Stabilize the pumpkin on a flat surface. Spread out some paper towels or newspaper on the kitchen table, or another sturdy flat surface on which you can work at carving your pumpkin.
One of the epiphanies that illuminate you along the way is the simple realization that you need a workhorse. Yes, it’s good to have a bunch of highly specialized knives — carving knives, slicers, boning knives, even charcuterie knives — that’s all well and good. But you also need a jack-of-all-trades blade that you can apply to any number of situations. Enter the standard utility knife.
Each product needs to slice correctly.
Our Lives have Changed Drastically During the First Part of 2020 with the Spread of COVID-19 Around the World. Events have Been Canceled or Postponed to Later in the year and Sports, Well, it’s Non-Existent as is Tailgating.
Some mushrooms are seasonal (think: chanterelle, morel, porcini). Others, we’ve gotten quite good at cultivating and are available year-round. Still, when I get a hankering for mushrooms and I glance at the calendar, it’s usually a fall month. It’s something about their earthiness that does it for me. Here’s how to clean three of the…