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Kitchen Companions

Author: Monica Skrautvol
Issue: March, 2008, Page 116
Photo by David B. Moore
1. Oven-safe tortilla warmers keep tortillas toasty before serving. 
2. Leave citrus seeds and pulp behind with a cast-iron lime squeezer. 
3. Place this grill on top of a burner to dry-roast peppers and other ingredients. 
4. A stirrer, or molinillo, produces froth in a cup of Mexican hot chocolate. 
5. Used to grind corn, crush spices and prepare guacamole, the molcajete and tejolete—or mortar and pestle—are fashioned from porous volcanic rock, which gives the combo a rough surface that is ideal for grinding. 
6. The griddle-like comal quickly heats quesadillas and more. 
7. A nifty scooper creates equal-size slices of avocado.  8. Homemade tortillas are a snap with a tortilla press.  9. Clean the grill, comal and molcajete with a natural bristle brush,

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