Musings on food and life from Beth Bader, the co-author of The Cleaner Plate Club. Ingredients: original recipes, food policy insights, parenting fun, and a dash of humor.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Basic Knife Handling 101
Basics on knife handling to keep your knife sharp, and your fingers intact.
although the rocking motion is useful in certain situations (namely finely chopping/mincing garlic, parsley, etc.), in my opinion, it is NOT what the knife is built for as you say. a knife is built for SLICING, not CUTTING or CHOPPING. unless you are mincing, you want to get in the habit of slicing(using a forward or backward motion as your knife goes down), otherwise you won't get to the level of speed and precision of a trained chef.
although the rocking motion is useful in certain situations (namely finely chopping/mincing garlic, parsley, etc.), in my opinion, it is NOT what the knife is built for as you say. a knife is built for SLICING, not CUTTING or CHOPPING. unless you are mincing, you want to get in the habit of slicing(using a forward or backward motion as your knife goes down), otherwise you won't get to the level of speed and precision of a trained chef.
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