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Dull knife + coffee cup

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:55 pm
by Humboldt
Saw one of those life hack videos last week.
Assumed it might come in handy some day.

Just cooking a late breakfast of spaghetti w/ sauteed shrimp and tomatoes.

Swiss chard and collards w/ garlic on the side.

Started cutting the tomato and thought, "damn this knife is dull."

Tried the coffee cup trick (unglazed cup bottom) and the knife cut through the tomatoes like 'it through a goose.

I have a nice sharpener (Spyderco) but lose track of maintaining the kitchen blades sometimes.

Great tip :)

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:03 am
by minir
Bottoms Up Humboldt :D

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Larry

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:26 pm
by Bastid
You really should include pics of said food because it sounds so delicious. just sayin... :D

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:14 pm
by Humboldt
Bastid wrote:You really should include pics of said food because it sounds so delicious. just sayin... :D
For something so simple it was damn good.
Whole wheat pasta.
Shrimp sauteed w/ diced tomato and garlic w/ olive oil and sherry.
Mix of swiss chard and collard greens sauteed/steamed down in a big covered pot.

Waiting for a new card reader, should be here soon :D

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:43 pm
by Dan
Humboldt wrote:
Waiting for a new card reader, should be here soon :D
there is free Canon software to upload pictures directly from the camera,if you have the usb to mini hdmi cable,then you can edit & save the pictures all in that Canon software,are you still shooting the Canon ? you never have to take the card out of the camera at all !

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:59 am
by Humboldt
Dan wrote:there is free Canon software to upload pictures directly from the camera,if you have the usb to mini hdmi cable,then you can edit & save the pictures all in that Canon software,are you still shooting the Canon ? you never have to take the card out of the camera at all !
Thanks for the tip, will check that out :thumb:

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:05 am
by Dan
Humboldt wrote:Thanks for the tip, will check that out :thumb:

yes,if you do that,get the "EOS Utility" & the "Digital Photo Professional", here http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/ ... ndSoftware click your camera & PC software.