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Rubber mallet in the kitchen
"Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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> On 5/19/2014 12:42 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Travis McGee" > wrote in message
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>>> I barbecued some ribs yesterday. I was using a heavy cleaver to chop
>>> them apart, and ran into the same issue that has been bedeviling me
>>> for years: if I try to just hammer down, I usually don't hit the same
>>> place twice, and I end up with bone splinters and mushed up meat. A
>>> better approach has been to put the cleaver in the right spot, and
>>> pound on it with my hand. The problem with this is that hitting it
>>> hard enough with my hand can be painful. The next step was to use my
>>> head, but the SO suggested that this might hurt too...
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>>> So, I went out tonight and bought a rubber mallet. I'll use it to
>>> pound on the cleaver, and hopefully all of my problems will be solved.
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>> I used to keep a mallet in my kitchen but now I can't remember what I
>> used it for. Hmmm...
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> Did it have anything to do with "honey powder"?
Nope! 
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