"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
>I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
> seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon. It
> does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
> tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
> kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
> addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety of
> tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but can be
> found in kitchens nonetheless! [Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus for this
> one.]
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach dry.
A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.

Dimitri

"Dimitri" > wrote in
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>
> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
>> seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon.
>> It does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
>> tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
>> kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
>> addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety
>> of tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but
>> can be found in kitchens nonetheless! [Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus
>> for this one.]
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach
> dry. A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
> To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
> Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.
>
> Dimitri
>
>

Micro planes work a treat on garlic and chocolate as well.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

hahabogus wrote:

>
> Micro planes work a treat on garlic and chocolate as well.
>
I would never have thunk to use it on garlic! I will be trying that
sometime.
I use mine for chocolate, cheese and lemon zest all the time. I love
that tool.

Goomba wrote:

> hahabogus wrote:
>
> >
> > Micro planes work a treat on garlic and chocolate as well.
> >
> I would never have thunk to use it on garlic! I will be trying that
> sometime. I use mine for chocolate, cheese and lemon zest all the
> time. I love that tool.

I also do garlic with the microplane. Mine is the kind with removable
blades. I use the coarser one for garlic and ginger, and the finer for
zesting and nutmeg. The garlic will be very fine, almost a pulp,
similar to running it through a press.




Brian

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"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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> "Dimitri" > wrote in
> :
>
>>
>> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
>>> seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon.
>>> It does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
>>> tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
>>> kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
>>> addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety
>>> of tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but
>>> can be found in kitchens nonetheless! [Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus
>>> for this one.]
>>>
>>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>> A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach
>> dry. A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
>> To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
>> Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>>
>
> Micro planes work a treat on garlic and chocolate as well.
>
> --
>
> The house of the burning beet-Alan


Alan,

I can never get that far with Garlic but Chocolate - wow that opens a lot of
doors.

:-)

Dimitri

"Dimitri" > wrote in
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>
> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
>> seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon.
>> It does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
>> tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
>> kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
>> addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety
>> of tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but
>> can be found in kitchens nonetheless! [Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus
>> for this one.]
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach
> dry. A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
> To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
> Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.
>
> Dimitri
>
>

A potato ricer is also good for squeezing out kraut.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

"hahabogus" > wrote in message
...
> "Dimitri" > wrote in
> :
>
>>
>> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
>>> seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon.
>>> It does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
>>> tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
>>> kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
>>> addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety
>>> of tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but
>>> can be found in kitchens nonetheless! [Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus
>>> for this one.]
>>>
>>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>
>> A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach
>> dry. A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
>> To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
>> Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>>
>
> A potato ricer is also good for squeezing out kraut.
>
> --
>
> The house of the burning beet-Alan


Very cool!

Dimitri

hahabogus wrote:
> "Dimitri" > wrote in
> :
>
>> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
>>> seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon.
>>> It does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
>>> tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
>>> kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
>>> addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety
>>> of tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but
>>> can be found in kitchens nonetheless! [Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus
>>> for this one.]
>>>
>>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>> A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach
>> dry. A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
>> To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
>> Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>>
>
> A potato ricer is also good for squeezing out kraut.
>
Ooooh. And spinach too, I bet. I have a ricer languishing
downstairs....

--
Jean B.

In article >,
hahabogus > wrote:

> A potato ricer is also good for squeezing out kraut.

So are my hands and they clean up faster.
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:34:33 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article >,
> hahabogus > wrote:
>
>> A potato ricer is also good for squeezing out kraut.
>
> So are my hands and they clean up faster.

you just like to play with your food, that's all.

your pal,
blake

On Aug 8, 12:21*pm, "Dimitri" > wrote:
> "Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in messagenews:416i94p3cucn1okgl2f3rnk6qkadeu9k7t@4ax .com...
>
> >I was prepping some tomatoes by slicing them in half and removing the
> > seeds using my favorite tomato de-seeding tool: a grapefruit spoon. It
> > does a great job of a couple of kitchen chores such as de-seeding
> > tomatoes and hulling strawberries. I'm sure there are a variety of
> > kitchen tools that weren't designed for the jobs they get used for in
> > addition to the jobs they *are* used for - not to mention a variety of
> > tools that weren't designed to get anywhere near a kitchen, but can be
> > found in kitchens nonetheless! *[Blame Alan a/k/a hahabogus for this
> > one.]
>
> > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> A potato ricer is the best possible tool for squeezing cooked spinach dry..
> A Kleenex cube is a great place to store plastic grocery bags.
> To hull strawberries I use a curved grapefruit knife.
> Micro planes are great hard cheese graters.
>
> Dimitri

Hey- I love the kneenex idea- thanks!!!