You’ve got a pair in your drawer. Every Aussie kitchen has them. Those sturdy, slightly intimidating kitchen scissors (or ‘shears’ if you’re fancy). You use them to cut baking paper, snip herbs, or maybe open that frustrating plastic packaging.
But have you ever looked at that weird, serrated metal jaw right between the handles?
It’s got these little teeth, and it sits there, uselessly, never touching the blades. For years, you’ve probably assumed it was a design flaw, a place where dirt collects, or maybe just a spot for the manufacturer to put a subtle company logo.
You were wrong. And this knowledge is about to change your next backyard barbie.
The Secret Life of the Shears
It turns out that little bit of metal isn’t just decoration, it’s a life hack disguised as stationary.
TikTok and Reddit exploded this week when one bloke finally dropped the truth bomb: that serrated section is a heavy-duty nutcracker and a bone-gripper.
Does anyone know what this part of the scissors are for?
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Yes, that’s right. If you’ve ever had trouble cracking macadamias or walnuts, or needed to prep a chicken for the grill and snap a few smaller bones, those jaws are designed to give you the leverage you need without sending the whole nut flying across the kitchen.
Forget the Bottle Opener
But wait, there’s more!
If you grab a pair of kitchen shears and look closer, the metal jaw often has a small, curved cutout. This isn’t just for bones; it’s a jar and bottle opener. Stick it over the edge of a stubborn lid and twist. You’re not cutting anything; you’re using it as a mini, high-tensile spanner to break the vacuum seal.
Forget the old tricks of running the lid under hot water or bashing it with a tea towel, you’ve had the professional tool in your hand all along!
Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Us?
This is truly mind-blowing stuff. It’s like finding out the metal loop on a paperclip can reset your router. We’ve been living a lie, struggling with the basics, while a simple $10 utensil was hiding its true, heroic power.
Now that you know, you can never un-know it. Go forth and share the knowledge, check your drawers, then impress (or mildly annoy) your friends at the next summer cookout.
