Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Asparagus pot

By: Erin Doland of Unclutterer.com, The O Myth Recap | The Home Office Organizer

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:55:02 +0000

[...] people are defensive about their asparagus pots [...]

By: Phil B

Phil B — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:11:40 +0000

I cook our asparagus dry on a ridged frying pan.

By: Kathy in MD

Kathy in MD — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:28:51 +0000

I use the asparagus pot to make old-fashioned New England brown bread. Mom always made it in a coffee can but I read that coffee cans aren’t always lead-free and I couldn’t figure out any other alternative. This asparagus pot does double-duty in our household.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:08:20 +0000

Take a few stainless knives and place in the bottom of a pan with a little water. Place the asparagus on the knives. Steam. Multitasking!

By: Lee2706

Lee2706 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:12:16 +0000

Total unitasker, written in jest or not. I love me some Williams-Sonoma because I like to cook, but I make a real effort to look at how many ways I can use something before it enters the kitchen.

The pineapple slicer, mango slicer, mozzarella slicer – all are crap. So are all these asparagus gadgets. Besides, if you roast the asparagus on a sheet pan, you get better tasting veggies.

By: chocolatecrunch

chocolatecrunch — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:55:57 +0000

waste of precious bucks.
thanks so much for your info
i hope it will open the eyes of a lot of people.

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:36:11 +0000

I use my electric steamer for cooking asparagus. It’s one of the few cooking gadgets that I really do recommend because it sees a lot of use in our kitchen. It’s easy to use and clean and I’ve noticed we’re eating more veg than we used to and because the veg tastes better, we’re using less salt too.

By: Adam Snider

Adam Snider — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:26:20 +0000

Hmm…I just steam my asparagus. I find it tastes better that way. So, even if I actually thought that this ridiculous unitasker was a good idea, I would have no reason to buy it.

By: Isabeau

Isabeau — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:46:15 +0000

$158.95 worth of clutter to cook a vegetable you eat with your fingers?

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:20:15 +0000

I bought a steamer almost identical to the All-Clad Stainless-Steel Asparagus Pot at Target for half the cost of that one. The pull-out wire mesh basket makes it a great small-volume vegetable steamer, not just for asparagus.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:26:47 +0000

It is also the perfect size to chill a bottle of wine.

By: Jonathan Skaines

Jonathan Skaines — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:56:09 +0000

Do they have a gadget to make asparagus stop your pee from smelling? THAT would be something! LOL

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:52:13 +0000

This just seems like yet another way to clutter my kitchen.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:31:32 +0000

I agree with Erin – I got the pot and use it just as much for steaming artichokes, blanching tomatoes etc, as I do for asparagus. And – before I bought – I made sure it would fit inside my tall stockpot, at least minimizing it’s foot print.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:25:08 +0000

One of the genius moves of the consumerist marketing culture is convincing people that they need a separate tool for every food item. Garlic presses, egg poachers, egg strainers, egg peelers, those little doohickeys for corn-on-the-cob, and now. . . asparagus. I mean, reuse a jar. It’s madness.

By: Erin at Unclutterer

Erin at Unclutterer — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:32:29 +0000

I actually like the asparagus pot because it’s good for cooking corn on the cob and a handful of other vegetables beyond asparagus. However, the asparagus tools that you linked to, Matt, made me laugh … because apparently a regular spatula and set of tongs Just. Won’t. Do.

Ha!