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  • Cook's Illustrated

    QUICK TIPS

    Dec 11, 2018 3 minutes
    COMPILED BY ANNIE PETITO

    “Exfoliate” Root Veggies

    Dawn Provenncher of Questa, N.M., has a new way to speedily clean the grime from root vegetables such as potatoes and carrots: She soaks the vegetables briefly in warm water and then dons a clean bath exfoliating glove and rubs away the dirt with her gloved hand.

    Make a Plastic Wrap Pull Tab

    To make a plastic-wrapped sandwich easy to unwrap, Anne Hender–son of Blenheim, Ontario, places the sandwich at a slight

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