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They would mention a pastry blender.

I was like, "What is a pastry blender?"

Cut in chilled butter with your fingers or a pastry blender until no pieces are larger than a pea.

When Mitch Cohen was growing up in Springfield, Va., all five children were taught to mash canned tuna using not a fork — the tool of choice in most households — but a pastry blender.

“While the fork method surely satisfies the requirement of smashing canned tuna, I admit that I prefer the pastry blender method, because it reminds me of my now departed moms,” he wrote.