Subj : Pick Your Own
To : Dale Shipp
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sat Feb 18 2023 12:13:44
Hi Dale,
RH> I picked up a little gadget some years ago--rounded spoon shape with
RH> teeth around the bowl of the spoon. Deborah, when working at Taco Bell,
RH> used a similar one to de-stem tomatoes; they called it a "shark". She
RH> saw mine and christened it a shark also. (G) It really works well.
DS> That sounds like what we call a spork:-}}
A spork has teeth just on the front end, about 3 or 4 of them, and is
about the size of a dessert fork. This gadget is about 3, maybe 4 inches
long, the bowl of it is round and is maybe 1" across, with teeth all the
way around it. Definatly not a spork; I've seen and used enough of those
things in my life time to know the difference. A spork may do the job;
I've never tried it but now that you've planted the idea in my
head......(G)
DD> That might have sped things along. But, I got pretty good with the
DD> spoon.
DS> I get the job of removing the stem and white core from strawberries.
DS> We have an old steak knife that works quite well. It is serated, and
DS> fairly thin at the point end.
I don't remember what I used as a kid, probably used a knife after I got
married but I do like the "shark". Steve usually grabs a knife; when he
helps me, we can go thru a box of berries rather quickly.
