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Peppers; skin up/down, serrated or non?



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fiddle




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 8:19 am
am I the only one with this issue?

I cannot seem to be able to cut peppers with a non serrated knife.

I have good knives, bad knives, expensive knives, cheap knives, and still I cannot use anything other than serrated to cut them . THEY DO NOT CUT!

skin up skin down...doesnt matter. I end up working so hard that I end up getting so frustrated.

although I do prefer skin side up. what do you do? and what do you use?
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louche




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 10:17 am
If serrated knives work for you, what's the problem? The Kitchen Police are not inspecting to see if you use the "correct" tools.

Myself, I use a nonserrated kitchen knife or paring knife. When properly sharpened, they cut either way. when not sharpened, they won't cut the skin if it's skin side down unless I press very hard.

The Kitchen Police say you should use a nonserrated knife for tomatoes, too, but I find that a serrated one works better than a dull nonserrated.
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OOTBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 5:15 pm
I use a good non-serated knife for peppers -- normally skin down (and tomatoes too). No problem with it.
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mummiedearest




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 5:20 pm
I use non-serated, but I find the best way to cut them if the knife needs sharpening is to stand the pieces of pepper on their sides. very easy.
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greenfire




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 5:31 pm
a santoku knife ... the best ...
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fiddle




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 5:45 pm
well I have global knives, my best..thats why im annoyed, even with them I cant seem to do it ....
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lizard8




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 6:10 pm
I love serrated knives. I have one of those 'kosher' knives that say parve on it, and I use it at least 2x daily! I always cut with the peel up- if you do it peel down, then they don't separate
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ra_mom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 20 2009, 7:43 pm
Hey fiddle, I also use serrated knives when cutting peppers. You're not the only one Smile
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geemum




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Nov 11 2009, 7:59 pm
skin side down usually. swiss knife (either serated or not). I can't use any other knife for this job!
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Mimisinger




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Nov 11 2009, 8:01 pm
Skin down, either small serrated knife, or my big good knives - usually those.
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Mommy3.5




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Nov 11 2009, 9:11 pm
fiddle wrote:
am I the only one with this issue?

I cannot seem to be able to cut peppers with a non serrated knife.

I have good knives, bad knives, expensive knives, cheap knives, and still I cannot use anything other than serrated to cut them . THEY DO NOT CUT!

skin up skin down...doesnt matter. I end up working so hard that I end up getting so frustrated.

although I do prefer skin side up. what do you do? and what do you use?


You need a knife sharpener. If the knife cannot cut a pepper, its not sharp enough.
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