This site will give you the confidence to choose and use the knives and other nonelectric sharp tools in your kitchen. It’s also a reference site that you can use as you improve your skills and acquire the tools that will make you a better cook!
Every now and then, a single-use tool comes along that makes itself invaluable. That’s what the tomato shark did. But then I discovered that it has a second great use too. Its main purpose is to take the stem end out of a tomato. While a paring knife does this task well, it takes the knife a few movements and sometimes leaves an irregular and too-large hole in the top of your tomato.
The shark will take the core out in one smooth motion, leaving a hole that’s perfectly round and as shallow, or deep, as needed. The shark’s second function is that it’s terrific at removing the tops from strawberries. It’s better than a knife because it just takes off the green stem, and not too much of the edible berry. But be careful. The tomato shark’s teeth may be small, but it’s still easy to snag your fingers on them. And we all know about shark bites.
Cutting by the tongue is different from cutting by the knife.
It is a surprise that the cock should hold a grudge against the pot, instead of the knife that killed it.
The calf isn’t even born yet and there he is sharpening his carving knife.
I am like a doctor. I have written a prescription to help the patient. If the patient doesn’t want all the pills I’ve recommended, that’s up to him. But I must warn that next time I will have to come as a surgeon with a knife.
You can always turn your back on a person, but you can never turn your back on a drug... especially when it’s waving a hunting knife in your eyes.