# Baste me, baby! (I need a good home pregnancy tool, errr... a baster) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471 "2003-05-06T18:50:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/1 "2003-05-06T18:50:54Z")
A baster. A turkey baster. That squirty thing. The home surrogate pregnancy kit. Whatever you call it, I need a new one. I’m tired of buying the cheapies at the grocery store, only to have the rubber bulb crack and no longer work right when you need them. What I’m envisioning is something in perhaps a silicone rubber that might screw onto the tube, rather than the natural (?) rubber that sort of snaps over the ridges and cracks. The whole thing needs to be readily and repeatably disassembled and dishwasher-proof. I don’t need injector needles or calibrated measurements - I just need a good long-lasting thing to suck juice out of a pan and squirt it back onto whatever’s cooking. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/2 "2003-05-06T19:02:08Z")
[sub]I’m so, so frightened of this post.[/sub] Do you seriously want something for home impregnation or is this just a little joke? [sub]Still frightened, so frightened. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/3 "2003-05-06T19:06:05Z")
I’m confused. Are you basting a turkey or shoving semen into your uterus? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/4 "2003-05-06T19:09:17Z")
Either way, try a restaurant supply store. They should have the hardcore stuff. But sterilize it first. (The baster, not the turkey or your uterus.) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/5 "2003-05-06T19:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanibelMan \* > \*\*I’m confused. Are you basting a turkey or shoving semen into your uterus? \*\* \ Nope… no uterus, so it’s turkeys I seek to baste. You all have dirty minds! (I kinda like that, actually!) ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/6 "2003-05-06T22:42:34Z")
[http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=134392](http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=134392) ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/7 "2003-05-06T22:44:45Z")
I just noticed you are in SF. There is a great cooking store called Sur La Table on Maiden Street (?). Go there! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/8 "2003-05-06T23:53:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gotpasswords \* > \*\* > You all have dirty minds! (I kinda like that, actually!) \*\* I guess we’re “baste”-tards. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/9 "2003-05-07T00:00:50Z")
I’ve never understood the need for turkey basters; Why won’t a spoon or small ladle work just as well? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/10 "2003-05-07T00:19:21Z")
I’ve never basted a turkey, but I use mine to degrease browned ground beef. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/11 "2003-05-07T02:32:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I’ve never understood the need for turkey basters; Why won’t a spoon or small ladle work just as well? \*\* If your turkey (or other roast) is on a rack, it is pretty much impossible to get at the juices with a spoon. Also, if the pan is crowded, a baster is much less awkward. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/12 "2003-05-07T03:37:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I’ve never understood the need for turkey basters; Why won’t a spoon or small ladle work just as well? \*\* [slight hijack] I used to work outdoors, from my car. One of the best things in my toolbox was the turkey baster. That puppy can really suck up the water fast, from any ridiculous angle. If you ever have to get at anything in a hole after a rain storm, bring your turkey baster. [/hijack] I’m afraid I can’t answer the OP, though. I always went for the cheap versions…no point filling a nice baster with parking lot runoff. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baste-me-baby-i-need-a-good-home-pregnancy-tool-errr-a-baster/173471/13 "2003-05-08T00:14:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bad News Baboon \* > \*\*I just noticed you are in SF. > > There is a great cooking store called Sur La Table on Maiden Street (?). > Go there! \*\* For reference, it’s Maiden Lane, and I went there today, and they weren’t there. They’re shut down for a building seismic upgrade, which has apparently gone longer than anticipated. I’m not going over to their other store in Berkely just for a baster!