[Redway]

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.]

The ingredient

[Crimson Dynamo]

Never use a knife unless im having steak, other wise I just use a fork

[Ammi]

…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.]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

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

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Never use a knife unless im having steak, other wise I just use a fork

So how do your onions chop themselves?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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

oh yeah

then I'm looking at the veg to gauge thickness

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I have no idea but now you've given me something to think about

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

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]

Originally Posted by Redway

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

[Beso]

I was expecting the question to be one finger on top, slicing motion. Or grip like a bat, force down motion.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Originally Posted by Redway

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