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  2. List of food preparation utensils - Wikipedia

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    Butcher's twine, Cooking twine, Kitchen string, Kitchen twine: For trussing roasts of meat or poultry. Twine must be cotton—never synthetic—and must be natural—never bleached—in order to be "food grade". Whisk: Balloon whisk, gravy whisk, flat whisk, flat coil whisk, bell whisk, and other types.

  3. Cotton picker - Wikipedia

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    The first harvesters were only capable of harvesting one row of cotton at a time, but were still able to replace up to forty hand laborers. The current cotton picker is a self-propelled machine that removes cotton lint and seed (seed-cotton) from the plant at up to six rows at a time. There are two types of pickers in use today.

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  5. Cotton - Wikipedia

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    Until mechanical cotton pickers were developed, cotton farmers needed additional labor to hand-pick cotton. Picking cotton was a source of income for families across the South. Rural and small town school systems had split vacations so children could work in the fields during "cotton-picking." [57]

  6. Hidden Uses for Common Household Products Most People Don't ...

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    1. Tennis Ball. Tennis balls are so useful that you may want to buy some to keep around the house even if you don’t play. For example, half a tennis ball can help screw open tight caps.

  7. Pickling - Wikipedia

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    A jar of pickled cucumbers (front) and a jar of pickled onions (back). Pickling is the process of preserving or extending the shelf life of food by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar.

  8. Tongs - Wikipedia

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    Common fire-tongs, used for picking up pieces of coal and placing them on a fire without burning fingers or getting them dirty are of this type. Tongs for grilling, and tongs for serving salad or spaghetti are kitchen utensils of the same type. They provide a way to move, rotate and turn the food with delicate precision, or fetch a full serving ...

  9. Cotton gin - Wikipedia

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    A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine" [1] [2] —is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. [3] The separated seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil .