My hint for removing the core from iceberg lettuce

[Wcross]

Unwrap the plastic near the core. Smack the flat part of the core with your hand. Remove. I did it in front of my mom who is a great cook and she had never seen it before!

[Rowdyboy]

1. Or you can slam the bottom core on the cutting board

My partner taught me this trick awhile ago. It really makes dealing with iceberg easy.

[yardwork]

3. That's the way I do it.

It really is impressive looking.

A variation works for opening jars with tight lids - smack the bottom of the jar hard with the palm of your hand. Lid opens easily.

[Rowdyboy]

11. You can also tap the bottom of most jars with a spoon

two or three times and most will open like magic!

[Wcross]

8. But if you pretend its Bush's head- it is better to use your hand n/t

[AndyP]

2. I always slam it on the table

and the core is usually easy to remove. That way I don't hurt my hand by slamming it into the lettuce.

[Squeegee]

12. ditto

that's what the chef at the country club I used to work at taught me.

[MI Cherie]

4. I slam it on the counter ...

... works perfectly every time!

[democracyindanger]

5. Gahhhh

Thanks for reminding me of my restaurant-slave days...

To get the ketchup to flow from a glass bottle of Heinz (without coating your knife), tip the bottle and smack the '57' on the neck with the heel of your hand.

[Wcross]

9. Thats where I learned it- at a Friendly's restaurant.

Although I was a galley slave I got lucky quite a few times with several waitresses there. It made up for the minimum wage I was paid.

[demgurl]

6. And a good way to get Heinz ketchup out of the bottle.....

Is to hit it at the markings a third of the way down the bottle. It dispels the air and gets the ketchup out. Works every time!

[librechik]

7. or take a knife, insert it as far as it will go into the bottle, and

make a circle around the inside edge. Breaks up the frozen mass of ketchup & makes it pourable.

[jmowreader]

10. My hint is...

Iceberg lettuce has almost no nutritional value--only fiber. Don't eat it.

The darker lettuce is, the more nutrition it has. Iceberg is more than half white--no nutrition but fiber.

Romaine, "leaf," Boston, Bibb...all have lots of color, all have plenty of nutrition. Eat those lettuces.

I really like raw spinach, but preparing it is a pain because you must wash the sand out of each leaf individually.