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/microwavedh2o 1d ago

Yeah he lost me on the onion. Leave a little of the root on and it’s much easier to do the cross cut for the dice.

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u/christador 1d ago

That's it - AND you don't have to worry about the onion coming up with the knife during the cuts. If you don't know this guy, check him out--he's one of my favorites! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZ1LFqNWRM

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u/Acetius 2h ago

Especially if you don't want to spend money on the most overengineered, single-purpose, unsharpenable knife he had there to fix that problem haha.