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The following items aren’t absolutely mandatory, but they’re certainly nice to have (check out Figure 2-7 for a visual). If you don’t already have these items in your kitchen, add them as you find the need for them. They don’t take up a lot of room, and you’ll find yourself constantly reaching for them when you can.

 Vegetable peeler: Use this for peeling carrots, potatoes, and apples.

 Potato masher: This makes quick work of smashing your cooked fruits or vegetables.

 Lemon juicer: This tool works on any citrus fruit and allows you to extract the juice in a hurry. Just cut your fruit in half, insert the juicer point into the fruit, and press away. Measure your juice and keep seeds and pulp out at the same time by squeezing your fruit into a mesh strainer resting on the edge of a measuring cup.

 Melon baller: With a melon baller, you can easily remove the seeds from a halved cucumber without having the seeds end up all over your kitchen.FIGURE 2-7: Other handy but nonessential items.

 Corer: This tool removes apple cores without damaging the fruit. This is a real timesaver when you’re handling pounds of apples.

 Cherry/olive pitter: There’s nothing better for removing cherry and olive pits. Purchase the size of pitter that holds your fruit size.