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Would you use an Oreo Separator Machine?

Feb 27, 2013 10:05 PM

This Oregon physicist built a machine that savagely separates Oreo cookies with a hatchet and (gasp!) removes the creme filling. Dear God -- why!!? If people really liked the cookies better, why are there Double Stuffs but no Triple Deckers?

Though I have to give him some kudos for the ingenuity, the catch phrase (@1:30) could use a little work. And I guess this guy now needs a new hobby. And maybe a moustache trimmer. Took him 0.04 years (that's two weeks for the rest of us creme-eating mortals). But too bad ladies -- he's taken!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pii4G8FkCA4
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/02/oreo-separator-machine-solves-age-old-cookie-ritual/

bnbsouthworth bnbsouthworth

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The axe is a nice touch.

josefresno josefresno
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"No triple deckers"??? Have you not seen or tasted these:

I didn't know you had to choose between cookie and cream. I thought you took them apart, scraped the cream off with your teeth and ate it first, then finished with the plain cookie. No?

pitamuffin pitamuffin
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Quite an engineering feat, but I can't help but see all of the time and materials involved. I mean seriously, why not just use a butter knife?

jsimsace jsimsace
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Rube Goldberg would be proud!

first2summit first2summit
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There are now "mega stuffed" in the stores.

pooflady pooflady
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Am I the only one who doesn't pull apart their Oreos? I keep 'em whole, but then I'm also a dunker.

lavikinga lavikinga
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@lavikinga: I bet I'm drunker than you! Oh.....you said dunker. :::goes for another beer:::

jsimsace jsimsace
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@pitamuffin: Actually, I had not seen those, at least at the stores here in Michigan. Not a neapolitan fan myself, but these might be interesting for those who are. I have seen the single layer vanilla ones with just chocolate filling. For me, if it's vanilla, Hydrox did it better.

bnbsouthworth bnbsouthworth
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@pitamuffin: Please God, let them sell those in Georgia. (After Lent is over.)

@lavikinga: I eat them whole too, but I'm the only one in my family.

rayray8822 rayray8822
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I will make it my life goal to destroy all machines that would alter or destroy oreos

digitalurbancamo digitalurbancamo
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@pitamuffin: the Triple doubles also come in the chocolate cookie variety, with the regular white cream on one side, and chocolate cream on the other

earlyre earlyre
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oreos are sold WITHOUT the creme in Japan, where the find it "too sweet"

earlyre earlyre
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I do not like the cream in Oreos. It's just too sweet for me. I separate my Oreos slowly so one side is perfectly clean (the key is to give the cookies a slight twist first to break the sugary seal), and then carefully peel off the cream from the other side in one solid piece.

This machine would be a godsend!

ETA I'm not Japanese, but I am Asian. We tend to find a lot of Western desserts/snacks too sweet. I also take the frosting and icing off from most cakes/cupcakes.

thewronggrape thewronggrape
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@bnbsouthworth: I agree,, Hydrox did it sooo much better!

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