I was shocked when I got an immersion blender last year and saw how incredibly sharp the blades are. I had envisioned letting the kids make themselves smoothies with it but I actually keep it in a clear box on the top shelf! Way too sharp for a kid to use. I have noticed how sharp the blades are on the new food processor so I may have to hide that, too!Six Stitches from Food Processor? Would have preferred getting the stitches from a doctor. (Believe me ... I tried almost everything I could not to say that! )
Actually - I know how serious those thumb cuts can be. My Dad was using some new funky technique he saw on TV to carve the turkey at Thanksgiving one year and cut into his thumb ... he cut a tendon and had to have 3 surgeries - and never got more than about 60% range-of-motion back ... and it always hurt him when he bumped it, and he could never grip things the same way again.
I'm just glad you didn't damage yourself that much!
People don't realize that these blades are REALLY sharp - and they do not get dull like kinves because the are not being drug across a cutting board.
I think we should all buy ourselves those cut-proof gloves and wear them everytime we are in the kitchen. No, reading these responses I think most of us should wear them everywhere, even in the bathroom!
Chad
Where do we buy these gloves, seriously!! And what name do they go by?
- Burnt my hands when putting stuff in or taking stuff out of an oven.
I've done that. I pulled a cast iron skillet out of the oven and while taking it to the counter the heat started really going through the towel. It took me a few seconds to get it somewhere to set down and buy the time I did I had a nice third degree burn on my palm.
I had forgotten all about that until now. Thanks
Chad
Well, Inferno, we must have been related in another lifetime. I've done all those things, too. It's a wonder we are still intact. If you haven't already, try dropping an unopened "glass" bottle of cooking oil onto a hard kitchen floor and watch how much fun your afternoon is. Had to pull out the oven and the fridge as most of oil ran that way. Luckily I jumped out of the way and didn't get cut......