Some scissors use their teeth to cut aluminum foil seals or grab bottle caps.

How to use:

Use the edges to tear foil from wine bottles or spice jars.

Grab the edge of a stubborn bottle cap for leverage.

✅ A small tool with great utility.

🛠️ Bonus tricks you didn’t know about

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Cutting thick plastic packaging

First, use the prongs to pierce, then cut with the blades.

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Break the stems of the aromatic herbs

Crush woody stems (like rosemary) to release their aroma.

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Open stubborn shells

Use the prongs to open closed plastic containers.

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Emergency handle for slippery lids

It works like a rubber can opener, but integrated.

🧼 How to keep it clean and safe

This tool comes into contact with food, so clean it thoroughly.

✅ Advice:

Wash by hand or in the top rack of the dishwasher.

Dry thoroughly to prevent rust (especially on metal prongs).

Never force: light pressure is sufficient.

⚠️ Avoid using it on hot pans and sharp edges, which can damage the prongs.

💬 Summary: The best tools are the ones you already own.

We buy gadgets.

We clutter our drawers.

We are looking for the “perfect” tool.

But the truth is that:

Some of the smartest kitchen tools are already in your hands.

And that tooth on your kitchen scissors?

It’s no coincidence.

It’s an ingenious design: a little Swiss Army knife hidden in plain sight.

So next time you’re struggling with a jar, cracking nuts or crushing garlic…

Don’t take five utensils.

Take the kitchen scissors.

Because sometimes the difference between “I need a gadget” and “I have one”…

It’s not in the drawer.

It’s in the scissors.

And once you’ve learned the secrets?

You might wonder how you ever cooked without it before.