# Tips and tricks for the kitchen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688 "2007-12-03T19:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/101 "2008-01-14T01:07:32Z")
Thank you. I nearly choked on a whole peeled kiwifruit after filming that - I popped the whole thing in my mouth, only to find it was too big to chew. Not as bad as when I did the same thing with a tomato, though (in a restaurant - I had to retire to the lavatories with a table knife and cut the tomato to pieces inside my mouth, in order to remove it.) ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/102 "2008-01-14T01:20:58Z")
Well I declare, I do believe I’m gettin _the vapors_. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/103 "2008-01-14T01:52:09Z")
Regular knife…serrated knife…LOL Real chefs use this… [Tomato King](http://foodservice.chef2chef.net/restaurant-supplies-equipment/restaurant-equipment/Tomato_Slicers/Slicer_Redco_Tomato_Pro_15_Blades_3_16_Each_4095.htm) Just kidding… tsfr ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/104 "2008-01-14T02:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] Mangetout has a sexy voice. So crisp and British and my, I feel faintly swoony. [/QUOTE] He sounds Australian to me. Mind you don’t land face-first in that kiwi, Savannah, that could be messy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/105 "2008-01-14T03:43:07Z")
Or oddly pleasurable. Mind you, I’m in a weird mood today. I think I’m coming down with something. I have no tips and tricks in the kitchen to offer up, alas. Except that I always boil too much water for my morning pot of tea, and put what doesn’t go in the teapot down the sink in an effort to keep the drains clear. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/106 "2008-01-14T06:24:08Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] Or oddly pleasurable. Mind you, I’m in a weird mood today. I think I’m coming down with something. [/QUOTE] Well, I never said “messy” and “pleasurable” had to be mutually exclusive 😉 . And kiwis are LOADED with vitamin C, so be sure to nibble some when you come out of that swoon. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/107 "2008-01-14T16:37:06Z")
[QUOTE=jellyblue] He sounds Australian to me. Mind you don’t land face-first in that kiwi, Savannah, that could be messy 😉 [/QUOTE] Yeah, me too. I’m not great with accents, but he definitely sounded Aussie to me. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/108 "2008-01-14T20:51:41Z")
British or Australian, it matters not. Come, peel my kiwi! ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688/109 "2008-01-14T20:56:55Z")
After much perusal of Atomic Shrimp, I stand by my “British”. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-the-kitchen/428688.md?page=5)