This is the ultimate question: Which is better at cutting foodstuffs, your ordinary pair of kitchen scissors or the handy pizza cutter?
We simply have to know, and so we’re testing the ability of each to cut various foodstuffs and will be awarding a point to the winner in each case, based on the following criteria:
- Ease of Cut-ability
- Aesthetics of Final Result
- Usability of Result
- Food Retention
- Blood Loss
The results will be documented here (a page you can also access via Scissors vs Pizza Wheel in the sidebar), where you will also find some background to the project along with photos and detailed analysis of the results as they arrive.
This is where you come in. We need suggestions of which foods to test next - ideas that stretch our utensils to the limit of their abilities. Remember that this is an important scientific investigation and that your input could be vital. Please post ideas as comments after this post, and check back for regular updates!
How about cake? Or Starfruit (yes yes I know I’m a bit obsessed). OOOH, you could try sweets, like Haribo.
Dude, this is worthless without at least pictures, if not YouTube videos
Worthless without pictures? Have you even looked at the stuff we’ve done?
I always just use a breadknife. I find it very useful. I think you should research that too.
Well… i looked at the first one…
This is great!
For a challenge, you might try courgettes. I’ve got into them recently in a big way - sprinkled with herbs de provence and fried in olive oil, mmm!
Courgettes are brilliant! And prepared as you suggest with herbs and oil - delicious!
Jess - cake will probably happen tonight, and I like the Haribo idea…
How about bacon? or beef? then you could make a big pie…
How about a melon?
Thanks for the ideas all - I like melon, bacon, cake, Haribo and courgette. Might do jelly too.
Keep them coming, but we’ve decided to limit the tests to 15, so apologies if we don’t get to cut up your suggestion.
w00t!
You did the courgette. My life is complete.
Now I want fried cougette with herbs, and possibly cheese, thanks Carl!
How about jelly babies just for Angharad? You could carve or snip the heads off. Not that I’m blood thirsty, after all I’m a veggie.
I’m glad the scissors are catching up - for some reason I am very biased towards them, how odd. Anyways, if your wrist is still sore on Friday I’ll give it a massage
I think he’d rather it was your wrist giving something else a massage
Sorry… couldnt resist