tend to wobble when I do that and don’t always get even lines. You could probably use it for halva too, if you inverted it out of the pan first. Or heck, even fudge. Hmmmm … I think I might have to keep an eye out for one of these. 🙂
On December 30, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Magic of Spice says:
I would have guessed to cut pasta…very cool gadget 🙂
On December 30, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Asma says:
It can also used as a herb cutter roller or as a sugar craft tool for strip and ribbon cuttings
On May 25, 2016 at 5:34 am
Joumana says:
@Asma: Great idea, thanks for sharing! 🙂
On May 26, 2016 at 5:05 pm
robertson fontaine says:
i would like to buy one like this
On March 31, 2017 at 10:16 am