When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?

Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
Cutlery.

How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

Manda Ruby wrote:
> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>
> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
> Cutlery.
>
> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?


I have a pair of kitchen shears. They are great for cutting up raw
chickens.

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:40:10 -0700 (PDT), Manda Ruby
> wrote:

>When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>
>Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
>Cutlery.
>
>How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

I have two kitchen scissors. One is "Good Cooks" the other is
unbranded and I bought both of them at a dollar store. Grand total,
$2.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Manda Ruby wrote:
>
> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>
> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
> Cutlery.
>
> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

For many years, I had a Fiskars. It comes apart
for cleaning, so there aren't any trapped uncleanable
areas.

My main use of it was for making finely chopped parsley.
I'd put the parsley in a cup and repeatedly stab the
scisors in there and give it a cut. It worked remarkably
well. By chopping parsley in a cup, it keeps bits of
parsley from going everywhere. Nowdays, though, I'd use
the more conventioonal approach of chopping on a cutting
board with a knife. Since that time, I've learned
proper knife technique and the safety aspect of using
a scissors is much less important.

"Manda Ruby" > wrote in message
...
> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>
> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
> Cutlery.
>
> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?
>
I use them all the time. I have an old Cutco brand stainless pair I picked
up at a yard sale for $2. The blades come apart for cleaning.

I use them to cut up chicken parts, cut butchers twine, harvest herbs in my
windowsill herb garden, open cryovac packages and trim flower stems on the
kitchen island. Very few days go by that they don't end up in the sink
drainboard.

Jon

> Manda Ruby wrote:
>> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>>
>> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
>> Cutlery.
>>
>> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

My good kitchen shears are Ginghers, which are great for cutting chicken and
which come apart for washing. I've had them for 15-20 years, along with four
different Ginghers for sewing and embroidery.

My others are a cheesy pair I use for trimming flower stems and such.

Felice

On Aug 13, 11:45*am, Dave Smith > wrote:

> I have a pair of kitchen shears. They are great for cutting up raw
> chickens.

As is a sharp hatchet.

Manda Ruby wrote:
> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?
>

One is Fiskars that I use for cutting things like chives, the other one
is Cuisinart poultry shears.


Becca

On Aug 13, 2:40*pm, Manda Ruby > wrote:
> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? *WHat else?
>
> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? *I already have one from Chicago
> Cutlery.
>
> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

Cutting chicken, trimming fat off of raw chicken, opening bags,
snipping bands off of produce, cutting pizza, snipping chives- many,
many uses.

I have two pairs - one regular (Henckels) and one that comes apart so
you can clean it thoroughly, it's a Wusthof. Never seen a Trudeau,but
maybe someone else here can enlighten us.

Kris

On Aug 13, 2:40*pm, Manda Ruby > wrote:
> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? *WHat else?


I have chicken shears, which are also useful for cutting a slab of
sliced bacon in half. I think they're Farberware and weren't too
expensive but have held up well.

I also keep about three pair of cheapo scissors handy for cutting
wrappings off packages, inner sealed bags in cereal and crackers,
coupons from the Sunday paper, and all those package which read "tear
here" but ya can't.'

Like Martha Stewart said, decide now whether the scissors in question
are for paper or food and NEVAH mix them up, (which I have probably
done.)

Kalmia said...

> On Aug 13, 2:40*pm, Manda Ruby > wrote:
>> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? *WHat else?
>
>
> I have chicken shears, which are also useful for cutting a slab of
> sliced bacon in half. I think they're Farberware and weren't too
> expensive but have held up well.

Same shears here! I only use them on roasted bird to separate parts. It's a
family heirloom utensil so I mostly keep it around for the memories. That
and it's designed and built so well.


> I also keep about three pair of cheapo scissors handy for cutting
> wrappings off packages, inner sealed bags in cereal and crackers,
> coupons from the Sunday paper, and all those package which read "tear
> here" but ya can't.'

I have a fairly decent pair of scissors to open the air-tight sealed bags
(guacamole, sauerkraut, etc.), like you mention.

Anything else I can attack with a plastic picnic knife.

Andy

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:28:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>Like Martha Stewart said, decide now whether the scissors in question
>are for paper or food and NEVAH mix them up, (which I have probably
>done.)

Why would she say something like that? It could be a mess if you
didn't take the time to clean your scissors after cutting chicken to
cut paper, but the real mantra is not to use your fabric scissors to
cut paper.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:50:48 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>Same shears here! I only use them on roasted bird to separate parts. It's a
>family heirloom utensil so I mostly keep it around for the memories. That
>and it's designed and built so well.

I had a pair of those scissors that separate... I think I bought them
from a Fuller Brush salesman - maybe not, but it was someone like
that. They lasted for 15-20 years... and then a kid did "something".
I have no idea what - and I couldn't get them to "cut". The problem
wasn't at the cutting edge, it was at the joint/axis/pivot point or
whatever it's called. I suspect somebody forced the two pieces
together with at least one part upside down (this was back when my
kids were teenagers - they actually *cooked* real food when we were
gone). I was sad to give that pair of scissors up, but I've learned
that the kitchen scissors I buy at the dollar store work just as well
and they last for years. In fact, I use them to cut plants and wire
too... which I think is asking a lot. All that for a dollar!

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

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>,
Manda Ruby > wrote:

> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>
> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
> Cutlery.
>
> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

I cook whole chicken whole so when I cut them, I use a sharp knife, not
scissors. I use kitchen scissors to cut open reluctant packaging. For
example, yesterday, I used my kitchen scissors to cut open a new package
of cereal.

Manda Ruby wrote:
> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>
> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
> Cutlery.
>

Please don't worry about the brand name as long as the item works for
you the way you need it to.


> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

I own a Wustof that I use occasionally and I have some Fiskars
and Ikea scissors that float around between my utensil crocks
and pencil jar. I also have a 1940s chicken shears, a deadly-
looking device we inherited from my mother-in-law. I usually use
whichever comes to hand (except the latter which scares me.)

gloria p

On Aug 14, 12:11*am, sf > wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:28:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>
> > wrote:
> >Like Martha Stewart said, decide now whether the scissors in question
> >are for paper or food and NEVAH mix them up, (which I have probably
> >done.)
>
> Why would she say something like that? *It could be a mess if you
> didn't take the time to clean your scissors after cutting chicken to
> cut paper, but the real mantra is not to use your fabric scissors to
> cut paper.
>
> --
> I love cooking with wine.
> Sometimes I even put it in the food.

She probably said that as a variation on the fabric mantra - one I've
reinforced at my house many times. The reason for either food OR
paper is that paper dulls them for food, I imagine. Unless you're
cutting sandpaper....

N.

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:28:24 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Aug 14, 12:11*am, sf > wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:28:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >Like Martha Stewart said, decide now whether the scissors in question
>> >are for paper or food and NEVAH mix them up, (which I have probably
>> >done.)
>>
>> Why would she say something like that? *It could be a mess if you
>> didn't take the time to clean your scissors after cutting chicken to
>> cut paper, but the real mantra is not to use your fabric scissors to
>> cut paper.
>>
>
>She probably said that as a variation on the fabric mantra - one I've
>reinforced at my house many times. The reason for either food OR
>paper is that paper dulls them for food, I imagine. Unless you're
>cutting sandpaper....
>
I've found through personal experience using scissors to cut wire
(however thin) does a real number on them. Oh, and never use a
kitchen knife to cut a live electrical wire.


--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Manda Ruby wrote:
> When do you use kitchen scissor? Cutting whole chicken? WHat else?
>
> Is the brand Trudeau a good one? I already have one from Chicago
> Cutlery.
>
> How many kitchen scissors do you own? What brand?

I have a couple but the one I like best was recommended by America's
Test Kitchen. It's made by Messermeister. It was very reasonably
priced, too.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

sf > wrote in

> I've found through personal experience using scissors to cut
> wire (however thin) does a real number on them. Oh, and
> never use a kitchen knife to cut a live electrical wire.

lol I found that to be true too! Now I own a pair of tin snips.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:28:24 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > wrote:
>
>>On Aug 14, 12:11 am, sf > wrote:
>>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:28:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >Like Martha Stewart said, decide now whether the scissors in question
>>> >are for paper or food and NEVAH mix them up, (which I have probably
>>> >done.)
>>>
>>> Why would she say something like that? It could be a mess if you
>>> didn't take the time to clean your scissors after cutting chicken to
>>> cut paper, but the real mantra is not to use your fabric scissors to
>>> cut paper.
>>>
>>
>>She probably said that as a variation on the fabric mantra - one I've
>>reinforced at my house many times. The reason for either food OR
>>paper is that paper dulls them for food, I imagine. Unless you're
>>cutting sandpaper....
>>
> I've found through personal experience never use a
> kitchen knife to cut a live electrical wire.
>
You *ARE* related to Andy, aren't you?

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:30:06 -0400, "ElmerF." >
wrote:
>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:28:24 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Aug 14, 12:11 am, sf > wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:28:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>>
>> I've found through personal experience never use a
>> kitchen knife to cut a live electrical wire.
>>
>You *ARE* related to Andy, aren't you?
>
To be perfectly honest, Elmo, I *watched* it happen (that's personal
enough for me) and Andy didn't do it.



--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.