Here to "putzen" means to cut out the bad spots and rip of the green.

off, oder? Ich wäre auf der technischen remove-Schiene gewesen, aber vielleicht gibt es noch etwas dazwischen.

prepare?

(blind geraten)

when I make my famous strawberry sauce, I

hull and slice the strawberries

@#6: Your link leads to precisely THIS thread. How shall a circular reference be helpful?

@#7: Does it? With more than five years in between? ;-)

@7, 8: In other words, the link actually leads to a different thread.

waschen, trocken tupfen

That already is the better part of "putzen"; what is left to be translated here: remove the stems.

what is left to be translated here: remove the stems.

In English: top and tail

Warum soll ich das "top" entfernen?

Werner, weil das so heißt ....

top and tail
a. to trim off the ends of fruit or vegetables before cooking them
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tops+and+tail

Und wenn Du es ganz genau nehmen willst, wie Du das so gern tust:
to hull strawberries
hull (hl)
n.
1.
a. The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.
b. The enlarged calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hull

In der Schweiz sagt man dazu übrigens "rüsten": related discussion: rüsten: Helvetismus?

von yotix, aus dem "rüsten"-Faden: (2007)

Ansonsten ...
"parieren" geht nur bei Fleisch;
"tournieren" ist AFAIK eher "in gleichförmige Stücke schneiden" als das Putzen;
"vorbereiten" scheint üblich zu sein.

Na da war ich mit meinem "nur" geratenen "prepare" doch gar nicht so danebengelegen, oder? :)

I would suggest 'trim' for cleaning in the sense of removing inedible parts. (Of vegetables; but for fish, of course, it's 'clean.')

>>Die Erdbeeren waschen, trocken tupfen, putzen und purieren

Wash, pat dry, and trim the strawberries, and purée them in the blender / food processor.

'Top and tail' seems to be BE, and I don't think there's usually anything wrong with the 'tail' of a strawberry.

'Top and tail' is used mainly for green beans, where you snip off the tough part at either end. (In BE)

yes, green beans (and mangetout), which is why I then added "hull strawberries". But certainly not "remove the stems".

http://localfoods.about.com/od/preparationtip...
The stem - cut into a cone shape tapering into the strawberry thus removing the stem without sacrificing too much fruit - should pop right off/out.
(Heading of this one: How to hull strawberries)

http://www.geekyhousewife.com/2008/04/17/easi...
Preparing strawberries for cooking can take a few minutes since you have to remove the stem

http://www.tarladalal.com/glossary-strawberry-436i
Strawberries can be chopped using a sharp knife. Slice it from the top to remove the stem and then cut it into half from the centre.

No need to discount my entry as completely as you all do.

Ich verstehe wirklich nicht, wieso Du immer Internetrecherchen und Wörterbucheinträgen den Vorzug vor idiomatischen Formulierungen gibst. Aber bitte.

I actually don't discount remove the stems (for many strawberries English would use the plural); that seems like another valid option to me. However, it's technically not just the stem, but also the leaves and trimming off any bad spots, so that's why I went with trim. Colloquially you could also say trim them up.

I'm still thinking about hull and wondering if that could be another BE difference. In AE I think we mainly hull nuts or peas; that is, it's the same as shelling them. I believe there are also machines that hull crops like corn (= BE maize).

So to me that word doesn't seem to fit for strawberries. If you were preparing to do something like fill them with chocolate (hmmm!), you might core them, like you can core an apple. I suppose you could also say hollow them out, remove the stem and core, something like that. If there really are recipes for chocolate-filled strawberries, you could see how they describe it. Though I may just be imagining that and confusing them with chocolate-dipped ...

@hm--us: I did wonder if there was an AE/BE difference when you suggested "trim" instead of "hull", but there isn't if AHD is anything to go by:
NOUN:
1.• The dry outer covering of a fruit, seed, or nut; a husk.
• The enlarged calyx of a fruit, such as a strawberry, that is usually green and easily detached.2.•Nautical The frame or body of a ship, exclusive of masts, engines, or superstructure.
• The main body of various other large vehicles, such as a tank, airship, or flying boat.

3. The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or spaceship.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
hulled, hull·ing, hulls To remove the hulls of (fruit or seeds).
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictiona...

But I take your point about cutting out any bad bits. In the absence of bad bits, I'd support penguin's "hull" for strawberries.
And forget the hollowing out - just dip them in chocolate and enjoy!

Interesting, thank you.

AHD sense 1b is completely new to me. I would never think of calling the strawberry's stem and leaves a hull, because to me a hull is AHD 1a, a dry outer covering, etc. And I wouldn't call anything a calyx except in botany class, which I never took ...

I would guess that other AE nonscientists might say the same thing, but that's just a guess. Perhaps other AE speakers will comment, just for the sake of discussion.

@#21 see #13

Another AE/BE difference, I believe

@penguin: sorry, but I can't see what you're getting at. I supported your "hull" in #13, but there's clearly (according to AHD) no AE/BE difference in usage of "hull".

Sorry, penguin, I must have overlooked your citation. I don't tend to pay as much attention to thefreedictionary.com, but in this case it may have been citing an actual dictionary.

Anne, again, I take your point that AHD still lists the meaning, but I'm just not sure that that confirms actual current usage. It could be a dictionary artifact that needs to be reconsidered, or a specialist sense that has never been very common.

Or it could just be me, and everyone else AE talks about hulling strawberries all the time -- but that's why I was thinking maybe a few others would pipe up. Not that this is an earth-shattering question, but it's no duller a topic than potatoes. (-:

I can certainly pipe up, but I don't know if it would help any. I'm not a specialist in strawberry treatments, but googling the term I got a ton of hits for "hulling strawberries," most of which seem to be AE. I've never heard the term used for strawberries either, but like I said ...

Thanks, dude. Did the hits seem to be perhaps commercial or technical, like machines doing it in factories to make jam, or also people at home making fruit salad? Does anyone in your family say it when they make fruit salad?

You can find about 500,000 hits here: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22hulled+the+...

It looks like a lot of homemakers commenting, or semi-professionals, or even professionals giving tips on how to do this properly. I didn't really delve in too deeply.

Edit: Here's a short video by an American pastry chef who talks about hulling strawberries, and she mentions a "strawberry huller," some professional equipment, I guess: http://www.chow.com/food-news/55041/how-to-hu...

Okay, then it must just be me. Mea culpa, my bad, hull it is.

Then I've "hulled" many a strawberry in my lifetime, all without knowing it. I removed the stems/leaves and trimmed them prior to further processing. Had 6 rows of strawberries in my garden :-)

http://chefschoicecookware.com/utensils-gadge...

Chef’n StemGem Strawberry Stem Remover :-)

Thanks for the "back-up" link, Carly.

Because otherwise---telling from its name---I would have thought it stems (hah!) from Looney Tunes' (Bugs Bunny, et. al.) ACME device arsenal...:)
Come to think of it...Simpsons maybe, as well.

What would 'putzen' be in the context of chillies or peppers? Just prepare? or deseed maybe?

prepare, deseed, core

I usually wash them first.

*g* The stuff grown in a Spanish or Dutch greenhouse and sold in this country does not need washing ...

I'd wash them anyway; you never know who handled them before you. :-)

'Deseed' sounds too technical to me; for a recipe I would just say 'remove seeds and core.'

I don't know if ones like bell peppers might also have some sort of waxy coating on the outside for display, like apples. And there's also possible pesticide residue if they're not organic. In any case, I doubt that washing (really just rinsing) would hurt them. Not that you would need to mention that in the recipe. It's just assumed that people know to wash ordinary vegetables, in the same way that a recipe for potatoes says to dice or mash them and assumes you know to wash and peel them.

Thank you!