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Spatulinger
by firebus
01/12/2009 - 17:20
Sam and I were faced with a mostly empty bowl of guacamole.
It had been very good guacamole.
There was a layer of very good guacamole around the inside of the bowl, but the chips all had straight edges that would only scrape a narrow trail of guacamole out.
At that moment Sam invented the spatulinger (although there is some dissent about the name). It's a ring that goes over your little finger, with a thin strip of rubber spatula that is positioned lengthwise on the underside of the finger, to allow the most efficient and discrete scraping of bowls.
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Sounds less efficient than a
Sounds less efficient than a "finger". Or, you know, a latex glove.
What you need is a faboo way to ensure that the bottom of your chip bowl is always filled with sufficient round chips to scoop the remains. Or maybe a moldable bowl that can be turned inside out when you're down to the dregs? I can see the commercial now:
"Isn't it time you got a little payback on the guacamole that's turned you inside out?!? With the Guacabowly, revenge is sweet, AND tasty. Just watch how easy the remaining clumps scoop,scoop,SCOOP AWAY!"
Licky
I lick my plate in restaurants, so I'm with you on the general concept.
But I don't think that my fellow choristers would enjoy watching me finger their guacamole bowls. With the spatulinger, I can swipe a bit for myself, and let someone else swipe a bit for themselves without anyone worrying about cooties.
Latex is a nice idea, but it's not good for the environment (one-use only), usually is covered with a nasty tasting powder, actually tastes nasty even without the powder, etc. etc.
A non-latex finger cot might do the trick, but then it looks just like you're going in with the finger. Or someone wants a prostate exam.
I'm pretty sure that round chips are offensive to wherever it is that tortilla chips are originally from (it's either Mexico or New Mexico IIRC)
However your final suggestion, the soft bowl that inverts for easy scraping, is a real winner. I would always choose this over the spatulinger, although the spatulinger is still necessary when you're invited over to have guacamole at some loser's house and they don't have the guacabowly.
Oooh, and maybe you can add a little rubber ring to the bottom of the bowl so I can wear it on my finger...