• danc4498
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    5 days ago

    If you squint it just looks like green onions.

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    You’re so right that it’s satisfying to dice green onion and get that beautiful gradient.

    Have you tried mincing meat by hand? I get incredible satisfaction wielding two cleavers and going to town on some chicken. It’s amazing how quickly it turns from chunks to a fine paste. Plus the sound is astounding. My roommates legit gather because it makes such a ruckus and apparently I get a huge smile on my face whenever I do it.

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      That sounds AMAZING, though I think my roommates would be more “cower in fear” if I ever got my hands on two cleavers at once (I am a renowned klutz).

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    4 days ago

    I like chopping celery because the pitch of the chop changes as you move from a big end to the small one

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    The YT channel “Sorted Food” regularly tests kitchen gadgets. They recently had a device to nicely cut green onions.

    https://youtu.be/1i4blxyoLuY

    Amazingly one episode where both (a chef and a “normal”) did not shoot down most of the gadgets.

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      5 days ago

      So satisfying it brings tears to my eyes.

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      Working out the technique is awesome. Dicing up onions becomes easy and even enjoyable once you know.

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      Oh, that’s a good one. Slicing a nice big onion into thin half rounds is a wonderful sensation.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    this was the first thing we learned to dice in culinary school (the high school program)

    also chopping up parsley for garnish is so fun cause you just take out all your aggression :P

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      It’s basic, but it’s basic for a real good reason…

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      5 days ago

      I feel like there’s a reference here I’m just not getting :(

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    4 days ago

    Weird question, but is there a term for art that has stuff that‘s cut but arranged in a manner that resembles its uncut form like this? I find it oddly satisfying to look at lol

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    5 days ago

    That is a fine looking gradient! Green onions are a great garnish.

    I’ve been experimenting with plating too. Even though it’s time consuming, the end result is super satisfying to look at.

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      I’ve been playing with this Garnish technique I saw on Chinese cooking videos where you cut a 3 inch section of green onion, flatten it with your knife, then cut it along the short edge to form long strands of green onion. A few of those delicately placed atop a dish, especially one lacking green, really makes it pop

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      Plating is just so much fun, I have to be careful not to get carried away with it. Rice especially is fun, get the consistency right and you can sculpt it into so many different shapes that accent the food in so many delightful ways and then twenty minutes have gone by, the food’s cold and everyone else is complaining…

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    4 days ago

    Most other things, yeah. I am bad at cutting green onions.