Rant: The dull knife that saved my bacon on a big ribeye order

Had a huge catering order for 40 bone-in ribeyes yesterday and my main breaking knife snapped at the hilt halfway through. My backup was so dull it could barely cut butter. In a panic, I grabbed a cheap serrated steak knife from the lunch drawer and found it actually zipped through the silver skin and fat cap way cleaner than forcing a dull straight blade. Finished the whole batch without a single ragged edge. Anyone else ever use a weird backup tool in a pinch that actually worked better?

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the_anthony3d ago

Man, that's the best kind of kitchen hack. Had a similar panic with a dull boning knife on a pile of chicken thighs. Grabbed a pair of clean kitchen shears instead of sharpening, and just started snipping through the joints and cartilage. It was shockingly fast and gave a cleaner cut than wrestling with a bad blade. Sometimes the wrong tool is totally right.

maxw343d ago

Oh man, scissors are a total game changer for that.