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1/14/2011

Progressive International Portion Scoop Review

Progressive International Portion ScoopAn excellent size for baking but useless for ice cream. First time I used the scoop to serve ice cream the semicircle that should clear the ice cream from the scoop pivoted out of position and stayed there. I was able to push it back with my thumb. I wouldn't use with anything heavier than cookie dough.

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Product Description:
Progressive International is your source for the widest range of functional, inventive, and fun kitchen tools and great ideas put into practice. Our in-house designers spend hours in the kitchen coming up with ways to improve on a variety of traditional tasks and tools. Established in 1973, our commitment to quality and service allows us to offer a broad selection of quality kitchenware and other household products. This stainless steel multipurpose scoop features easy release levers that work perfectly for ice cream, sorbet, cookie dough, melons and more..75 oz capacity.Dishwasher safe.

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12/11/2010

Norpro Scoop Stainless Steel, 35MM (1 Tablespoon) Review

Norpro Scoop Stainless Steel, 35MMI have had this tool for a few years now and it continues to work just fine.

It is a nice little multi-tasker.I have used this tool for the following tasks:
1.Cookies of exactly the same size, even baking
2.Chocolate truffles
3.Cheesecake balls to be dipped in chocolate
4.Ice cream balls also to be dipped in chocolate
5.Melon balls
6.Goat cheese balls to be baked or rolled in herbs or nuts
7.Scooping Risotto for fried risotto balls
8.Perfect bite size meatballs
9.Gnudi (Italian Ricotta and Spinach dumplings)
10.Spingi (Italian doughnuts)

I now cannot imagine baking cookies without this little tool.It is so nice to have all the cookies be exactly the same size.It makes baking much more pleasurable.

This tool has so many uses.Whenever it is helpful to have products turn out the same size (bite sized) I grab this little tool from the drawer.I come up with new uses for this tool every month.

I am not certain what lubrication one of the other reviewers is referring to.There is no lubrication on this tool that I can find.As long as it is clean (no dough or other gunk dried in the sweep mechanism) it works fine.I make certain to drop it in a mug of hot soapy water as soon as I am finished with it to make certain that nothing gums up the sweep mechanism.After 5 minutes a quick hand wash and it is ready to go back into the drawer.

I highly recommend this product to anyone that loves to cook.

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Product Description:
Scoop dainty portions of ice cream, dough for tiny tea cookies or make meatballs with this 35mm stainless steel scoop. The powerful spring-action handle slides a band across the bottom of the bowl, easily releasing the food while preserving its molded round shape. Made of heavy-duty 18/8 stainless steel, this multi-use tool is polished to a mirror finish and is easy to cleansimply pop it in the dishwasher. Scoop volume is 1/3 oz., or 70 scoops per quart. Made in USA.

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11/15/2010

Norpro Stainless Steel Scoop, 50MM (3 Tablespoon) Review

Norpro Stainless Steel Scoop, 50MMFinally, an ice cream scoop that gets the ice cream out of its container AND then out of the scoop into the dish. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Should be -- but this is the first scoop design I've ever used that managed both with equal ease. Most of the old-fashioned ones had a release mechanism that got the ice cream into the dish pretty well, but needed tons of hot water and the strength of 10 men and a boy to get the goodie out of its native container. More recent versions have made the container-to-scoop process less of a herculean task, but need the assistance of finger or other appendage to make it the rest of the way to the bowl.
This delightful object has solved both problems. In addition, it's a God-send for baking cookies. I operate a virtual cookie factory every Christmas and have tried many techniques to speed the dough-to-baking pan transfer. Last year, I saw this scoop and its smaller (2 teaspoon) sibling at a kitchen supply place and purchased both. I was able to bang through all my drop cookies in record time -- hurrah!
Whether ice cream or cookie baking is your passion, I can't think of a better way to spend 10 bucks!
Enjoy!

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Product Description:
Spring-action stainless steel scoop - 8.5" - 3 Tablespoons, 1.5 oz, 50mm 24 scoops per quart.

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