On Aug 8, 12:21*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in messagenews:416i94p3cucn1okgl2f3rnk6qkadeu9k7t@4ax .com...
>
> >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

Hey- I love the kneenex idea- thanks!!!