You might just save yourself a trip to the emergency room.
Summer bestows a bounty of gifts upon the South, but those gifts can come at a painful price.
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But a dull knife is your best bet for peelingripe peaches.
Were not talking butter knife dull, but pretty darn close.
I have an old paring knife with a wooden handle that I call my peach knife.
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She even goes in the dishwasher, if that tells you anything our relationship and her condition.
But what she lacks in sharpness she makes up for in safety.
Even with an overzealous slip, that knife wont break skin.
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Im the first to admit that I grew up on Team Hate.
My grandmother peeled them, so my mom did, and I followed suit.
I dont always leave them unpeeled now, but I try.
I think it helps, so it does, and thats good enough for me.
That night I served a Torn Peach Cobbler to rave reviewswithout shedding one drop of blood.
