On Wed 06 May 2009 01:42:02p, Christine Dabney told us...

> Heya folks,
>
> Just saw this article in the NYT..
>
> McGee also wondered about snapping vs. cutting the ends of the
> spears....
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/di...tml?ref=dining
>
> Christine

I've found snapping pretty reliable. However, I usually cut all the spears
to even legnth after snapping.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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own salad dressing. Until then we're stuck behind the French,
Italians, Russians and Caesarians. ~Pat McNelis

Wayne wrote on Wed, 06 May 2009 21:15:03 GMT:

>> Heya folks,
>>
>> Just saw this article in the NYT..
>>
>> McGee also wondered about snapping vs. cutting the ends of
>> the spears....
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/di...tml?ref=dining
>>
>> Christine

> I've found snapping pretty reliable. However, I usually cut
> all the spears to even legnth after snapping.

To me, it depends on how thick are the spears. Pencil thin; I don't mind
snapping but half an inch thick I'd lose a lot so I scrape!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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