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cshenk

wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 12:54:02 AM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 8:48:05 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > One of my pairs of kitchen scissors broke a few weeks back. Not
> > > as in broke into pieces but something got sort of off kilter or
> > > something and they were sticking but apart. They were old. So I
> > > bought a pair of the Betty Crocker ones when I was in Dollar Tree.
> > >
> > > I tried to use them to cut up the meat for the Easter pies. But
> > > they wouldn't cut it. In the past I have used a knife to cut the
> > > meat and cheese but some of the meat is greasy and it makes for a
> > > slippery mess. I wound up using the Betty scissors to hold the
> > > meat while using a different pair of scissors to cut it.
> > >
> > > I can't really complain about the Betty scissors as they were
> > > only a dollar and they will cut other things. Apparently just
> > > not slippery, fatty, Italian meats.
> >
> > I predict that cutting meats with scissors will be a popular trend
> > shortly. It is one that that will change how we serve meats and
> > other foods.
>
> I need scissors to cut open the bacon vacuum pack, so I decided to cut
> the actual bacon in half, so it fits better in the pan. I just have
> to remember to give each person an equal number of "left halves" and
> "right halves," lest they think I am hogging the leaner bits.

LOL! Works for me. We have kitchen shears for some things. Cutting
open heavey vacuum seal packs is one of them.

Carol

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