How To: 8 Weirdly Practical Uses for Uncooked Spaghetti Noodles

Other than serving as the raw ingredients for your epic spaghetti and meatball feast, uncooked spaghetti noodles can also be used to make a DIY knife block for your kitchen knives, light a candle with a deep holder, check the done-ness of your baked goods, and double as a DIY toothpick or skewer you can break into your desired length for cooking or serving.

Ever need to transport a cake? To keep the layers from sliding, use the spaghetti noodles as skewers to hold them in place. To protect the frosting from smudging, stick noodles upright on top of the cake and then place plastic wrap on top to form a makeshift tent so that the plastic doesn't touch the top surface.

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