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TIPical Mary Ellen host Mary Ellen Pinkham shares alternative uses for kitchen tools.

  • Fill an oven bag with rice and use as a pie weight (figure A).

  • A pasta spoon can come in handy as a slotted ladle (figure B).

  • Use a dish rack as a veggie strainer.

  • A grapefruit spoon can double as a tomato corer.

  • Use a corkscrew to hold potatoes steady when peeling them.

  • A mortar and pestle works great for making guacamole.

  • Use a potato peeler as a makeshift screwdriver.
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