"Omelet" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
>> Om wrote:
>>
>>> What "hardware" tools would you consider converting to kitchen
>>> tools?
>>>
>>> For me, I already have a dedicated hacksaw for cooking, (it's
>>> mainly for cutting bones) along with a blow torch. The torch has
>>> been used for glazing and singing. (I find it amusing that singing
>>> as in song is spelled the same as singing as in burning pinfeathers
>>> off. <g>)
>>>
>>> I'm considering a drywall/spackling tool for spreading, or maybe a
>>> small trowel. At the moment, I use a good rubber spatula but I'm
>>> wondering if something metal might not be more efficient.
>>>
>>> A hardware store might be fertile ground for kitchen gadgets?
>>
>>
>> I use a rubber mallet to help cut into hard vegetables (big
>> rutabagas and hard-skinned squashes in particular).
>
> It's easier on the back of the knife than a hammer. <g>
>
>>
>> Needle-nosed pliers are good for removing the pin bones from salmon.
>
> OH yes! I use fishing plyers.
>
I don't fish but I'd forgotten that use for needle-nosed pliers, not
that I keep a special pair. Tweezers, even the large ones I use for
electronic work, don't gripfirmly enough.


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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland