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These chopsticks are are 9 inches long with smooth tips and rounded ends. The japanese people use them for preparing the food. If you dont find what youre looking for in your librarys catalog, ask a. Long before sous vide cookery, ramen cooks were slowcooking eggs to a precise doneness.
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