OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
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>>Use a sharp knife and don't chop them with the knife. Try to use a
>>smooth slicing stroke.
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> Trust me... I have. ;-)
> Carrots are so crisp that even with a slicing motion, they tend to "pop"
> at the bottom of the slice and go flying into the sink. :-P
>


Don't know what to tell you. Maybe think good thoughts when you are
doing it? Seriously I seldom have runaway carrot pieces. You just need a
sharp knife and horizontal slicing motion to slice and not chop the
carrot. If you have to force it you either have a dull knife or are
chopping not slicing.




> The only way that does not happen is if I let the carrots get a bit old
> and limp, but that's just icky. :-P