In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:


> well, sure. i'm not going to tell you how to chop your onions (although i
> do know a dandy method if anyone's curious).

My mother tried to teach me how to chop onions. It was the most amazing
thing, but it didn't seem too practical, so I've never done it. She
used no big knife or cutting board, just a paring knife and her two
hands. After peeling the onion, she'd hold it in her left hand and
crosshatch it with the knife. Then she'd cut slices off of it, which
produced perfectly uniform, chopped onion pieces. So far, so good. But
then at the end, she'd hack away at the remaining onion, making even
more perfectly shaped pieces. The whole process took mere seconds.
Nothing to clean up except the knife and her hands, since she'd just cut
it right into where it was going. I'm sure it was 90% skill.

You?

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA