Questions tagged [knife-skills]
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How can I chop onions without crying?
Onions are an excellent addition to many dishes, but cutting them can be frustrating when they make you "cry" all the time.
Does anyone know any tips or tricks to help minimise the tears when chopping onions?
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What are some good resources for learning Knife Skills?
What are some good resources for learning knife skills? Specifically, is there anywhere that I can see video demonstration of different slicing techniques and when those techniques are appropriate?
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How should I keep the vegetables from flying off the board when I cut them?
Whenever I chop veggies like onions or carrots they sometimes just fly off the chopping board into the open space of the kitchen. Carrots do that especially often – I cannot chop them (dicing is also problematic) without the occasional pieces flying…
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How to keep onions from sinking in a salad
How to keep onions from sinking in a salad?
I like raw and cooked onions.
I like raw onions in a lot of salads but the problem is diced onions end up in the bottom of the bowl.
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How do I avoid carrot slices rolling away?
When you slice carrots, the slices tend to roll away. This previous question did mention this as part of a broader issue, but didn't focus on it enough to get answers that specifically address rolling. Sharp knives and a fluid rocking/orbital motion…
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How does the way that I cut my garlic affect the taste of my food?
I've seen recipes that called for coarsely chopped garlic and recipes that called for finely chopped or minced garlic. What affect does that cut have on the final taste of my dish? What about crushed garlic?
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What is the most humane way to kill crayfish at home?
Signal crayfish are an invasive species in the UK. They are also really tasty and catching them can be a fun picnic activity for adults and children. A recent study has found that they, along with all decapod crustaceans, appear to be sentient and…
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Is there any difference between chopped and crushed garlic in cooking?
Often recipes say to chop garlic, but I usually cheat and just crush it as it's quicker. Is there any difference in doing this? Will it have much of an effect on the flavour of the dish?
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How can I remove the peel and pit of an avocado without the whole thing turning into mush?
Making solid pieces out of a ripe avocado is a difficult business (for me, anyway). What is the best way to remove the peel and pit without ending up with a pile of green mush? I can sometimes remove the peel without too much difficulty, but that…
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Is it generally better to cut chicken breast with or against the grain?
I realize it may depend on what you're doing, but as a general rule, which is preferred and why?
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How to dice tomatoes?
I like to make pico de gallo which calls for a lot of diced tomato. This is always the most time-consuming part of this recipe.
What are some tips to make dicing a tomato a little easier? I finally got a very sharp knife which has made things quite…
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How can I safely improve my cutting technique
I'm not bad with knives if I should say so myself. My cutting speed is definitely above average, but I've have never been trained by professionals. Most of what I know, I have picked a long the way, trying out some different stuff, practice etc.
I…
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How can I avoid my knife from "dragging" across my unbaked bread when making slashes to let steam escape while baking?
My slashes seem to be OK (not great) before I put the bread in the oven but never really open up during baking. I'm thinking the slashes aren't deep enough but since I use a no knead method, I'm reluctant to press any harder.
Is there a trick to…
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A definitive method of dicing an onion
It bugs me that I've just sort of self-taught a method of turning a whole onion into a nicely diced pile. I'm going to assume my method is inefficient and wasteful.
Could someone explain how I should be dicing a whole onion?
Unusual and clever…
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