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Today's Kitchen Tip

by Cynthia Wenslow » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:22 pm

If you must cut yourself while chopping vegetables, make sure you do it when working on the red bell peppers so your intended diners won't know. :?
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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Stuart Yaniger » Mon Jul 09, 2007 3:57 pm

Works well with tomatoes, too, except for the sting.

Thanks for the tip!

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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Jenise » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:34 pm

Fresh beef is remarkably forgiving, too. :)
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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Thomas » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:21 pm

So are some Pinot Noirs. Cut then dip.
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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Mike Filigenzi » Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:03 pm

Thomas wrote:So are some Pinot Noirs. Cut then dip.


This has the added plus of giving extra minerality to the pinot. (Iron's a mineral, right?)
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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Doug Surplus » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:24 pm

Cynthia Wenslow wrote:If you must cut yourself while chopping vegetables, make sure you do it when working on the red bell peppers so your intended diners won't know. :?


Based on experience or did you read this somewhere? :roll:
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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Paul Winalski » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:53 pm

Cynthia Wenslow wrote:If you must cut yourself while chopping vegetables, make sure you do it when working on the red bell peppers so your intended diners won't know. :?


Reading this, I got a vision of Dan Aykroyd playing Julia Child, exclaiming "Save the liver! It makes a good poultice if you cut yourself", as she bleeds to death from a knife cut.

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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Jon Peterson » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:06 pm

OK - now I am not going to eat anything for several days, especially anything red.
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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Cynthia Wenslow » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:51 pm

Doug Surplus wrote:Based on experience or did you read this somewhere? :roll:


Er. Let's just say the cabbage salad had peppers of many colors this past weekend.
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Re: Today's Kitchen Tip

by Robert J. » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:35 pm

A piece of my thumb made it into the meatloaf for a staff meal one night. Yum.

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