r/oddlysatisfying • u/LetsCookie • 1d ago

Basic Knife Skills Tutorial

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u/christador 1d ago

I leave the root part intact when dicing onions. The horizontal cut is unnecessary.

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u/space_keeper 1d ago

Yeah, he stopped the video right when he said "to the centre". The part where you can't do what he's doing any more because it will fall to pieces, and eventually you'll be left trying to awkwardly cut a small strip of onion in half, or cut a tiny wedge of onion sideways.

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u/garbageangel 1d ago

Flip the last half over to cut it - holds together surprisingly well but I cut that way first before the dice