Scissors for greens: description and selection

The modern market for kitchen products offers housewives a lot of innovations to facilitate their work. Such innovations include kitchen scissors. Why they have become a necessary household item, what assortment of this product is offered to the buyer, and how to decide on the right choice of this product - we will try to understand this article.

Sometimes, when you are preparing lunch, breakfast, dinner, it is inconvenient to use a knife, it is much more effective to use kitchen scissors.

They have a different shape, special notches, denticles. Due 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.

Kitchen scissors used in the following cases:

• when cutting small bones and cartilage of fish and poultry;
• when chopping greens;
• when slicing dried fruits;
• when slicing vegetable salad;
• when cutting dough or baking to give the desired shape to the dish;
• when cutting pizza into portions;
• when disclosing product packaging.

The most popular are scissors for greens. They differ from other kitchen scissors in a special shape. One species has 3 sharp blades on one handle, the other has 5 blades, but both types of tools speed up the process of cutting herbs.

Kitchen items are complemented by a special brush designed to clean the blades.

Grind parsley, celery, onions with cutting tools directly into a salad bowl or in a bowl with soup comfortably.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 study its features, rules of use.

As mentioned above, for cutting herbs use special cutting tools having thin sharp blades.

First of all, when choosing products, you need to pay attention to steel qualityIt should be stainless, hard, high carbon.

If the steel grade is not indicated on the product, you need to visually assess the quality and hardness of the metal. You also need to pay attention to sharp and uniform sharpening along the entire cutting length. Micro-toothed blades are highly regarded.

Modern scissors with plastic handles are resistant to detergents, to hot water.

When choosing a product, pay attention to the mount. Screw fasteners are more valued than rivets.

Like any product, the described tool has its positive and negative sides.. The pluses of scissors with several blades include cutting speed, the minuses are the complexity and inconvenience of operation, women do not have enough physical strength to cut a large bunch of herbal seasonings with one effort.

The negative point is the inability to sharpen the proposed subject with five blades at home. And one more minus - you have to add to the cost of scissors the cost of sharpening them.

If you purchase a subject for cutting greens in small quantities, a specialized tool in this case is simply indispensable: you will quickly chop dill, green onions, and herbs to decorate the salad.

But If you plan to process a large number of products with scissors, you will not succeed: hands get tired, grate calluses. In this case, it’s easiest for you to use a food processor.

There is another drawback: the complexity of washing.

Large companies from Germany, China, Japan, Switzerland, Finland produce kitchen scissors for greens. Competing with each other, companies are trying to improve the quality of goods, comply with safety standards and environmental requirements. They do not leave behind the design design, think over additional functions, thereby increasing the demand for the item.

Naturally, the models of well-known brand firms do not fail for a long time, they are well sharpened.

The following models that are most in demand are popular.

• Scissors for greens Mayer & Boch. This model has five blades (length 11 cm), a convenient handle with a silicone insert that prevents palm injury. In a set: a brush for washing from silicone, a support for storage of the device on a table in a horizontal position. Production: China.

• Tescoma Presto scissors for greens. The tools of this company are compact, designed for cutting leaf salads, vegetables, greens. Scissors have one pair of blades that chop vegetables of different shapes and sizes. Included is a cover that serves as a cleaning tool. Production: Czech Republic.

• Scissors for greens "Multidom". A well-known company presents triple scissors, convenient for cutting a small amount of greens, spinach, herbs. The design is complemented by silicone inserts. In a set - a cover and a brush.

• Scissors for greens TimA PS-03. Scissors of this company are designed for women with a small hand. That is why the surface of the ring is soft and comfortable inside, which is convenient for chopping greens with a five-blade tool. Included - silicone brush for cleaning.

• Scissors for greens "Toss and Chop Green" with a spoon. This model consists of scissors with three blades. Included is a container for greens, a container for storing chopped herbs. Production: Czech Republic.

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 jets of both hot and cold water.
• Wash the scissors with your hands in cold water and then dry thoroughly with a dry towel.
• Sharpen the product only with a special sharpener.
• Store the tool for cutting greens in a dry drawer, use a special stand, can be placed above the countertop.

Overview of Tescoma Presto greens scissors (888221) in the video below.