roadfix
Chef Extraordinaire
Never drink and slice.
After years of watching TV chefs getting the paper off of garlic by smashing it with the flat of a blade, I finally decided to try it. I slashed the palm of my hand open! It amazes me that they give you warnings and pointers about almost everything, but not one of them said anything about making sure the edge of your knife is turned slightly downward.
You do really have to think about it when you are ready to hit it. Always keep in mind where the edge is.
To inject a small bit of humor here, I once cut off the tip of my index finger while slicing some Portuguese sausage in Hawaii, at a friend's house. It simply would not stop bleeding, so off to the emergency room at Kanaohe MCAS. As they rushed me in, the doc (a woman) and the medic (a man) were talking. I overheard him asking why in the heck (hey, they were Navy/Marines, so heck wasn't the word) women were always coming in with knife wounds on the weekends. The doc replied (and again, expletives deleted), when was the last time YOU fixed a Sunday champagne brunch?
And, yes, copious amounts of champagne were involved.
While I don't know if dull knife cuts are worse than sharp knife cuts, I do believe you are less likely to cut yourself if your knife is good and sharp. It is less likely to slip off an onion or tomato.
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While I don't know if dull knife cuts are worse than sharp knife cuts, I do believe you are less likely to cut yourself if your knife is good and sharp. It is less likely to slip off an onion or tomato.
I sliced a piece of my finger off on an electric meat slicer. While I was inspecting the damage, one of my coworkers cleaned the machine and threw the filet of finger in the garbage with the Black Forest Ham shavings. I had to rummage through the garbage and find it. I washed it off and put it back on my finger the best I could. Wrapped it up and went to the hospital where the doctor used 8 stitches to sew it back on
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Just remember to always keep your finger tips curled inward while you're cutting vegetables etc. After a while, my fear did go away
Thanks! It was fine. You know what they say "No Brain, No Pain"
I'm glad it turned out okay.
And I learned that a piece of finger sure does resemble a piece of ham...