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Like a colander, the tines of the fork will mimic the outcome of a ricer or a food mill.
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Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Working in batches, if necessary, place the fish and onion on the pan, and cook until grill marks form on the bottom, the onion softens and the fish is no longer translucent and flakes easily under the tines of a fork, 2 to 3 minutes per side for the onion and 3 to 4 minutes per side for the fish.
—Ellie Krieger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
Others are more about the visual appeal of the drop tine rack itself.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
The electric field inside a microwave oven, which is only about a third as strong, can create a corona discharge, or electric arc, between the tines of a metal fork, so just imagine what might happen inside the electronics of the rectenna.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
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Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
Working in batches, if necessary, place the fish and onion on the pan, and cook until grill marks form on the bottom, the onion softens and the fish is no longer translucent and flakes easily under the tines of a fork, 2 to 3 minutes per side for the onion and 3 to 4 minutes per side for the fish.
—Ellie Krieger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
Others are more about the visual appeal of the drop tine rack itself.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
The electric field inside a microwave oven, which is only about a third as strong, can create a corona discharge, or electric arc, between the tines of a metal fork, so just imagine what might happen inside the electronics of the rectenna.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2024
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“Tine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tine. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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