hahabogus wrote:
> "Dimitri" > wrote in
> :
>
>> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
>>> seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon.
>>> It does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
>>> tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
>>> kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
>>> addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety
>>> of tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but
>>> can be found in kitchens nonetheless! [Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus
>>> for this one.]
>>>
>>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>> A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach
>> dry. A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
>> To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
>> Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.
>>
>> Dimitri
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>>
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> A potato ricer is also good for squeezing out kraut.
>
Ooooh. And spinach too, I bet. I have a ricer languishing
downstairs....

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Jean B.