cavemanxwtdjw954823jcjk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My inexpensive chef's knife is too flimsy to cut yams easily. I am wondering
> what type of knife would normally be used for large raw yams. Would a
> cleaver be the right thing?

As a knife, probably not. For cubing hard, thick vegetables like yams
and squash I use either a stiff 7" utility knife or (for the big ones) a
carcass knife.

Matthew

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