OXO Good Grips Lettuce Knife

Cutting lettuce crushes cells adjacent to the cut, bruising them, so the edges turn brown. This can be minimized by slicing lettuce with a plastic serrated knife or by tearing it. This knife does not slow oxidation, it merely does less damage than a metal knife, so it takes longer for the edges to become obviously brown.

I use it mostly to cut foods that are too soft to cut cleanly with a metal knife: brownies, cakes, meat loaf. For these applications, it does an excellent job. Use a gently sawing motion. Brownies come out square like bricks, not smashed at the edges and cracked across the top. It cuts cake or pie cleanly without crushing it. And meat loaf slices come out neater that with a metal knife. All with fewer crumbs to clean up.

The knife is well made from clear plastic that is frosted, like a shower door. Its handle is comfortable and doesn't become slippery. Cutting edge is 7.25 inches long. Blade maximum height about 2.5 inches. Dishwasher safe, but very easy to wash by hand; made in China.

This knife does a fine job for what it is, but I wish that it was a couple inches longer so that it could slice through a head of iceberg lettuce in one stroke. It always leaves a couple inches uncut.

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Ok I didn't buy this to cut lettuce. I bought it because the blade is safe for non-stick surfaces. I bake brownies in a non-stick pan and am forever getting frustrated trying to get them out without marring the surface of the pan.

That's the sole purpose for this knife for me. My non-stick cooking pans are metal utensil safe and I buy lettuce already cut up.

The balance on this is great and the handle is a terrific shape i have arthritis so handle shapes are an issue and this is easy to hold but Good Grips usually are.

Been thru the dishwasher several times and it looks new. I was worried about the plastic blade breaking but so far so good!

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So, I bought this for our commercial kitchen since we now offer salads. I was very excited to get this in. I told everyone how our salads were going to last longer because of the plastic knife.

Well, that's all crap. I did a test where I cut up part of a lettuce head with a metal knife and this plastic knife. Guess what...the both turned brown at the same rate, 2-3 days. What a joke. Don't bother with this, it is all hype.

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I bought this to use as a cake knife on my crystal cake stand. It works great and doesn't look too bad. We made it through the holidays just fine. Remember the metal scratch up your cake plates. They look nice and may match your lovely silverware pattern, but metal cake servers, etc.. are a hazard to good crystal.