Try putting some wet salt in it
The wet salt that I want to put is a grey salt (sel gris) 14% in humidity, like fleur de sel, but bigger in size, not very salty, but much more tastier and more mineral.
I will try my last time to dry up the whole thing, dry up a bit the saltâŚ
It only cost 3 bucksâŚ
Now THATâS a deal!!!
This tomato knife. Itâs not a normal serrated knife. Itâs like a pruning saw and I keep it in the garage. This is the most useless but all my Henckels knives are not used. Once I found my $5 Kiwi knife, all the rest went into storage.
(Itâs only about 6 inches long. The photo angle makes it look like a chefâs knife.)
You donât use it because it doesnât work or that you donât need a special knife for tomatoes?
I donât like the way it cuts. It saws. A regular, sharp knife works fine and predictably. Even a wavy-edged serrated knife is better. It really digs into the cutting boards too even when just using normal pressure. I found myself stopping before cutting all the way through so Iâd not saw the board.
This one cuts rough and just weird when you first start the cut.
I found out I donât need a specific tomato knife.
I use my bread knife for tomatoes.
I love my Wusthof tomato knife. It doesnât tear at all. I also have the reverse wavy artisan prep knife.
Oh yeah. That is bad.
Mine is great too . The serrated edge is like a bread knife . The forked end of the blade is nice . Thanks for reminding me . Time to start using it again .
My tomato knife (well, actually itâs not specified for tomatoes). Itâs just a smaller version of bread knife. Cuts pretty well.
I was raised in a house without a dishwasher - in fact I never used one until my mid-twenties. My mom was the oldest of seven kids, so dishes for our family of four never bothered her after washing up for 9+ people for years. Now I have one, but use it so rarely that I often end up just using it to store cookie sheets and bulky/heavy pans.
I also have a brother who gives me some sort of seen-on-tv nonsense every Christmas. I currently have, but have not used, the Bacon Bowl, Veggetti, and some sort of make-your-own Pudding Pops kits. Maybe I should try them all out one dayâŚ
My Chinese cleaver. I find it heavy and not the right tool for most of my chopping needs. For vegetables, I have a santoku and a Japanese chefâs knife. For cutting up carcasses, I use my German chefâs knife.
I wanted to love my cleaver. My grandparents only used a wicked sharp cleaver and a paring knife for everything. This appeals to my minimalist sensibilities, but itâs not for me.
It is possible that your Chinese cleaver isnât a particularly good one, and that your grandparents were using a better one.
Sure, thatâs possible, but Iâve used other cleavers before, including the ones my grandparents used and loved, and they donât resonate with me.
I do think itâs something many Chinese home cooks get used to rather than have strong preference for. My mom only used a cleaver for everything. Veggies, meat, noodlesâŚyou name it. It was the only knife (aside from a paring/utility knife) that we had in the apartment growing up. I donât think my mom ever even touched a chefâs knife until her kids grew up and bought them. For my mom, it was partly a practical, immigrant thing â why buy more than 1 knife and pay so much at the US dept store when you can get 1 for a fraction of the price? I find the thing way too cumbersome, and only on the rare occasion when I need to hack at something with bones do I break out my cleaver.
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We actually have one of these now. 
I got it from Macyâs on clearance (open box) for $8 or something like that. I use it to make the sandwich triangles for school lunches as a change form regular sandwiches or as-is leftovers.
My usual fillings:
Ham and Cheese
Leftover chicken meat from chicken curry
Leftover taco meat and cheese
Peanut Butter and Jelly
My kids think itâs great â they like the toasted sandwich triangles.
My most useless cookware would be my electric crepe griddle. No idea why I thought I needed one, considering I make crepes probably once a year!
Well, I think it is a personal preference then. Maybe it is just not your style/preference.
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