Knife Skills 101 - Foodie Flicks
It's easy to get lost in the plethora of kitchen tools available for the home gourmand, but as "Everyday Exotic" Chef Roger Mooking reminds us, "Your hands are your most powerful tools in the kitchen."
Yep. Not that lemon squeezer, not that electric chopper and not even that beautiful cast-iron pan. Rather than spend an arm and a leg on every latest gadget, spend some time on your knife skills -- and keep every one of those precious digits intact.
In this video, Mooking does a super-quick primer on important knife basics: Make sure your knife is sharp (using the tried-and-true fingernail test -- it works!) and then use your knuckles, with fingertips safely curled under, as a flat "guide" for the blade. With these two rules and a little practice, we'll all be handling steel like a pro -- and won't ever have to dive for the Band-Aids again.
[Via YouTube]
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38-21-2009 @ 1:27PM
CookingSchoolConfidential.com said...
He seems like a lovely man, but if any of our chef's at school saw us holding a knife like that, there would be hell to pay.
Never hold the knife with your finger pointing out. Instead, pinch the back of the knife (the part near the handle) for good control.
And I don't know about using the knife edge against your nail to test for sharpness. Seems dangerous to me. There must be a safer way to do that.
Cheers!
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