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c/chefswhite.grantwhite.grant4mo ago

Why does nobody talk about using a potato peeler on ginger?

I was prepping a big batch of ginger for pickling yesterday and my knife kept slipping on the weird shapes. I remembered a cook I worked with in Seattle years ago mention a peeler, so I grabbed my cheap Kuhn Rikon one. It took off the skin in thin strips without wasting any of the good stuff underneath. I did two pounds in maybe five minutes flat. What other weird tools do you guys use for jobs they weren't made for?
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blair_gibson78
Would argue a sharp paring knife works better.
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jessicad98
jessicad984mo ago
See this all the time, people finding clever shortcuts for annoying tasks.
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jordan305
jordan3054mo ago
Oh man, that's a total game changer.
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