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Sunday, December 6, 2009

  • How to Peel and Chop an Onion

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    By Real Simple Magazine, on Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:40pm PST

    Time Inc. StudiosThe best way to reduce tears when you're working with onions is to minimize the amount of time you spend, by learning how to chop this versatile vegetable quickly and efficiently.

    What You Need: Onions, cutting board, chef's knife

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  • A Lesson in Knife Skills

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    By Project Recipe, bon appetit, on Fri Aug 8, 2008 12:44pm PDT

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    From my own experience, most knife injuries come from one of four sources. Either a) you're using the wrong size or kind of knife b) you're not holding it correctly c) you're distracted or d) the knife in question is duller than you were expecting.

    Take my own biggest knife injury, which took place in a restaurant kitchen in 1984 where I was working prep. For some reason my comfortable all-purpose 10" chef's knife wasn't available, and I was using this ridiculous F. Dick monster 14" chef's knife. I lost attention for a moment and misplaced my ring fingernail in a big pile of tomato concasee. Unfortunately, I think even the diners heard me yell. I have a voice that projects, you know?

    So let's talk through these problem sources.

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