The modern market of kitchen products offers housewives a lot of innovations to facilitate their work. These innovations include kitchen scissors. Why they have become a necessary item of use, what range of this product is offered to the buyer, and how to determine the correct choice of this product - let's try to figure out this article.
Application area
Sometimes, when you cook lunch, breakfast, dinner, it is inconvenient to use a knife, it is much more efficient to use kitchen scissors.
They have a different shape, special notches, teeth. Thanks to these properties, the range of application of this accessory is wide. If you work with the described object, you can not use a cutting board, and the surface of the table will remain clean.
The use of kitchen scissors
Kitchen scissors apply in the following cases:
- when cutting small bones and cartilage of fish and poultry;
- with shredding greens;
- when cutting dried fruits;
- when cutting vegetable salad;
- when cutting dough or baking to give the desired shape of the dish;
- when cutting pizza into portions;
- when disclosing product packaging.
Kitchen scissors for greens
The most popular are scissors for greens. They differ from other kitchen scissors by a special form. One type has 3 sharp blades on one handle, another type has 5 blades, but both types of tools accelerate the process of cutting herbs.
Kitchen items are complemented by a special brush designed to clean the blades.
Chopping parsley, celery, onions with cutting devices directly into a bowl or in a bowl of soup is comfortable. And time for this procedure takes less.
But you can take advantage of the described tool only if you purchase a quality product, so before you buy a product, you need to learn its features and terms of use.
Product selection
As mentioned above, for cutting herbs use special cutting tools with thin sharp blades.
First of all, when choosing products, you need to pay attention to the quality of steel.It should be stainless, solid, high carbon.
If the product does not indicate the steel grade, it is necessary to visually assess the quality and hardness of the metal. Still need to pay attention to the sharp and uniform sharpening the entire cutting length. Micro-toothed blades are highly valued.
Modern scissors with plastic handles are resistant to detergents, hot water.
Choosing a product, pay attention to the mount. Screw fastening is appreciated more, than rivet.
It is believed that, unlike riveted, screw fastening can be tightened several times.
Pros and cons of green scissors
Like any product, the described tool has its positive and negative sides.. The advantages of scissors with multiple blades include cutting speed, the disadvantages are the complexity and inconvenience of operationwomen do not have enough physical strength to cut a large bunch of herbal spices with one effort.
The negative point is the impossibility of sharpening the proposed object with five blades at home. And one more minus - it is necessary to add to the cost of scissors the cost of sharpening them.
But now self-sharpening knives are on sale - this is a plus.
If you purchase a small amount of greens, a specialized tool is simply irreplaceable in this case: you will quickly cut dill, green onions, and herbs for decorating salad.
But If you plan to process a large amount of products with scissors, you will fail: tired hands, rubbed calluses. In this case, the easiest way for you to use a food processor.
There is another drawback: the complexity of washing.
Manufacturers take care of solving this problem, and together with the product they sell special brushes.
Overview of models from different manufacturers
Large companies from Germany, China, Japan, Switzerland, Finland produce kitchen scissors for greenery. By competing with each other, firms are trying to improve the quality of goods, to comply with safety standards and environmental requirements. Do not leave in the background and design registration, think through additional functions, thereby increasing the demand for the object.
Naturally, the models of well-known brand companies for a long time do not fail, are well sharpened.
The following models are most popular.
- Scissors for green Mayer & Boch. This model has five blades (length 11 cm), a comfortable handle with a silicone insert, preventing injury to the palms. Included: brush for washing of silicone, stand for storing the device on the table in a horizontal position. Production: China.
- Scissors for green Tescoma Presto. The tools of this company are compact, designed for cutting leafy salads, vegetables, greens. Scissors have one pair of blades that chop vegetables of different shapes and sizes. Included - a case that serves as a device for cleaning. Production: Czech Republic.
- Scissors for greens "Multidom". A well-known company is a triple scissors, convenient for cutting a small amount of greens, spinach, herbs. The design is supplemented with silicone inserts. In a set - a cover and a brush.
- Scissors for green TimA PS-03. Scissors of this company are designed for women with a small hand. That is why the inside surface of the ring is soft and comfortable, which is convenient for grinding green with a tool with five blades. Included - silicone cleaning brush.
- Scissors for greens "Toss and Chop Green" with a spoon. This model consists of scissors with three blades. The set includes a container for greenery, a container for storing crushed herbs. Production: Czech Republic.
Tip: if you want to purchase the item described, do not chase a cheap product. Inexpensive copies are not of high quality. Do not seek and overpay for the selected product. Do not forget about the rule of the golden mean.
Follow the rules of operation
If you want the product to last longer, You should follow some rules.
- Do not wash the product in the dishwasher. Blades quickly become dull from detergents, from strong water streams of both hot and cold water.
- Wash the scissors with cold water and then wipe dry with a dry towel.
- Sharpen the product only with a special sharpener.
- Keep the tool for cutting greens in a dry box, use a special stand that can be placed above the table top.
Review of Tescoma Presto green scissors (888221) in the video below.
