On Apr 16, 4:10*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> wrote:
> > On Apr 16, 5:13 am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
> >> I know I can not do the onion like Joanne Weir said to
> >> do. I would slice my hand if I did that. She makes it flat (which I
> >> do) but then slices sideways into it a few times before cutting down
> >> into it. I have seen others do this. Does not work for me.
>
> > Practice, practice, practice. *And you must be slicing the onion in
> > the wrong direction.
>
> No. *I've seen other chefs cut it the way I do. *She isn't slicing it..
> She's dicing it.

And...you can always hold the knife like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7a8Gv9qdA