On Aug 6, 2:33*pm, hahabogus > wrote:
> John Kane > wrote in news:8d8d2aa8-9fea-40c0-90f3-
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> > On Aug 5, 11:29*pm, 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.]
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> > I've found my wok is very handy for removing the snow from the
> > balcony. *And the chinese cleaver is any for chopping up small trees
> > for fires and also for chopping vines down.
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> > John Kane Kingston ON Canada
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> Funny you mention it...I was just considering using my medium swiss
> cleaver on a log for the smoker. As my hatchet has gone astray.

I'v never tried Western-style cleaver but I don't see why it would
not work. There's not that much difference between a Western-style
cleaver and a hatchet. I used the Chinese cleaver to cut up wood but
I don't think it has enough weight for splitting wood but if you think
a hatchet will work maybe my cleaver would too. I tend to think of
six - 10 inch pieces of Maple for splitting.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada