Things You Probably Didn't Know Kitchen Shears Can Do

The most uncommon way to use kitchen shears is to slice your pizza. Unlike knives and pizza cutters, your kitchen shears won’t drag the pizza’s ingredients with them.

Note that you might end up with a bit of a mess if your pizza is still too warm or extremely gooey. Snip through your pie only after it has cooled to a handleable temperature.

Breaking whole canned tomatoes down often leads to tomato juice shooting across the kitchen. Thankfully, kitchen shears can prevent that and make the job easier.

To cut the tomatoes in the can itself, simply put your kitchen shears inside and chop. This will keep the juice from the tomatoes in the can without touching it with your hands.

When spatchcocking a chicken, turkey, or quail, removing the backbone with a knife can be hard. To avoid slipping on the skin, snip the backbone out with kitchen shears.

Forgetting to wash the cutting board, knife, or your hands after cutting hot peppers can mean a swollen eye, burning skin, and more. Luckily, kitchen shears can help.

Simply remove the top and stem, cut into the pepper, remove the veins and seeds, and chop the pepper right into your dish. This way, you’ll only touch its exterior, reducing risks.

Knowing exactly what and where to cut on your shrimp in order to clean, peel, and devein them can be puzzling. However, kitchen shears can help you get into the nitty gritty.

To peel and devein a shrimp, hold it under the running water, work the shears under the shell on its back, and cut up and along what would be the spine (if the shrimp had one).