Me, My Knife & The Chop, Dice & Slice
From elgourmand 8 years ago
- a while to make
- Serves many
A silly, you don’t need it post, but, I couldn’t resist. A few of the Bent & Twisted Expats were over, mucking about in the kitchen, a while back. I couldn’t help noticing the big difference in knife skills. Read more The Hidalgo & Fipe have great knife skills but the Portage is hopeless. I mentioned this to him and he said, “don’t need them, got a slapchop”. I had to Google that. Looks to me like it would be more work, to clean, than it’s worth. To each his own. I said to myself, “Self, what do you think”? Self said, “it’s silly but post it anyway”. So, a few words about knives and knife skills, just to get it off my chest. See less
Ingredients
- What you’ll need. shopping list
- • 1 or 2 good quality chef knife/knives. shopping list
- • A good quality paring knife. shopping list
- • Good cutting board. shopping list
- • Good quality, fine oil stone. shopping list
- • A really good knife steel. shopping list
How to make it
- How to do this
- 1. Put your slapchop at the back of the cupboard. See Photo
- 2. What makes a good knife? Good steel, comfortable grip, you like it.
- 3. I have two chef knives, a standard, 11 inch chef knife. See Photo
- 4. And an 11 inch knife that’s called a Tento or Tinto See Photo. I use the one that suits.
- 5. Keep it/them sharp. Use your stone and the steel to get, and keep, a good, true, cutting edge See Photo. You cannot do good work with a dull knife.
- 6. Use the right grip. The most common grip is the “overhand” grip See Photo. This gives good knife control and feel for the job. The chef who taught me knife skills, about 65 years ago, insisted on this. It does make a difference.
- 7. Use the right knife for the job. Small work needs a paring knife. Have one handy.
- There are a number of websites with slicing and dicing tricks. Have a look. There is a hard way and an easy way to do almost everything.
- If you have decent knife skills and good tools, you won’t need a slapchop and seldom a food processor.
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