Kitchen Knife Skills

[swaintrain22]

he talks about julienne and then dices the onion...

[ChainsawJulietx]

My teacher always told me to cut away from you incase you cut yourself, or even worse stab your liver.

[kamaboko78]

to me it sounds like he knows his shit but is just explaining things the way you would to the "new guy"... or people that still watch the food network

[seriousgamer64]

@kamaboko78 it's an instructional video, what do you expect?

[repakal]

This is for dummies

[CANDAY100]

wow so simple

[savchris]

This is NOT a french chef knife. This is a Japanese chef knife called Santoku.

[jjmaala]

17 yrs of practice to cut that onion lol

[igotyou62]

well that was really helpful for me

[MrRivas84]

I have that same knife

[FlipSnipeZ]

dude your french knife is a japanese Shun knife..

[silendt]

hmm maybe it's a "pronunciated" french knife?

[Xavo08]

@FlipSnipeZ Fail Shun are the best knives i evar had

[ElShnarf95]

@FlipSnipeZ He was talking about the type of knife, Not the manufacturer.

[greenmarine5]

@FlipSnipeZ dude, he ment it's a french style knife...(roles eyes and slaps forhead and says get out of my kitchen) :-)

[kryzystof]

Any of you know all "Chefs" looking for a job in France?

[serifmusic]

Why would you cut the root off if you're going to dice it? Leave it there so it holds the onion together and gives you something to hold. he's just adding steps. and yeah... big difference between dicing and julienning... get it right if you're going to 'teach'.

[fartbender09]

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[Oblivian79]

Like such as the iraq

[josesbotelho]

i'm sorry but that is not a julienne cut..

julienne should be long thin strips... that is called onion dicing, not julienne...

newb

[jsbst18]

Yeah, I know what oyu mean... but he was just trying to say that when you gett to the root end of the onion, you flip and cut it into strips.. he said julienne but like you said it is certainly not julienne.

As for the part of cutting off the root end, I would not do that, I would just leave that on and use it as a hold so I dont have to flip the onion like he did.

I do prep my onions his way if I want a julienne of onion

[sven689]

he used the word julienne to make it more simpler for people to understand, and he explained really well , he isnt a noob. like he said 17 years of practise, in one good restaurant. How can he be a noob?... jeeze dude dont hate

[josesbotelho]

how can you say it is simpler for people to understand something that is wrong?

just by having a long time experience and being a chef de cuisine from a restaurant, you should be able to understand the diference between the several cuts there are, and each denomination... i dont say he doesnt do it right, but, once again, it is not julienne

[ManuelHung]

I have been terribly stumped as to how to cut a fucking onion... oh lord.

[yellotrace]

What I don't understand is why after 17 years of experience, is he cutting of the root end to begin with? Leaving it on keeps the onion intact and the what you'll end up is what he cut up at the beginning.

[Jasonian]

Maybe it's the way he was taught, and he's of the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of thought.

It's not really a big deal. It'll save 1 second, maybe.

[hkrobin]

It kind of is broke though, he also peels it first. Best way is to cut the head off, put it on the flat surface, cut in half through the root. Then peel each half, which is much easier and quicker, not to mention safer.

[A99399939]

Sometimes the roots are dirty.

[yellotrace]

roots are almost always dirty, but keeping the roots intact makes it easier to dice the rest of the onion. What you end up is the root end which will be discarded anyway. Cutting the root end at the beginning is only adding more steps.

[Nicos146]

Fake chef... 17 years my ass

[tastygarlic]

I think what he means by "French Knife" - even though he is clearly using a Santoku knife - is that the blade is more on the flat than the radius. The difference between German style and French style Chef's Knives is almost always related to how much curvature is in the blade. Since his Santoku is more of a flat land, he was just in a rush on the video and called it a French Knife. No big deal - cut the guy some slack.

[JungleBorys]

whats the diffrence how this knife its called ? u soo fukin smart ..but sure when it comes to practice u wet ur pants

[tastygarlic]

Your parents must be so proud...

Instead of posting honest criticism or positive comments, you act like a hypocritical ass clown- never posting videos of your own.

It's easy to hide behind a computer screen, under the dishonorable protection of anonymity, and pontificate ignorant and self-righteous word vomit. Until you grow a pair and put your own work on the line to be judged, the only person running around with a wet diaper and potty mouth is you.

You're pathetic. Your parents failed.

[Piklethedoodad]

Ooooh... An onion

[JungleBorys]

''thats a 17 years of practice'' - mr chef fat fuck face well... u suck

[glitch0828]

idiot...

[JungleBorys]

hi idiot!

im JB nice to meet u

[tastygarlic]

That's a rather critical comment coming from someone who hasn't posted anything. Why don't you post a video response and show everyone how it's done? Until then, try and be a little less ignorant when you post comments.

[JungleBorys]

posting how to cut onion.. lady u must be really low minded

dont haf to proof some bitch like u who i am , enough to say where do i work or take a look on my CV, maybe u should post a vid how to peel potatoes sure u can do it...

and BTW, this cook sucks ass big time and if u work in the kitchen for i dunno a year u can sure do with the same speed,

and dont tell me to b less ignorant, cuz u dont kno a shit!

[tastygarlic]

Your diatribe clearly speaks for itself, Jungleboy. Thanks!

[femcel]

yah

[davinci33333]

cool