"Serendipity" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Sheldon said:
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Don Wiss wrote:
>>But for all kitchen kutting nothing beats a sharp knife > >Sorry Sheldon. Shears do better for some tasks. While I no longer
eat boil
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>in bag foods (they still produce them don't they?) I'd much prefer
using
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>shears to open the hot things.
Figures someone named Wiss would be pushing shears...
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It's a snap to snip the backbone out of a chicken or to cut down
through the
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breast bone and cartilage with a good pair of kitchen shears.Having
done it
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with knives, crummy shears and good shears, the shears win hands
down.
That's because you haven't a clue how to use a knife... I've never yet seen a butcher shop with shears... kitchen shears were developed *specifically* for those who really don't belong in kitchens. You can't use a knife and probably need your mommy to tie your shoes too.
Actually, our local butcher shop does have a pair of shears. They are big, nasty looking things that could likely chop off an arm or leg. He has them hanging on the wall along with a few other tools of destruction. I'm not sure if they are in current use but at any rate they once were. I think he collects old butcher's tools and hangs them up to give the store ambiance. At any rate, he has excellent meat!
BTW, I do use kitchen shears but not for food. Still they come in handy. And I haven't had mommy tie my shoes since I discovered slip ons and velcro 😉 All joking aside, it wouldn't have dawned on me to use the kitchen shears on food.
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Sheldon
One thing I do use those ordinary orange Fiskar scissors for occasionally (instead of getting out the big pizza roller/cutter) is to cut pizza into slices. (I read that somewhere and tried it -- works OK.) Dee
One thing I do use those ordinary orange Fiskar scissors for occasionally (instead of getting out the big pizza roller/cutter) is to cut pizza into slices. (I read that somewhere and tried it -- works OK.)
So long as you only use them for food. Ron would use scissors to ... how can I say this? Cut (dirty) hair away from the dogs butt. Then he'd go to open bacon. Uh, you know where those scissors just were? Oh, so he cleans them with the dish sponge. So, now what are you going to do with the sponge?
(laughing) Hard to believe he's a genius sometimes, really. Way he was raised, don't ask me. I cannot break him of ruining kitchen towels on the floor, I have caved. But I have kitchen shears so they don't get mixed use, if you all get my drift.
We just so happen to have a Fuller Brush person in town here.
No kidding? I thought the Fuller Brush man was only "virtual reality" these days. If they are still available, I highly recommed buying a pair! The scissors lasted around 20 years for me... until SOMEONE didn't put them together correctly (they are they type of scissor that you twist apart to clean). The only reason they don't cut correctly now is because I have to readust the pivot section every time I put them together... yes, "someone" screwed them up. I'm not naming names, but I suspect it's not a blood relative.
BTW, I do use kitchen shears but not for food. Still they come in handy. And I haven't had mommy tie my shoes since I discovered slip ons and velcro 😉 All joking aside, it wouldn't have dawned on me to use the kitchen shears on food.
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Sheldon
One thing I do use those ordinary orange Fiskar scissors for occasionally (instead of getting out the big pizza roller/cutter) is to cut pizza into slices. (I read that somewhere and tried it -- works OK.) Dee
Interesting! I make pizza dough in the breadmaker so we have homemade pizza often enough. I've always used the pizza cutter.
One thing I do use those ordinary orange Fiskar scissors for occasionally (instead of getting out the big pizza roller/cutter) is to cut pizza into slices. (I read that somewhere and tried it -- works OK.)
So long as you only use them for food. Ron would use scissors to ... how can I say this? Cut (dirty) hair away from the dogs butt. Then he'd go to open bacon. Uh, you know where those scissors just were? Oh, so he cleans them with the dish sponge. So, now what are you going to do with the sponge?
Eeeww!
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(laughing) Hard to believe he's a genius sometimes, really. Way he was raised, don't ask me. I cannot break him of ruining kitchen towels on the floor, I have caved. But I have kitchen shears so they don't get mixed use, if you all get my drift.
DH uses the kitchen towls for just about everything 🙁 I can't count how many he has ruined! I finally went out and bought several heavy weave blue and white stripe similar to what Emeril uses. I handed all the old tea towels to DH for his personal use as he sees fit with the stipulation he leave my striped towels alone. Some habits are hard to break though. I caught him snitching one of the striped towels to wipe up wet foot prints tracked in! At least he had the good graces to look sheepish when I caught him.
We just so happen to have a Fuller Brush person in town here.
No kidding? I thought the Fuller Brush man was only "virtual reality" these days. If they are still available, I highly recommed buying a pair! The scissors lasted around 20 years for me... until SOMEONE didn't put them together correctly (they are they type of scissor that you twist apart to clean). The only reason they don't cut correctly now is because I have to readust the pivot section every time I put them together... yes, "someone" screwed them up. I'm not naming names, but I suspect it's not a blood relative.
"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy." Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
You will find all the things you want on the Kershaw KAI-1120 for about $30. It is a new-tech shear with stamped blades and plastic handles, but it should be good.
Steve Sharpening Made Easy: A Primer on Sharpening Knives and Other Edged Tools by Steve Bottorff Copyright January 2002 Knife World Publications www.sharpeningmadeeasy.com
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I'm looking for a good set of kitchen shears. I am partial to the old-fashioned kind that have a bottle opener and screwdriver in addition to the blades, but I would consider something different if the quality was good. I currently own a fancy all-steel pair of poultry shears; they look (and are) expensive and high-tech, but they are almost useless, since the handles become so slippery when cutting up a chicken that I can't hold onto them.
We just so happen to have a Fuller Brush person in town here.
No kidding? I thought the Fuller Brush man was only "virtual reality" these days.
Check your phone book. It's entirely possible that you still have a salesperson there, too.
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If they are still available, I highly recommed buying a pair! The scissors lasted around 20 years for me... until SOMEONE didn't put them together correctly (they are they type of scissor that you twist apart to clean). The only reason they don't cut correctly now is because I have to readust the pivot section every time I put them together... yes, "someone" screwed them up. I'm not naming names, but I suspect it's not a blood relative.
I have an alibi! I was in Minnesota the whole time!
"Damsel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Truth to be told, I'm not sure what I'm angry about, but I regularly beat Crash senseless in my sleep.
Yikes...
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Earlier this year, we got a king size bed, so he's much safer now.
Does he not wrap himself up in a diffent quilt to be on the safe side though?
He sure does. He wraps up in a mink blanket (Google - they're not made of mink), a comforter and a thin quilt. I sleep on top of the covers. There are usually pillows and dogs in between us. <G>
"Damsel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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He sure does. He wraps up in a mink blanket (Google - they're not made of mink), a comforter and a thin quilt. I sleep on top of the covers. There are usually pillows and dogs in between us. <G>
"Damsel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Shaun aRe" <[email hidden]> said:
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He wraps up in a mink blanket (Google - they're not made of mink), a comforter and a thin quilt. I sleep on top of the covers. There are usually pillows and dogs in between us. <G>
Ahhh, guard dogs huh? <Giggle!>
You betcha! One's 30 pounds and one's 14 pounds. And, we have a big ol' cat who tenderizes us by licking our skin, then chomps down on us.
JOKE ALERT! I'm thinking of taking Crash's Dremel tool to those fangs of his (not Crash's, the cat's).
