"bigwheel" > wrote in message
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>
> 'Julie Bove[_2_ Wrote:
>> ;1828700']I never gave this much thought until some years ago when my
>> dad and I were
>> watching a cooking show on PBS. I can't remember who the chef was, but
>> it
>> was a weird vegan woman. She seemed to have odd attachments to her
>> food.
>> She was teaching some guy to cut carrots. She had him cut them like you
>>
>> would do for a stir fry so that there were as many exposed surfaces as
>> possible. She chastised the guy for putting his pointer finger on the
>> back
>> side of the blade. She told him when he did this, he was allowing the
>> knife
>> to control him and not the other way around.
>>
>> Well... I hold the knife like that. I have tried to do it like she
>> said to
>> but it just felt clumsy and it felt like the knife was flopping back and
>>
>> forth. Now I am watching a re-run of Joanne Weir. She has that
>> handsome
>> black fireman on for the second time. They are making paella. I have
>> seen
>> this episode before. Anyway... He holds the knife like I do and she
>> didn't
>> correct me. Guess I will have to pay more attention to chefs on TV to
>> see
>> how they do it.
>>
>> How do you hold your knife?
>
> I hold it like a hammer. No need to involve fingers. Now exposing large
> surface areas of just about anything is a great plan, That is why when
> we make soup and stuff the Little Bride cuts it up in a tiny dice. Us
> manly testosterone laden manly males throw big hunks of stuff down in
> there. The propa way to chop veggies is to use a rocking motion with a
> big Chefs knife. Thats how I do it so it bound to be right huh? Now if
> its just a little rabbit food I sometimes use my 6" curved boner just to
> keep from having to wash other utensils. Get the Forschner Victornox
> brand with Fibrox handles. I have the 9" Chefs knife and its a real
> blessing. Also the Granton slicer..and a pairing knife. Snag the
> sharpening steel too. That be about a hundred bucks or so and qualifies
> for free shipping most likely. Only Purto Rikkans from the Ghetto put
> the index finger on top of the knife blade.
>
> http:'JustKnives101.com' (http://www.justknives101.com)

I tried to hold it like that but that doesn't work for me. The knife isn't
steady and flops back and forth.