March 18, 2010 – 1:00 pm | by admin

[ Photographs: Sur La Table ] More Gadgetry Universal Nonstick Silicone Lid » All Gadgets reviews » It’s easy to overlook the Brown Sugar Saver and Ceramic Pot Minder , two of the smallest—and cheapest—tools you’ll find at Sur La Table ($3 each). With such a small price tag and basically zero storage space, there’s practically nothing to stop you from buying them. But are they at all useful? One is. The Ceramic Pot Minder proposes to watch over the stove and prevent your pots’ contents from boiling over, specifying starchy goods like potatoes and pasta as its most useful applications. The little circle is heat treated so that it doesn’t affect the taste of your foodstuffs, but how it works is beyond me. The Brown Sugar Saver , on the other hand, makes sense. Soak the terracotta tile for 15 minutes, pat it dry, and the remaining moisture will very, very slowly keep your brown sugar from hardening. So which of the two works? I’ll tell you this much: the Brown Sugar Saver does wonders. The difference between two bags of brown sugar, …
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