USE #1 Emptying a Soap Bottle
Most cooks like to keep a pump soap dispenser near the kitchen sink for hand washing. But it’s wasteful to discard the last drops of soap that always collect in the bottom of the bottle. Here’s a fast, neat way to get the soap from one bottle to another. Simply insert a long chopstick into the neck of the newer bottle and invert the older bottle on top. The soap will cling to the chopstick and trickle down more readily.
USE #2 Making Impromptu Ravioli
Jonesing for ravioli, but don’t have any homemade pasta sheets on hand? Use store-bought wonton wrappers instead. Just place one wrapper on a work surface, spoon some homemade filling on top, and brush the edges of the wrapper with a little water. Then cover with a second wrapper and use the tines of a fork to seal shut the edges of the ravioli. Make sure that the seal is tight so that the filling won’t leak out while the ravioli are being cooked.
USE #3 Creating a Simple Slicing Guide
Put your wooden chopsticks to work as a guide when cutting decorative fans to use as a garnish. Place a chopstick on a cutting board (straight-sided chopsticks work best), then position the item, such as a strawberry, in front of the chopstick. Holding the chopstick and the garnish with one hand, slice through until the knife hits the chopstick. Continue making ⅛-inch-thick slices, fanning the slices on a plate.
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If you buy Method hand soaps, you don’t have this problem. Most manufacturers trim the tube that goes inside the bottle so it doesn’t reach the bottom. Hence that undispensed soap. Method leaves theirs long — when the pump stops dispensing, It’s because there’s no more soap.
NOT A PAID ENDORSEMENT, just a really good and honorable way of doing business. And no waste.
Besides, you’ll never get the soap out of that chopstick again, so, one chopstick down…