On Feb 11, 2:14*pm, Michael OConnor > wrote:
> On Feb 11, 11:42*am, wrote:
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> > For bird's-nest pudding, I need to make a hole to put the brown sugar in. Clearly, I don't want the hole to go all the way through. I don't have a regular apple corer, but the ones I've seen at Google Images don't really look any better than my peeler. In short, I can only do it slowly and carefully - with a paring knife if I want enough room. Got any other ideas?
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> A Melon Baller will work.

So will a plain old spoon.