Kitchen Scissors/Shears
Perfect to have on hand, especially if mounted in a butcher block. Use for trimming fat off poultry, removing fat from bacon, snipping herbs, cutting flower stems, opening bags and cutting kitchen twine.
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A small pair is ideal for snipping small items, such as green onion tops. Kitchen scissors or poultry shears are better for large, tough jobs.
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With scissors, make about ten diagonal cuts down each long side of the triangle, cutting to within about 1 inch of the center. Shape a small piece of reserved dough into a trunk at bottom of tree and remaining dough into a "pot.
Use the scissors to cut one-inch strips at a diagonal, on each side of the meat. When you are done, begin at one end and tuck the end piece up and over the meat.
Kitchen Scissors or Shears
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Similar to a scissor in design, this kitchen tool snips off the top of a soft-boiled egg so it can be eaten while still in the shell.
Strong, sharp scissors with multiple uses including cutting fish, poultry, meat and produce. One blade may have a serrated edge. This tool can snip herbs and crack nuts too.
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Chop: To cut in fine or coarse pieces with a knife, chopper or scissors.
Clarify: To make a liquid (ie. melted butter) clear by skimming away or filtering out fat or other impurities.
knives, razors, scissors, daggers, hunting knives and similar articles, surgical knives and lancets, butchers' and shoemakers' knives, gardeners' pruning-knives, &c.
Cut off the top third of the artichoke; trim the prickly tips off the leaves with kitchen scissors; then cut off excess stem (leaving up to an inch intact).
Sometimes referred to as egg shell scissors or an egg snipper, the egg shell cutter is indeed much like a pair of scissors.
A scissors can also be used to cut into pieces. If the knife blade or scissors becomes sticky when cutting, spray them with vegetable oil or dip them into hot water. Dried plums are available throughout the year.
Trim away the excess paper from your pattern with scissors (see the related features below for free pumpkin carving plans). Attach the pattern to the pumpkin with tape or straight pins.
Many cooks use scissors to cut fresh chives, sprinkling them like confetti on potatoes, eggs, and salads. Always use fresh chives--they lose much of their flavor when they're frozen or freeze-dried.
Start by cutting the thorns off with kitchen scissors or simply take a kitchen knife and cut straight across the top part off the artichoke. This will leave a flat top on the artichoke.
A type of very sharp scissors designed specifically for cutting through bone when jointing chicken or duck.
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SNIP : To cut food (chives for example) into small uniform lengths using kitchen shears or a small pair of scissors.
CUT : To divide food materials with a knife or scissors in any desired shape.
Cut - To divide food into pieces by a knife or scissors.
Cut (shortening) - To combine shortening or fat into a flour or dry mixture by dividing it by a fork, knife, of blender.
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Cut - to divide a food into smaller portions, usually with a knife or scissors.
Cut in, to - to incorporate by cutting or chopping motions, as in cutting shortening into flour for pastry.
4. Using a pair of kitchen scissors, snip the elderflowers into individual florets, leaving on as much stem as possible.
Those clusters of suburbanites that the director/choreographer of ``Edward Scissorhands'' sets walking, motoring, making festive or barbecuing are sights to behold.
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To cut food, often fresh herbs or dried fruit, with kitchen shears or scissors into very small, uniform pieces using short, quick strokes.
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Chop
To cut into small pieces with a bench cutter, knife or scissors.
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To make a substance clear or pure ...
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SKIN
To remove the skin from food before or after cooking. Poultry, fish and game are often skinned for reasons of appearance, taste and diet. Check out our cutlery section for scissors and skinning knives.
Derived from the German word snippen, an imitation of the sound made by scissors.
Sop A piece of food that is soaked, or dipped, in a liquid before being eaten. Derived from the German word supan meaning to 'take liquid'.
 See also: Kitchen, Cooking, Water, Knife, Butter
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