The Humble Grapefruit Spoon
anonymousNetUser wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>> 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.]
>
> Why remove the seeds? There's so much tomato flavor in the "jelly"
> around the seeds!
>
> Alton Brown would be proud of you: You discovered a "multi-taker" tool.
You mean "multi-tasker."
And yes, Alton Brown would be proud... proud that you watch his show. He
uses grapefruit spoons the same way.
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