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[DJ Jo-D]

Originally Posted by Chris

I'm still not really convinced. Guess I'll stick with smashing the flat of a knife down onto the garlic, peel the skin in one go, then scrape/crush/slice to desired consistency.

Not really big on kitchen gadgets on the whole. The only one I use all the time is a tattie peeler, but strangely my girlfriend who doesn't cook as much hates it and prefers to use a knife. But not my chef's knife, she's scared of it.

I want new knives. Got a cobbled together collection of supermarket ones just now that are far from brilliant. Do the job though.

ha ha each to their own, I'm not selling or promoting them but i am impressed

You need a good sharp knife tho for chopping, makes it easier and gives less chance of cutting yourself too

[Chris]

Originally Posted by DJ Jo-D

You need a good sharp knife tho for chopping, makes it easier and gives less chance of cutting yourself too

Totally. Try telling some people that though. I was cooking at christmas using my Mum's knives and they were all really blunt and kept slipping off what I was cutting. Was driving me mad but she didn't seem to get it when I told her that a sharp knife is safer because it won't bounce off an onion and chop your finger off.

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Chris

Totally. Try telling some people that though. I was cooking at christmas using my Mum's knives and they were all really blunt and kept slipping off what I was cutting. Was driving me mad but she didn't seem to get it when I told her that a sharp knife is safer because it won't bounce off an onion and chop your finger off.

To be fair, if it's too blunt to cut an onion then it's unlikely it would be able to cut through a finger...

[DJ Jo-D]

If you are pressing hard enought ot try and cut the onion and it slips thats sharp enough to cut your finger

That pampered chef has knifes in individual covers, with built in sharpeners, so you sharpen every time you take it out. The only thing is with the covers they are quite bulky. The are quite expensive too. I really don't mind paying for good kitchen stuff tho worth it if you cook a lot.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

To be fair, if it's too blunt to cut an onion then it's unlikely it would be able to cut through a finger...

Not true. That's why blunt knives are dangerous, they'll slip off the skin of a vegetable but will quite easily go through human skin. Guess it could be because the pressure is being directly applied to the onion but by the time it slips off then gets to your finger it's had a bit of a run up.

[milner]

it always annoys me when people cant use a knife properly, just simply pushing down when your trying to cut something will only damage what you want to cut and you will prob end up slipping and losing a finger, it sounds silly but ive seen quite a few folk who dont know how to cut properly.
Do people on here bother sharpening their knives, if so do you use one of those silly gadgets or a steel?

[DJ Jo-D]

Originally Posted by milner

it always annoys me when people cant use a knife properly, just simply pushing down when your trying to cut something will only damage what you want to cut and you will prob end up slipping and losing a finger, it sounds silly but ive seen quite a few folk who dont know how to cut properly.
Do people on here bother sharpening their knives, if so do you use one of those silly gadgets or a steel?

I do hand held gadget I always hide my knife specially the cleaver cause it could seriously chop off someone's toe if dropped - and people always have the urge to pretend chop someone and I get nervous in case by accident someone lifts their arm to defend and heeeeeeeyaaaaaaaaaachop......ouch!

[Chris]

Originally Posted by milner

Do people on here bother sharpening their knives, if so do you use one of those silly gadgets or a steel?

I sharpen mine little and often using a steel. But for a long time I did use a silly little gadget that had two mini-steels criss crossing, so you put the blade in the v that they formed. Was supposed to be safer but it was just shit.

Like to keep my knives sharp enough to slice an onion with as little downward pressure as possible.

[milner]

i hate the gagets, ive tried heaps of them but ive always found they ruin the blade after a while, lucky most of my testing was done on the ones my work bought for us , i only let a steel near my good knives`.

[DJ Jo-D]

hmmm might have to purchase one of those!