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how the hell do I dice 500 tomatoes?



 
 
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Old 25-10-2007, 12:19 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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How about using a tennis racket, restrung with piano wire? (that might
be kind of fun, actually) HTH ;-)

Bob
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Old 25-10-2007, 02:33 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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On Oct 24, 7:19?pm, zxcvbob wrote:
How about using a tennis racket, restrung with piano wire? (that might
be kind of fun, actually) HTH ;-)


You'll need a quick backhand so you can whack them twice or you'll
have shoestring tomatoes

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Old 25-10-2007, 04:23 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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Sheldon wrote:
On Oct 24, 7:19?pm, zxcvbob wrote:
How about using a tennis racket, restrung with piano wire? (that might
be kind of fun, actually) HTH ;-)


You'll need a quick backhand so you can whack them twice or you'll
have shoestring tomatoes



OK, it might not work very well, but you gotta admit it was a great visual.

Bob

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Old 28-10-2007, 10:09 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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On Oct 24, 6:19 pm, zxcvbob wrote:
How about using a tennis racket, restrung with piano wire? (that might
be kind of fun, actually) HTH ;-)

Bob



Hire 55 people. Give each one a knife and 10 tomatoes ....

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Old 03-11-2007, 11:33 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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cybercat wrote:
Not my grandmother. She would have lit a cigarette, reapplied her lipstick,
and said, "What fresh hell is this?"



Mine too. Minus the cigarette and lipstick.

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Old 03-11-2007, 11:38 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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zxcvbob wrote:
How about using a tennis racket, restrung with piano wire? (that might
be kind of fun, actually) HTH ;-)

Bob


1 second burst in a food processor? In many batches


NT

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Old 03-11-2007, 11:50 AM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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On Nov 3, 7:38 am, wrote:
In today's kitchen,...the first thing we think of is....... what
gadget can I buy to do this job. The gadget probably is already in
your kitchen.

What would your Grandmother have done....yep...grab a sharp knife and
get going withough complaint. She probably would be thrilled to HAVE
five hundred tomatoes.


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Old 03-11-2007, 12:34 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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cybercat wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
On Nov 3, 7:38 am, wrote:
In today's kitchen,...the first thing we think of is....... what
gadget can I buy to do this job. The gadget probably is already in
your kitchen.

What would your Grandmother have done....yep...grab a sharp knife and
get going withough complaint. She probably would be thrilled to HAVE
five hundred tomatoes.


Not my grandmother. She would have lit a cigarette, reapplied her
lipstick, and said, "What fresh hell is this?"


LOL


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Old 03-11-2007, 12:49 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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Oh pshaw, on Sat 03 Nov 2007 06:43:18a, cybercat meant to say...


"Ophelia" wrote in message
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cybercat wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
On Nov 3, 7:38 am, wrote:
In today's kitchen,...the first thing we think of is....... what
gadget can I buy to do this job. The gadget probably is already in
your kitchen.

What would your Grandmother have done....yep...grab a sharp knife and
get going withough complaint. She probably would be thrilled to HAVE
five hundred tomatoes.


Not my grandmother. She would have lit a cigarette, reapplied her
lipstick, and said, "What fresh hell is this?"


LOL


That is a Dorothy Parker line, as you may know. I should have given an
attribution.




A great line, nevertheless.

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Old 03-11-2007, 01:07 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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cybercat wrote:
"Ophelia" wrote in message
...
cybercat wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
On Nov 3, 7:38 am, wrote:
In today's kitchen,...the first thing we think of is....... what
gadget can I buy to do this job. The gadget probably is already in
your kitchen.

What would your Grandmother have done....yep...grab a sharp knife
and get going withough complaint. She probably would be thrilled
to HAVE five hundred tomatoes.


Not my grandmother. She would have lit a cigarette, reapplied her
lipstick, and said, "What fresh hell is this?"


LOL


That is a Dorothy Parker line, as you may know. I should have
given an attribution.


I know but It was still funny


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Old 03-11-2007, 01:27 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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wrote in message
ups.com...
On Nov 3, 7:38 am, wrote:
In today's kitchen,...the first thing we think of is....... what
gadget can I buy to do this job. The gadget probably is already in
your kitchen.

What would your Grandmother have done....yep...grab a sharp knife and
get going withough complaint. She probably would be thrilled to HAVE
five hundred tomatoes.


Not my grandmother. She would have lit a cigarette, reapplied her lipstick,
and said, "What fresh hell is this?"


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Old 03-11-2007, 01:43 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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"Ophelia" wrote in message
...
cybercat wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
On Nov 3, 7:38 am, wrote:
In today's kitchen,...the first thing we think of is....... what
gadget can I buy to do this job. The gadget probably is already in
your kitchen.

What would your Grandmother have done....yep...grab a sharp knife and
get going withough complaint. She probably would be thrilled to HAVE
five hundred tomatoes.


Not my grandmother. She would have lit a cigarette, reapplied her
lipstick, and said, "What fresh hell is this?"


LOL


That is a Dorothy Parker line, as you may know. I should have given an
attribution.


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Old 03-11-2007, 02:33 PM posted to rec.food.cooking,rec.food.preserving
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wrote:
On Nov 3, 7:38 am, wrote:


In today's kitchen,...the first thing we think of is....... what
gadget can I buy to do this job. The gadget probably is already in
your kitchen.

What would your Grandmother have done....yep...grab a sharp knife and
get going withough complaint. She probably would be thrilled to HAVE
five hundred tomatoes.


At times like this I would very quickly ask myself: do they really
have to be diced?


NT

 




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