bought a knife sharpener at the weekend

"Christina Websell" wrote in
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Spent a while sharpening all my knives then spent most of
Monday at the hospital getting my thumb stitched back together
after the knife slipped when cutting onions.
Could do with a few purrs. It's still really painful.

Virtual purrs on their way.

fx: Grandma sucking eggs

When using a sharp knife to slice round fruit and vegetables,
place on a board and hold one edge of the item to be sliced.
Then, cut in half vertically, taking care to avoid your hand.

Next, place the now flat side of the fruit or veg face down on
the chopping board. Hold in place with fingertips together, and
start slicing with the knife blade running down the fingernails.
Soft flesh is kept out of the way using this method. Itt's much
easier to show than describe!

/fx

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When using a sharp knife to slice round fruit and vegetables,
place on a board and hold one edge of the item to be sliced.
Then, cut in half vertically, taking care to avoid your hand.

Next, place the now flat side of the fruit or veg face down on
the chopping board.

With tomatoes, put the cut side UP, or you will squish them all
over the place.

Hold in place with fingertips together, and start slicing with
the knife blade running down the fingernails. Soft flesh is
kept out of the way using this method. It's much easier to show
than describe!

My knives are thin and sharp enough that they'd pare my fingernails
away if I did it like that. But it'll work with a thick-bladed knife
that isn't razor-sharp.

My fingernails are usually reasonably long, so I hold the veggies I need to
cut with them rather than my fingers (keeps the veggie still, as well). That
way, if I'm going to have a knife accident, I'll lose a nail rather than a
finger. It isn't fool-proof, but has saved my fingers too many times to
count.

My 'best' accident whilst processing vegetables was managing to peel my left
index finger with a veggie peeler. When I get home, I can up-load a picture
of the resulting scar if anyone wishes.

Yowie