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Smart Solutions : Episode SSL-253 -- More Projects »
Mary Hunt, author of Cheapskate Monthly, offers alternatives to buying expensive kitchen gadgets. She shows how to do the same job using a paintbrush, wooden dowel , tiles and a detergent's measuring cup, which also saves money.

Kitchen Gadget Alternatives:
  • Replace a rolling pin with a wooden dowel about 18 inches long from a lumber yard.

  • Use unglazed terracotta tiles as a substitute for a baking stone.

  • A regular paintbrush works just as well as a pastry basting brush.

  • Use a whisk as a pastry blender.

  • Use a detergent cap (boil or put through dishwasher) instead of a measuring cup. You can also use it as a biscuit cutter.

  • Instead of buying a spaghetti measurer, use a film can. If the spaghetti is measured by filling the canister, the pasta, when cooked, serves two.

Resources
Cheapskate Monthly Newsletter
Cheapskate Monthly
PO Box 2135
Paramount, CA 90723
Toll Free Phone: 800-550-3502
URL: www.cheapskatemonthly.com
Guests
Mary Hunt
Editor / Author / Publisher
PO Box 2135
Paramount, CA 90723
Toll Free Phone: 800-550-3502
URL: www.cheapskatemonthly.com
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