{"id":4894,"date":"2016-04-24T09:38:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T15:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pantryparatus.com\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2016-04-24T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T18:35:35","slug":"10-uses-kitchen-twine-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pantryparatus.com\/articles\/10-uses-kitchen-twine-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Uses for Kitchen Twine–in the Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a few things you just don\u2019t touch in Mama\u2019s kitchen: her scissors, her wooden spoon, and her kitchen twine.\u00a0 Sure, kitchen twine can serve useful purposes beyond the kitchen but\u2014get your own.<\/p>\n

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#1:\u00a0 Use kitchen twine for roasting meat<\/h2>\n

I use it to tie the legs together on turkey, chicken, and duck.\u00a0 This helps hold the legs close to the body of the animal to keep them from drying out, and to keep them from dripping messes beyond the confines of the roasting pan.<\/p>\n

I also love to use it on stuffed tenderloin and other tasty meats (spinach rolled in steak, chicken cordon bleu, and other fancy-schmancy stuff I made for houseguests before the kids came along).<\/p>\n

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#2: Use kitchen twine for drying Herbs the old-fashioned way<\/h2>\n

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Truthfully, I generally use my dehydrator nearly exclusively because I really like the cleanliness of it.\u00a0 However, I have used kitchen twine to string together hot peppers and hang clumps of rosemary.\u00a0 It\u2019s the romantic in me, I guess.<\/p>\n

#3: Use kitchen twine for homemade sausages and meat packages<\/h2>\n

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We do some of our own meat butchering and curing.\u00a0 We do use a lot of tape for freezer packages, but the twine is so handy for hanging meats and bundling foods.<\/p>\n

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#4: Use kitchen twine to make hanging loops<\/h2>\n

I have had to track down missing twine that has made it\u2019s way to the garage, but I\u2019ve used it this way in my kitchen, too.\u00a0 Keeping your most beloved tools at hand sometimes means hanging them by the stove.<\/p>\n

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#5: Use kitchen twine for food presentation<\/h2>\n

There is nothing overly practical about using twine on a sandwich; you\u2019d use a reusable sandwich container for the lunchbox, sure.\u00a0 But friends coming over for a light lunch?\u00a0 On the patio?\u00a0 It\u2019s downright charming, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n

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#6 Create a table centerpiece with kitchen twine<\/h2>\n

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This twine-wrapped bundle of cinnamon sticks, centered on burlap with some scattered oranges lends a rustic charm\u2014especially in the fall or near the holidays.\u00a0 If you have to decorate a room full of tables on the cheap, it\u2019s totally the way to go any time of year!<\/p>\n

#7: Wrap kitchen twine around fabric-topped canning jars<\/h2>\n
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We have far more food storage than space; I\u2019ve had to make good use of every nook & cranny, without making things look, well, awkward.\u00a0 In our last home, every kitchen cupboard was lined with jars of canned and dehydrated foods.\u00a0 I covered each with fabric and kitchen twine!\u00a0 It was often a conversation piece\u2014people never really believed that I had that much<\/em> food.\u00a0 It was cute and made an otherwise undecorated space appear finished.<\/p>\n

#8: Wrap presents and attach trinkets with kitchen twine<\/h2>\n

The best received gift I ever gave : I directed a homeschool program and needed gifts for 4 tutors.\u00a0 Being food-obsessed and the owner of Pantry Paratus, I just had to give my favorite cookbook (Soup Night).\u00a0 I wrapped in red Christmas paper, and then attached the long-handled bamboo spoon <\/a>using kitchen twine.\u00a0 Everyone commented as much on the presentation of each gift as they did the gift itself!<\/p>\n

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#9: Use kitchen twine in place settings<\/h2>\n

I had cute napkin rings.\u00a0 Once.\u00a0 I have no idea what happened to those between the moves.\u00a0 Eh.\u00a0 I\u2019m not spending the money again, so instead\u2026just wrap the silverware and napkin in twine!\u00a0 Back to that whole rustic elegance thing.\u00a0 One day we might say that it was SOOO turn-of-the-century.\u00a0 But for now, it\u2019s beautiful and frugal.<\/p>\n

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#10: You will need kitchen twine for hanging onions<\/h2>\n

For the peppers I mentioned above, I used an oversized sewing needle on twine and strung those together.\u00a0 For garlic, you use the actual garlic green and braid.\u00a0 But for onions, you will need good, strong, kitchen twine.<\/p>\n[youtube_sc url=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/OhLnD0JEDkk” color=”white” theme=”light” modestbranding=”1″ rel=”0″ nocookie=”1″]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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