Don’t leave your tongs out by the grill, as they are one of the most useful and versatile cooking tools to have in your kitchen. In my house, they come in a very close second to chopsticks, which I cook with everyday. Like chopsticks, they make it easy to delicately flip and turn food with precision. But unlike chopsticks, there’s no learning curve, so anyone can use tongs for easier, simpler cooking.
Besides the more obvious ways of using tongs to toss salads, pasta, and stir-fries, you can also use tongs to ream citrus, to get those hard-to-reach objects in your upper cabinets, to toast… more
Sig Nordal 