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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #15 on: February 25, 2008, 09:07:28 pm »
Oh, and lemons are awesome.  :)

Plain?  I've tried it.  It's not as bad as I expected, but I think I agree with Randall's placement.
They taste good if you put salt on the slice of lemon.

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2008, 09:08:48 pm »
They taste good if you put salt on the slice of lemon.

Hm, maybe I'll try it sometime.

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #17 on: February 25, 2008, 09:15:07 pm »
I think it's pretty interesting that so many people disagree with his placements enough to bring it up.  When my friend linked it to me last night, he followed up by saying "I don't agree with his position on X..." and then brought up a bunch of similar claims.

I agree, though, oranges are more delicious than pineapples.

True that.  Pineapples SUCK

Die, heathen!

Pineapples rank high on the "difficulty" thing, since they're sticky and messy and a pain in the ass to cut, but they're so tasty!

Somebody needs to write a Web survey where people are given a random fruit that they have to rank both on flavour and easiness, and they can keep going and doing more fruit if they want. *looks at Sidoh*

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2008, 09:33:59 pm »
Die, heathen!

Pineapples rank high on the "difficulty" thing, since they're sticky and messy and a pain in the ass to cut, but they're so tasty!

Somebody needs to write a Web survey where people are given a random fruit that they have to rank both on flavour and easiness, and they can keep going and doing more fruit if they want. *looks at Sidoh*

I like pineapples plain sometimes when there isn't that much of it, but I definitely like oranges more!

Make Randall do it!  He started this whole mess!

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2008, 12:46:12 am »
I love Pineapples, Kiwi, Mango, etc
It's really not bad (if you can get over how much of a mess it is with the stickiness) in the morning to eat that stuff,
I found it's quicker to wake me up (and tastes better) than coffee.
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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #20 on: February 26, 2008, 12:54:23 am »
kiwi is good w/strawberry and vanilla custard stuff

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2008, 12:57:02 am »
kiwi is good w/strawberry and vanilla custard stuff

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I've been eating kiwis, bananas, and oranges for the past couple of weeks. To make it easy on myself, I just cut/peel them all in advanced, and stick'em in the refrigerator for when I'm on-the-go.
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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2008, 09:42:50 am »
I've tried several knives, both sharp and serrated, none work well. Maybe we have tough Winnipeg tomatoes here..
You want a sharp, thin blade that is not serrated.  Typically the kind of knife you would use to chop a large amount of lettuce would be the same kind you want here.  It needs to have a well sharpened edge (read: use a sharpening stone once in a while).  Tougher tomatoes are actually easier to cut.

@Sidoh, I disagree with about half of the placements :)


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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #23 on: February 26, 2008, 09:58:51 am »
I have a good knife set that I sharpen on a regular basis. I still find that when I cut tomatoes, they end up squishing. Maybe the tomatoes' skins are too hard while the innards are too soft. *shrug* :)

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #24 on: February 26, 2008, 05:42:06 pm »
I've never had issues cutting tomatoes, but I don't really like them unless they're on a hamburger.
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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #25 on: February 26, 2008, 06:00:25 pm »
I think it's pretty interesting that so many people disagree with his placements enough to bring it up.  When my friend linked it to me last night, he followed up by saying "I don't agree with his position on X..." and then brought up a bunch of similar claims.

I agree, though, oranges are more delicious than pineapples.

True that.  Pineapples SUCK

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #26 on: February 26, 2008, 06:15:55 pm »
I have a good knife set that I sharpen on a regular basis. I still find that when I cut tomatoes, they end up squishing. Maybe the tomatoes' skins are too hard while the innards are too soft. *shrug* :)

Maybe you're sharpening the knife wrong? Sharpening a knife correctly is not an easy task, and you might just be rounding the blade.

EDIT: Freshness and ripeness can factor in a lot as well.
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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #27 on: February 26, 2008, 07:00:23 pm »
My fruit is better than your fruit, fuck all of you!
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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #28 on: February 26, 2008, 09:51:04 pm »
I have a good knife set that I sharpen on a regular basis. I still find that when I cut tomatoes, they end up squishing. Maybe the tomatoes' skins are too hard while the innards are too soft. *shrug* :)

Maybe you're sharpening the knife wrong? Sharpening a knife correctly is not an easy task, and you might just be rounding the blade.

EDIT: Freshness and ripeness can factor in a lot as well.

Well, I have a sharpener thing that came with the knife set that I stick it in and pull it out of. I don't think you can go wrong with that, although it may not be the best.

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Re: Fruit difficulties
« Reply #29 on: February 26, 2008, 09:56:03 pm »
That typically just puts an edge on the knife (as opposed to sharpening more than just the tip of the blade), but that should be plenty for tomatoes.  You must fail.