Category "cutting"

Dicing Hot Tamales (candy)

I wanted to cut up some Hot Tamales candies for cookies, but had a horrible time cutting them. I couldn't get the candies small enough and they stuck together.

Can I use a cheeseboard as a cutting board?

Nowadays I see that most cutting boards sold are made up of several pieces of wood that are stuck together with wood glue. I'm not so sure of the safety of the

Buying knives and sharpening stones

I've been thinking of getting: Tojiro DP Gyutou - 8.2" (21cm) knife King Two Sided Sharpening Stone with Base - #1000 & #6000 Norton Flattening Stone for

What's the best way for inexperienced cook to finely cut cabbage?

I really like home-made pickled/fermented cabbage (russian style; which is bigger slice size than typical Sauerkraut; I would say 1mm thick). But I'm not a grea

What is the toothed side of the blade on a Fantastique veg cutter used for?

In India I picked up an Anjali vegetable and fruit cutting board, pictured below. Its blade is two-sided: straight on one end, very roughly serrated on the oth

Is there a name for incompletely-sliced potatoes?

I recently made this recipe, but I am wondering if there are any names for this type of slicing (for potatoes, and otherwise). I suppose it somewhat resembles

How do I easily get thin slices of guava paste?

I made guava bars recently, with a layer made of slices of guava paste. The block of paste I had was pretty hard to cut thinly and evenly: it was very sticky, a

How to use knife

I recntly bought a knife http://www.wellberghome.com/index.php?c=content&a=show&id=394 the thing is it's heavy a bit and not much sharp in front eventho

Proper chopping technique

When you're cutting a veggie, you're holding a veggie in the left hand and the knife in the right hand. Which hand does move closer to another? When you hold a

What is the simple method to avoid the scab from hand after pealing colocasia roots.?

I used simple knife for cutting roots, while cutting them scab starts on my hands. I can used coconut oil on my hands before start cutting them but it was not

Cutting windows into a premade gingerbread

We have a gingerbread kit that we would like to add windows. What is the best way to cut into the hard gingerbread without breaking?

Taste-wise, is there a difference between tomato from a blender vs. chopped tomato?

A chicken curry recipe and a mixed vegetables recipe require chopping tomatoes and frying them immediately after the onions and ginger-garlic paste are fried. B

How to efficiently shred a lot of cabbage?

I'm growing cabbages in my garden this year and would like to make lots of sauerkraut, to eat and to give as gifts. Gallons of it. Is there an efficient way t

Does the size of chilli pieces affect the hotness

If I'm chopping fresh chillis to use as an ingredient, does how fine I chop them affect the heat of the dish in any way? Logically, smaller pieces would expose

Washing fruit after cutting?

Today, I cut up some pineapple. On the bare fruit that was left after cutting, there was residual pieces of the skin, so I washed the pineapple. To me, it seeme

Time effective technique for separating mint leaves from stems

Separating mint leaves from their stems seems like a hard task for me. It is taking too much time to separate leaves from the supporting stems in order to use

How do you know how large or small your cut pieces should be?

I was making a curry and I'm having a hard time deciding how large or small I should cut my ingredients. Advice? Particularly I'm looking for how the taste is

How to de-seed a watermelon?

It’s summer and watermelon time. I know how to pick a good one (pro tip: a good greengrocer who has preselected the best batch on wholesale market). Then

How to thinly slice chicken thighs?

I'm having trouble thinly slicing chicken thighs for a recipe, I don't know if I have a tooling issue (dull chef's knife?) or it's an issue with the direction I

Are there small electric saws that can cut beef marrow bones?

To get bone marrow out of whole beef bones, and for serving bone marrow in a bone piece on the plate nicely, you need to cut the bone into slices. It is a lot o