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10. Pasta Ladles

The best place to buy is a dollar or budget shop. Product Price on Average: $1–$10* We've all been overlooking a crucial component of the typical spaghetti utensil—the hole in the middle, claims RD.com. Given that the pasta utensil's prongs can become tangled in the spaghetti and take a large amount out at once, it is initially rather functional. Water can filter out through the middle drainage hole.

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Pasta Ladles on Twitter at @CasasHomm But there's more to that central drainage hole than just filtering. It can also be used to gauge the size of a single serving. Once you force as much pasta as possible (all at once) through the opening, you'll have a serving. Typically, dollar or budget retailers such as Dollar Tree offer the lowest prices for ladles.