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Redway
10-03-2025, 01:45 AM
Be-it onions, okra (lady’s fingers; whatever), meat or carrots, is your eye more on the ingredient you’re chopping or are you looking at the space between your knife and your hand, so you’re extra-sure not to accidentally cut your finger a little bit?

Niamh.
10-03-2025, 08:16 AM
The ingredient

Crimson Dynamo
10-03-2025, 08:18 AM
Never use a knife unless im having steak, other wise I just use a fork

Ammi
10-03-2025, 08:21 AM
…I hadn’t really ever considered which one I look at…(…I’m guessing that it’s a bit of both…)…I have a big bit of a cut atm on my finger/thumb and stitches from a bread knife because it slipped so grasp is obviously as important as well…

Niamh.
10-03-2025, 08:23 AM
Never use a knife unless im having steak, other wise I just use a fork

I presume Redway means when you're preparing the meal and the veg etc is raw, you surely use a knife then :laugh:

Redway
10-03-2025, 08:27 AM
Never use a knife unless im having steak, other wise I just use a fork

So how do your onions chop themselves?

Crimson Dynamo
10-03-2025, 08:34 AM
I presume Redway means when you're preparing the meal and the veg etc is raw, you surely use a knife then :laugh:

oh yeah

then I'm looking at the veg to gauge thickness

Ithinkiloveyoutoo
11-03-2025, 05:37 PM
I have no idea but now you've given me something to think about

Redway
11-03-2025, 06:27 PM
I have no idea but now you've given me something to think about

I do find it’s better to look at the distance between the knife and your fingers, just so there aren’t any minor incidents of cutting yourself a little, but in practice I’m looking at the ingredient I’m chopping more-times. I have to be intentional about deciding to look more at the knife.

Ithinkiloveyoutoo
11-03-2025, 06:45 PM
I do find it’s better to look at the distance between the knife and your fingers, just so there aren’t any minor incidents of cutting yourself a little, but in practice I’m looking at the ingredient I’m chopping more-times. I have to be intentional about deciding to look more at the knife.

I'll try that tomorrow :dance:

Beso
11-03-2025, 08:37 PM
I was expecting the question to be one finger on top, slicing motion. Or grip like a bat, force down motion.

Ithinkiloveyoutoo
12-03-2025, 08:27 PM
I do find it’s better to look at the distance between the knife and your fingers, just so there aren’t any minor incidents of cutting yourself a little, but in practice I’m looking at the ingredient I’m chopping more-times. I have to be intentional about deciding to look more at the knife.

I look at the food. Tested today :smug: