Lots of us like making a tasty meal, but chopping vegetables is one of the toughest parts.
It’s tricky, tiresome and takes a little while to get sorted, which is why tips on how to speed things up are always welcome. Now your tomato-chopping experiece is about to get a lot easier thanks to one woman’s nifty hack.
Poppy O’Toole, known as poppycooks on TikTok, shared the ulitmate way to chop a tomato easily, and it’s blown people’s minds. All you need is a sharp knife to pull it off.
According to Poppy, you should begin by cutting the tomato in half and removing the little “eye” section. This will prevent you from chewing on any tough bits.
From here, your slicing experience will get a lot less messy, and quickly.
Once you’ve done this, all you need to do is turn it onto its flat side before you begin chopping. She said the key is to avoid too much pressure, as this can bruise the tomato and cause the seeds to come out.
Poppy said if you use a “sawing motion” it should help things to go smoothly. This should leave you with “lovely” little slices of tomato that stay perfectly in tact.
As you see in the video, there’s no mess, and not one seed falls out of the middle. It’s the ultimate way to make sure you have a clean chop.
The video has been viewed over 16,000 times since she shared it, and her followers think the trick is amazing. They can’t believe they’ve been chopping tomatoes wrong for so many years.
One person said: “I always use a smooth knife. Never thought about using a bread knife, so that I could saw it. Thank you.”
Another wrote: “Ah, don’t apply much pressure to it. I always thought the tomatoes that I buy are broken.”
A third replied: “You are literally giving me so many cooking skills. Love this account.”
Meanwhile, a fourth also commented: “I find these chopping tutorials really helpful. Thank you.”
