I always have trouble pulling off the stem from my strawberries. Is their a better way to take the stem off without leaving part of the stem still on? Maybe some sort of household tool I can use?
By using part of its name!
A good straw pressed through the bottom to push the stem out.
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2The only downside of this is, that you'll lose some of that precious, tasty strawberry! – Alex Sep 14 '15 at 16:47
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answered Sep 15 '15 at 13:02
I like a bird's-beak parer, but a vegetable peeler will work pretty well for this. Use it point-first to make a circular cut around the stem, which will come right out. I use this technique for a number of other things - removing eyes from potatoes, scooping blemishes out of fruit, etc.
Use a pair of metal tweezers.
Just stab into the top of the strawberry, squeeze, and pull. You'll get the stem, base and all, every time.
Make sure to use a pair that is flat on the end, not the kind with a sharp tip. Like this:
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1Note: Make sure to clean the tweezers first. This should go without saying. – Gwen Sep 13 '15 at 9:31
