In a message dated 8/2/00 8:06:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Seton1355 at aol.com writes: << Forked tipped tomato knife: Why the forked tip? >> To twist the stem end out of the tomato. Ras The test of good manners is to be patient with bad ones.- Solomon Ibn Gabirol http://members.aol.com/AbhainnCG/