What Are the Metal Teeth on Kitchen Scissors? The Hidden Purpose of the Serrated Notch

Few tools in the kitchen are as universally used and yet as widely misunderstood as a pair of kitchen shears. We reach for them to snip herbs, open stubborn packaging, or spatchcock a chicken, often without a second thought. But a closer look at the design reveals a feature that has baffled home cooks for generations: a strange, jagged hole with metal teeth nestled between the blades or near the handle. For anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of an accidental pinch from these teeth, as the person in the viral post was, they can seem like