Kitchen Tools

Tampico Brushes
Tampico brushes are a versatile kitchen tool. They make great dish brushes, veggie brushes, and mushroom brushes. I have also had customers buy them for many other purposes, such as cleaning up coffee grounds, brushing off letterpress tiles, and even exfoliation in the shower! I tie tampico brushes with nylon cord and with 12-ply waxed Irish linen.

Scrubbers
When tying smaller brooms, the broomcorn is often quite a lot longer than needed. Rather than wasting the broomcorn ends, I like to tie these wonderful short scrubbers. They can take the place of a scouring pad on cast iron or stainless steel cookware. They have quite a bit of scraping power but won’t damage your cast iron the way a metal scraper might. Some people also like these for scrubbing thick-skinned garden vegetables, like carrots and potatoes.