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Yoojin L.
February 19, 2018
in korea, we often use scissors to cut meat for bbq, so i've always used scissors to cut meat! my boyfriend (american) always laughs at me and says it's ridiculous, but it's only natural for me!
Annada R.
February 14, 2018
Just this morning I used shears to cut roasted almonds into halves for my salad. I use them for chopping cilantro too, especially when I use the stems too for chutneys and stews.
K
April 10, 2017
Mine are always in the dishwasher too. I think I got the habit of scissor cutting canned whole tomatoes from Chris Kimball, maybe?
Kate L.
April 10, 2017
A friend of mine just told me she always uses scissors for cutting canned whole tomatoes before taking them out of the can. I did it on Sunday and it worked like charm.
Caroline M.
April 10, 2017
I've always used scissors for meat because it saves getting the chopping board contaminated with meat juices - less washing up!
dickensthedog
April 9, 2017
I use scissors in the kitchen for lots of things, as evidenced that they are constantly in the dishwasher when I need them, since I don't trust that I can get them clean enough by hand, especially when I use them to cut meat or fish. Scissors that come apart for cleaning will solve that problem very nicely. Thanks so much for the tip!
Adrienne
April 9, 2017
Use large shears for cutting chicken into pieces. Use scissors for herba and to cut string beans to size.
ktr
April 8, 2017
I started using kitchen shears to cut pizza when my pizza cutter got rusty and I'll never go back to a pizza cutter. The scissors I have come apart for easy cleaning which was always an issue with the pizza cutter.
Lainie
April 7, 2017
I use these Joyce Chen scissors all the time in the kitchen. They are very good for cutting up chickens and I also find them to be very useful for snipping the ends off string beans.
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CFLH7/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Peta
April 7, 2017
Ditto all the above and below. Since I prefer to vacation with a kitchen included, I pack kitchen shears along with a good chef's knife.
Shannon K.
April 6, 2017
I started doing this when I worked in a group home - we had multiple pairs of food sheers and just a few dull cooking knives. We had several residents who needed food cut into small pieces, so we were all used to using them and it transferred to cooking. I still do this, all the time. Any herbs, lettuce, tomato, meat, etc.
scott.finkelstein.5
April 6, 2017
I can butcher a chicken and debone the breast and thighs using a pair of sheers.
Lisa
April 6, 2017
I snip: pizza, quesadillas, green onions, chives and other leafy herbs, meatballs (halved to reheat or serve as smaller pieces), grapes for salads, chicken breast (to make strips or pieces), cooked noodles that need to be in smaller lengths or to create a number of easy-to-serve portions out of a mess-of-spaghetti - all sorts of things.
Kate L.
April 6, 2017
Lisa, those are great suggestions -- I've used scissors to snip grape clusters into smaller clusters, but I haven't used them to snip them in half. That's a good fruit salad tip. But you're right on about pizza. A16 in SF gives you scissors with your pizza so you can custom-cut your own pieces.
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