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Horizontal cuts when dicing an onion

Should you make horizontal cuts (parallel to the board) through the halves of an onion before dicing?
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Fennel mandarin salad

I have a recipe for a fennel mandarin salad. it says to chop the fennel bulb. I haven't cooked or even ate fennel before. I have the fennel. Do i chop the green portion or the white bulb portion? for this salad?
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How do I cut and serve my ribs?

I slow-cooked spare ribs on my grill yesterday: I'm not sure if that picture does it justice, but they were very tasty. The problem I had was cutting and serving them to my family. Is there a particular knife I should use to cut these ribs? Also,…
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How to trim fat & silver skin from a small piece of meat?

I tried butchering some unprocessed beef for the 1st time today and had a hard time removing the tough fat & silver skin. The meat pieces were about 40-80% the size of my fist, which is way smaller than examples in the videos I've found, and they…
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Is there any way to chop vegetables quickly without using a knife?

I sometimes need to have chopped, or more specifically, shredded vegetables for coleslaw or other similar dishes. Usually I use a knife, but it can be time consuming. I have tried using using food processors like the Ninja, but it completely fails…
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Are there small electric saws that can cut beef marrow bones?

To get bone marrow out of whole beef bones, and for serving bone marrow in a bone piece on the plate nicely, you need to cut the bone into slices. It is a lot of work manually even for one cut, even more so doing several cuts on each bone for…
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How do you know how large or small your cut pieces should be?

I was making a curry and I'm having a hard time deciding how large or small I should cut my ingredients. Advice? Particularly I'm looking for how the taste is effected depending on how large or small your cut pieces are
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Washing fruit after cutting?

Today, I cut up some pineapple. On the bare fruit that was left after cutting, there was residual pieces of the skin, so I washed the pineapple. To me, it seemed like I was washing off juice from the pineapple, which seems negative. However, I also…
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What is the simple method to avoid the scab from hand after pealing colocasia roots.?

I used simple knife for cutting roots, while cutting them scab starts on my hands. I can used coconut oil on my hands before start cutting them but it was not effective tell me some methods to avoid this
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Proper chopping technique

When you're cutting a veggie, you're holding a veggie in the left hand and the knife in the right hand. Which hand does move closer to another? When you hold a knife with a tip resting on the board and keep cutting moving to the left, you will end…
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How do I properly cut a chicken breast into strips or chunks?

I often cut fresh chicken breasts into strips for stir-fry or similar uses. What type of knife should I use and how should I cut it? I'm not trying to debone as I buy boneless cuts already. I'm most interested in the techniques associated with…
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Pemmican -- how was it prepared without metal tools?

The wikipedia article states that "The meat was cut in thin slices and dried, ...". Well so, but how would the people who chased a heard of grazers down a cliff some 10k years ago cut the meat into thin slices to dry? I have difficulties cutting…
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How can I cut a tomato without a knife?

I am trying to make a salad but I can't find a knife at my work. Is there a way I can cut the tomato without a knife?
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Is having an extending blade near the knife handle a serious risk when cutting food?

Here's an example of a very typical knife design: Look at where the arrow points. That's a blade part that extends from the handle orthogonal to the knife axis and it's pretty thin and its side actually continues into a very sharp blade edge. My…
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Buying knives and sharpening stones

I've been thinking of getting: Tojiro DP Gyutou - 8.2" (21cm) knife King Two Sided Sharpening Stone with Base - #1000 & #6000 Norton Flattening Stone for Waterstones Winware Stainless Steel Sharpening Steel, 12-Inch Extra large bamboo cutting…
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