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Williams Sonoma for egg molds?!?!

How did I make this barnyard snack bento for my son without a traditional rice ball mold or egg mold?

Barnyard Snack Bento for Toddler

So my bento fixation is getting worse, and I’ve been browsing shops all over San Francisco looking for bento accessories in unexpected places. I wandered into Williams-Sonoma seeking inspiration. Usually I walk out empty-handed because of their prices, but full of ideas of things to buy somewhere cheaper. And then I saw these ice cream sandwich molds in cute shapes.

Molds

At first I thought, $14 for three molds that you’d only use a few times a year? Uh, pass. Then I realized that they could do quadruple-duty as cookie cutters, onigiri (rice ball) molds and boiled egg shapers for a child’s lunches. Perfect!!! Maybe even Alton Brown would approve — not a uni-tasker!

This is what the finished ice cream sandwiches are supposed to look like with the molds:

Ice cream sandwiches

Each mold consists of three pieces, with a cookie-cutter portion, little cap for the bottom, and a shaped plunger with a raised plastic design to create the pattern (giving you the cow face, etc.).

Molds

I figured they’d work just fine as ice cream sandwich molds, cookie cutters, and onigiri molds, but I was most curious about how they’d do as hard-boiled egg shapers. You may have seen these crazy gadgets before (photo below): you hard-boil an egg, peel it while it’s hot, pop it into a plastic mold while it’s still hot and pliant, and click the lid shut. Dump the whole thing into cold water for 10 minutes, and you’ve got an egg that looks like a rabbit head or a star. Only thing is, they’re hard to come by outside Japan, and they don’t seem to have many other uses:

Molds for hard-boiled eggs

I boiled three eggs, peeled them while they were still very hot, and plopped them into the wet molds. But because these molds weren’t originally designed for eggs, they don’t have little latches to keep everything closed tightly around the egg while it chills in water. I improvised by looping a thick rubber band around the plunger & mold to apply even pressure. Here they are taking a cold bath:

Molds

Fresh out of the mold, this is what they look like:

Molded eggs, undyed

The star and pig shapes turned out okay, but the cow shape would have been better had I used extra-large or jumbo eggs instead of large. Had to be careful removing the plunger from the face of the egg. Next time I may spray the face of the plunger with a little Pam (vegetable oil spray) before putting the egg in the mold.

Deciding to dye the star and the pig eggs, I filled a couple of ramekins halfway with cold water and mixed in a little food coloring (blue and red). Left them in for a few minutes until they got to a color I liked.

Molded eggs in dye

Voila! Dyed, molded eggs from an ice cream sandwich maker!!!

Dyed, molded eggs

I looked around on the web for other places to find them, and found Tovolo ice cream sandwich molds on Amazon.com slightly cheaper, and in additional designs. Mission accomplished! (July 2007 EDIT: Evidently WalMart is now selling the cow/pig set for US$5, and Williams Sonoma has the three-piece set back in stores on sale for US$10. Full update here.)

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100 Responses to “Williams Sonoma for egg molds?!?!”

  1. bittenbefore Says:
    June 23rd, 2006 at 6:17 am

    thank you for sharing!
    i’ll definetely be getting some!

  2. we_like_you Says:
    June 23rd, 2006 at 10:37 am

    I came here from the bento community and I am SO EXCITED!!! I want to start molding eggs so bad…. and making ice crem sandwiches. MMM

  3. ss_biggie Says:
    June 24th, 2006 at 1:25 am

    Go for it!!! The next thing I thought I’d try with them is laying the little plastic cap on top of some white rice, and sprinkling furikake (or soboro, or sakura denbu) all around it so that there’s a cutout shape of one of the barnyard animals left. Can them decorate the face left on the white rice left clean after I remove the plastic cap. Woo hoo — maybe the molds can do quintuple duty?!

  4. anonymous Says:
    June 24th, 2006 at 3:02 am

    I love..no I adore the Icecreams BUT the Molded Eggs Oh My Goodness this was totally to much cutness….its made me think of other things I can use as molds now
    CHeers http://devoted.to/craftycow

  5. sheiscrafty Says:
    June 26th, 2006 at 4:26 am

    ohh thanks for the tutorial on this. really cute♥

  6. shiromaguro Says:
    July 12th, 2006 at 5:38 pm

    I found some on ebay! here and here.

  7. akaxnonentity Says:
    September 14th, 2006 at 6:48 am

    Oh, wow. Thanks for sharing this :)

  8. lulong Says:
    January 10th, 2007 at 7:45 pm

    OOo, thank you for sharing! I found you in Flickr.

    I just found the whole egg molding thing today, and I just ordered my first set of molds! I can’t wait for them to come in!

    I had wondered if one could use other molding things if all the sides were solid, you answered my question. Thank you!

    Can’t wait to mold some eggs!

  9. ss_biggie Says:
    January 12th, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    You know, one of the first egg molds I saw was clear plastic and supposed to make SQUARE (i.e. cube) eggs! And I recently saw someone who used four chopsticks around a warm, freshly shelled egg (rubber bands to keep everything in place) to create little flowers when you slice the egg. More power to multi-taskers in the kitchen! Let me know if you have a brainstorm — I love to accumulate little kitchen tips.

  10. conceptual_tea Says:
    February 20th, 2007 at 1:08 pm

    I put the star/heart/weirdshaped thingie on amazon in my wish list :)

  11. ss_biggie Says:
    February 20th, 2007 at 8:07 pm

    They’ve held up really well — plus they’re good for more than just eggs. Hooray multitaskers!

  12. conceptual_tea Says:
    February 21st, 2007 at 5:28 am

    Alton Brown would be proud :)

  13. anonymous Says:
    March 27th, 2007 at 4:50 pm

    This is a great idea! Thanks so much for putting it out there on the WEB!

  14. anonymous Says:
    March 27th, 2007 at 7:27 pm

    Way too cute. I’ll have to get some of those multi-purpose ice cream molds. :D Thanks for the tip.
    Michelle

  15. la_monday Says:
    April 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    how long do you boil your eggs for?

  16. ss_biggie Says:
    April 2nd, 2007 at 11:20 pm

    I use the Cooks’ Illustrated method: put eggs in cold water to cover, bring to a boil, then shut off heat. Cover and let sit in the hot water for 10 minutes. Take them out and put in cold water for 10 minutes (or in the case of the molded eggs, shell them hot, pop them in the molds, and drop them in the cold water bath for 10 minutes). Perfect every time, no overcooking (and nasty greenish ring around the yolk).

  17. trekkiegrrrl Says:
    April 4th, 2007 at 4:42 am

    Wow, that was a clever idea! I love when things have several uses, and this is truly a multi-purpose tool! I’ll start looking for those as I’m a sucker for cute shaping tools :o)

  18. sff_corgi Says:
    April 20th, 2007 at 6:17 pm

    I got a set of the Tovalo molds, but even with jumbo eggs, I had problems getting the egg to fill the mold and shape properly. For one, the white cracked open on me. I made sure the eggs were still hot (ouch ouch fingers!), too. What might I be doing wrong?

    A problem I’ve already figured out: Instead of rubber bands, I tried using my cast-iron frypan as a weight, since it could cover all three molds simultaneously. I had crookedness problems because of that - the plungers didn’t stay level. Scratch that method.

    I just got my first ‘regular’ egg mold and haven’t tried that one yet, but I can see the difference in volume easily, so I think my egg-fish’ll be more successful.

  19. ss_biggie Says:
    April 21st, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    Probable cause of the white cracking open: too much weight on the stopper. Play with different thicknesses of rubber bands — I find that a thick blue one from broccoli or asparagus is perfect when looped over onto itself once. The rubber band also gives you good control over level/crookedness — play around with it.

  20. sff_corgi Says:
    April 21st, 2007 at 10:32 pm

    Heh, figures I was excessive. What about my fill problem, though?

  21. ss_biggie Says:
    April 21st, 2007 at 10:42 pm

    Which shape mold did you have the fill problem with, and how did you orient the egg inside of it? (i.e. pointy side facing where?)

  22. sff_corgi Says:
    April 21st, 2007 at 11:23 pm

    All three, actually - those being the star-heart-squircle set (with, I think I mentioned, jumbo eggs). I think… [tries to remember] I might have tried putting them in vertically? I’m not sure.

  23. ss_biggie Says:
    April 22nd, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    I can’t speak to the heart or squircle (LJ user telophase can, though), but I can address the star. All of the Japanese egg molds I have came with directions about which way to point the egg for best results. With the star I’ve had the best luck pointing the pointy side straight up toward the plunger while it’s still hot and pliable. I’ll try another batch this week.

  24. sff_corgi Says:
    April 22nd, 2007 at 3:17 pm

    I’ll try again myself when I can get some more eggs (I’ve run a bit short). And I’ll look up Telophase’s LJ, too, thank you.

  25. ss_biggie Says:
    April 22nd, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    Oh, and another thought on another possible cause of the white cracking open. If you had *perhaps* over-boiled the eggs, it would have caused the white to become hard and rubbery (and given the yolk a greenish ring around the outside). The white wouldn’t be as pliant as a more lightly-boiled egg and would be more prone to cracking. Just in case this is the case, you might try the Cook’s Illustrated method for hard-boiling eggs that I use: put raw eggs in a pot with cold water to cover. Bring to a boil, immediately turn off heat and cover. Let rest in the hot water for 10 minutes. Peel the eggs and put in the mold, then give a 10-minute bath in ice water. Unmold carefully.

  26. sff_corgi Says:
    April 22nd, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    I’ll give it a try! I have to find a rubber band or two first (aside from the egg shortage)….

  27. bbbsg Says:
    April 26th, 2007 at 6:07 am

    thank you for posting this!
    i got the ice cream sandwich molds the other day (impulse buy) and i immediately started using them as rice molds instead. it had not occurred to me to use them as egg molds too, but then i found your tutorial while googling for egg molds. yay!

  28. ss_biggie Says:
    April 26th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

    Wonderful! Welcome!

  29. anonymous Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 1:20 am

    I absolutely love it. And I love that you take all the time & energy to do this wonderful stuff and keep life from getting boring and drab and routine…I admit I laughed at your slogan ’saving you time in the morning’, because to slothful, disorganized people like me ’saving time in the morning’ means forgetting to pack a lunch. I really admire what you’re doing here and feel, dare I say, inspired to try it myself. Thanks!! :-) -Kate

  30. hokuopio Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 11:00 am

    you combined two of my favorite things: Alton Brown and Food Shaped like Food.

  31. caf_pow Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 11:02 am

    oh my gosh, absolutely amazing! i think you are a bona fide bento genius :D

  32. ss_biggie Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 1:53 pm

    Thanks Kate! Hmm, maybe I should rethink the “saving you time in the morning” slogan. Any ideas?

  33. ss_biggie Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    Alton rocks! I just caught the Good Eats “Behind the Scenes” special from last year and saw how they film the show — fascinating!

  34. ss_biggie Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    Thanks caf_pow! Genius, maybe not. Cheap, definitely!

  35. anonymous Says:
    May 17th, 2007 at 1:34 am

    I’m thinking more along the lines of ‘developing your child’s inner gourmet’ or ‘peanut butter: it’s not for lunch any more’. Ahh, when I think back to my paper bag school lunches with the warm yogurt, the smooshed banana and the peanut butter graham crackers…(sigh). I hope your kid is thanking you! :-)

  36. icamon Says:
    May 17th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    wow, that is just really awesome. i’d much rather eat hard boiled eggs shaped like a star or a cute little piggie! :)

  37. ss_biggie Says:
    May 18th, 2007 at 4:12 am

    My two-year-old agrees with you! :-)

  38. ss_biggie Says:
    May 18th, 2007 at 4:22 am

    Nice! I’ll rethink the tag line along your lines… Add it to a long list of to-dos (I’m starting to work on a standalone website as well).

  39. chiisai_bara Says:
    June 16th, 2007 at 10:52 am

    I know this is coming late but I’ll have to say, “Well done, Biggie!” Also, I was wondering if the ice-cream molds can be used to make jellies/puddings? I’m not sure how tight they are to hold liquids but it works for the egg molds. :)

  40. Biggie Says:
    June 16th, 2007 at 10:53 pm

    Thanks chiisai_bara! (little rose?) I haven’t made jellies or puddings before, so I can’t speak from experience. But the bottoms are very secure and the tops seem secure as well. How tight does the seal need to be for jellies/puddings? Watertight?

  41. chiisai_bara Says:
    June 24th, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    Sorry this reply is coming a bit late. I didn’t realise you’d replied. Well, I don’t think the top needs to be really secure or sealed at all. You know how the egg molds are like? I made jellies with them opened (ie. you pour the jelly mixture into the molds with it opened and get 2 half bear faces - a bit like when you slice the molded egg in half when it’s done). I hope my explanation is somewhat clear enough..

  42. J Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 5:44 am

    Genius! Thanks for posting this!

  43. annie Says:
    June 28th, 2007 at 8:42 am

    http://www.day-lab.com/products.php?p=1073

    Would these work as “bling-bling” egg molds?

  44. Biggie Says:
    June 28th, 2007 at 10:35 am

    *gasp* How wonderful! Not knowing their exact size, it’s hard to say, but similar concept! Those’d certainly work as jelly/jello molds, though.

  45. queenkimie Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    So Cool! I found some today at Walmart for $5!!!!!!!!

  46. Biggie Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    @45 from queenkimie:
    Score! I did a quick shopping update last Thursday with info on other places to get them (Walmart set of cow/pig for $5, Williams Sonoma currently has a sale of cow/pig/star for $10) — just edited the post above to include a link to that. The molds work really well for me; I’m pleased with them.

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    August 1st, 2007 at 9:27 am

    Very creative.

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    August 2nd, 2007 at 2:23 am

    @50 from Jamie:
    Thanks, Jamie!

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  58. C Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 12:09 pm

    THANK YOU. I was traveling in Taiwan, and I bought the fish and car shaped egg molds at a japanese shop. however, i don’t read a bit of japanese. When I finally got home in the states, I cracked open a raw egg, filled the mold, and threw it into a pot of water to boil. Of course I know plastic + heat = bad, but I couldn’t think of any other way. Anyway, it definitely did not work as the egg seeped out of the mold and left me a nice mess to deal with. But just a few minutes ago, I stumbled upon your website from yumsugar, and can finally use my molds the correct way! Thank you so much =)

  59. Biggie Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 11:30 pm

    @58 from C:
    I was puzzled the first time I saw a photo of molded eggs — seeing photos of the molds was only marginally helpful as I didn’t have the molds and thought they were too pricey on eBay. Glad the timing worked out for you to find this post!!!

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    August 5th, 2007 at 3:02 am

    Thanks for the tutorial! I have seen both sets in Wal-Mart all summer and wondered if they would work as egg molds!

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  63. Catarina Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 2:09 pm

    I love all that you do! All seems so perfect and beautiful! And the tips are very useful. The eggs are just adorable!.. Thank you for sharing this.

  64. Biggie Says:
    August 7th, 2007 at 3:10 pm

    @63 from Catarina:
    Hey, thanks Catarina! Very kind of you. Stick around for more tips — I’ve got a lot more coming.

  65. Valarie Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 4:32 pm

    How great is that? I was getting these molds anyway, because I’m a cake decorator and just had to have them. And they were on sale for 9.95 (i think) today at Williams-sonoma. Oh my dear, I’m so thrilled I can make eggs with these. I was terribly dissapointed that I couldn’t find an egg mold today.

  66. Biggie Says:
    August 21st, 2007 at 10:24 pm

    @65 from Valarie: I talked with some folks at Williams Sonoma after updating this, and they said that US$10 (ballpark) is basically their new price for this set. No plans to take the price back up to $14. The egg molds are challenging to find, but honestly the ice cream sandwich molds are better quality than the “proper” egg molds I have (sold basically 2 for $1 in Japan).

  67. deborah Says:
    August 30th, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    I use the ice cream molds for shaping mini burgers. I get uniformly shaped turkey burgers that fit into mini pitas or small dinner rolls.

  68. Biggie Says:
    August 30th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    @67 from deborah: Ooh, excellent hack, deborah! Plus there’s the added bonus of their being shaped like a cow or pig! ;-) I like it.

  69. missloopy Says:
    September 12th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    i found these (well, the tovolo cow/pig/chicken set) this week on post-summer clearance at bel air in sacramento (nob hill in the bay area is the same company & carries the same basic products). i had already bought them at the full $10, but they also had the popsicle molds (rockets/stars/grooved) on %50/off as well. if you have a nob hill market near you, you may want to check ;)

  70. Biggie Says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 12:18 am

    @69 from missloopy: Thanks for the sourcing info, missloopy!

  71. Natesgirl Says:
    September 18th, 2007 at 8:50 am

    i am sooo excited I have been making bentos for dd and they are soo cute and her teacher says they are the best, and DD eats em up!! thanks so much for your site
    I got the WS molds I have only made rice with them no eggs yet…
    i want to start a blog but don’t know how but i love your site!

  72. Biggie Says:
    September 18th, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    @71 from Natesgirl: How old is your daughter? What kind of food does she like? Glad to hear the molds are working out for you, and thanks for the kind words!

  73. deborah Says:
    September 26th, 2007 at 9:52 am

    Finally tried this for the first time…and it worked beautifully! I used the heart ice cream mold, and sent it in my son’s lunch. A teacher who saw it made the comment that I need to get a life! I’m offended…So I suppose that putting love and effort into a child’s lunch is frowned upon by other people. Do you ever run into this problem? I’m a stay at home mom, and enjoy what I do for my kids. I am happy that I’m offering them healthy alternatives to the lunch cafeteria.

  74. Biggie Says:
    September 26th, 2007 at 4:16 pm

    @73 from deborah: The way I look at molding eggs is that if I want hard-boiled eggs, I’m going to have to boil, shell, and give them a cold-water bath anyway. The additional step of plopping them into an egg mold or ice cream sandwich mold takes very little time, so it’s maximum impact for minimal effort. She should respect the efficiency, if nothing else — it’s not like you’re hand-sculpting faces on there with tiny tools or anything.

  75. jenny-up the hill Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 4:40 am

    Soooo glad I found this post because I was very close to ordering a set of the egg molds…I’ll try these ice cream sandwich molds instead! Thanks for all the info!

  76. Biggie Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 8:52 am

    @75 from jenny-up the hill: If you can find the egg molds super-cheap (i.e. US$1 or so per mold), then they’re nice to have around. But if you’d be paying through the nose for them, I’d pass unless money is not an issue.

  77. Thomas J. Brown Says:
    September 29th, 2007 at 9:56 am

    I had forgotten about these when I was at Williams-Sonoma last week, when all of a sudden my wife walks up with them and says, “look at these, aren’t they cute?”

    I got all excited and told her about this, so we bought them. I just got through making them and they turned out really well!

    Thanks for this post! Heck, thanks for this whole blog!

  78. Biggie Says:
    September 29th, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    @77 from Thomas J. Brown: Great that they worked out for you! Yes, they were packaged so nicely in WS that they were hugely tempting; figuring out that they could multi-task was just the bit of rationalization that I needed to pull out the credit card. Thanks for the kind words about my blog, BTW!

  79. Gayle aka "Animom" Says:
    October 6th, 2007 at 7:06 am

    What a great idea! You were inspired! Love the colors too!

  80. Biggie Says:
    October 6th, 2007 at 4:53 pm

    @79 from Gayle: Thanks, Animom!

  81. Annette Says:
    December 5th, 2007 at 12:03 am

    I’ve been on the look out for these icecream molds ever since I saw them on your LJ. Unfortunately things like egg and icecream moulds are just non-existant here in Melbourne (Australia). I finally tripped over a box of them on sale at the local shopping centre today. Talk about luck! They’re not the same pig and cow shapes but I grabbed them anyway. I’ve got a star, a heart, and some other strange shape. Hopefully this will encourage my 4 year old to eat eggs.

  82. Biggie Says:
    December 5th, 2007 at 11:05 am

    @81 from Annette: Wow, great to hear that you came across the molds in Australia! What store did you find them in, and is it a chain in Oz? Other readers in Melbourne would probably be interested…

  83. Annette Says:
    December 9th, 2007 at 7:38 pm

    They were being sold in a House store, which is a chain retailer of mostly kitchenware. I found a whole pile of them near the door marked down to almost half price.

  84. Annette Says:
    December 9th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    Oh yes, I found them in the Northlands Shopping Centre in Preston, north of the CBD.

  85. Biggie Says:
    December 10th, 2007 at 1:05 am

    @83/84 from Annette: Thanks for additional Australia shopping info, Annette!

  86. Julie Says:
    January 4th, 2008 at 6:54 am

    The rubber bands are very smart. I simply used a
    bar clamp     which admittedly is a bit overkill. But it yields decent results.

    Julie

  87. Biggie Says:
    January 4th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    @86 from Julie: Wow, I like the bar clamp! Nice touch.

  88. Coffee and Vanilla Says:
    January 25th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    Biggie,

    That is very nice tutorial… I actually ordered car and fish egg molds couple of days ago, but they did not arrived yet… I can’t wait to try them out.

    Have a good day, Margot

  89. Biggie Says:
    January 25th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    @88 from Coffee and Vanilla: The car & fish-shaped egg molds are fun — you’ll just want to play around with what size egg fits best to give you the best definition. With those, remember to face the pointy end of the egg up for best definition.

  90. Coffee & Vanilla Says:
    January 31st, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    I received moulds and tried them finally! :) I have to try again with bigger eggs this time… but I love how they come out anyway… I will try also to add some colour later… :) Thnak you for ideas.

    Have a great weekend, Margot

  91. Jessica Says:
    February 4th, 2008 at 10:35 am

    Today I found a set of cow and pig molds in Walmart for $4. They were in the Tupperware section. They are the exact same molds, but the package says they were manufactured for Walmart. Weird, but lucky :-)

  92. Biggie Says:
    February 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    @91 from Jessica: Ah, Tovolo must be OEM’ing them for Walmart. Are those the ones without the cow’s nose?

  93. Jessica Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 5:45 am

    I didn’t realize it last night as I was trying them out as egg molds, but now that you mention it, I don’t think the cow had a nose. Thanks for your instructions by the way, they worked great!

  94. Biggie Says:
    February 5th, 2008 at 7:32 am

    @93 from Jessica: My pleasure! I think the ones from Walmart don’t have the cow nose, but you can always draw that on later with food if you like.

  95. Sunflower Says:
    March 27th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    I never knew you could mold hard boiled eggs!
    I just tried it. I don’t have anything cute to mold them with. Instead I put four eggs into my 6 oz. Lock & Lock. Result: not cute, but cube (ish) eggs that will fit nicely in a corner of my 600 ml one that I’ve been making lunches in. I put a picture on my flickr:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/9839083@N04/2368061922/in/set-72157600719919946/

  96. Biggie Says:
    March 29th, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    @95 from Sunflower: Very inventive to make four egg cubes in your little Lock & Lock container! I added your Flickr photo to my favorites.

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    April 15th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

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  99. make sushi Says:
    May 6th, 2008 at 6:16 am

    I use the ice cream molds for shaping mini burgers. I get uniformly shaped turkey burgers that fit into mini pitas

  100. Biggie Says:
    May 6th, 2008 at 9:58 am

    @99 from make sushi: I tried that once as well — made little cow-shaped burgers with the ice cream sandwich molds. They were cute!

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