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Ophelia[_14_]
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What is the use of this contraption?
"Cheri" wrote in message ...
"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Bruce" wrote in message
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> In article >,
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>> > On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 07:43:07 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>> > >That looks like one of those worthless late-night infomercial gadgets.
>> > >Call within 10 minutes and receive a 2nd one for free. heheh Spend
>> > >your
>> > >money on a good knife instead.
>> >
>> > Spot on - I keep my knives sharp because we all know it's the dull
>> > knife that cuts. Broke that rule, when I had my left hand/wrist in a
>> > cast I tried to chop a garlic clove - I never even felt my razor sharp
>> > knife cut me, just wondered what was stopping it - as in my bone lol
>>
>> Here's the opposite view though....from my standpoint.
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>> First, you get used to what you have and are used to working with.
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>> In my case, often somewhat dull knives. The only time I've ever
>> cut myself was right after sharpening the knives and they worked
>> "too good." I've learned to be extra careful after a sharpening.
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> Chefs always say that you'd better cut yourself with a sharp knife than
> with a blunt one. Maybe sharp knives make for cleaner amputations.
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> Amputations!!! That made me shudder! I haven't done that ... yet ...
The closest I came was catching the side of my finger in a Commerical sized
Hobart with the shredding blade on many years ago. took my whole fingernail
off and some skin, but left the finger.
Cheri
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