Onion Chopping - Knife Skills

[romer29]

HOLY SHIT DUDE THATS TOM SCHATTI! HES MY FRIGGN CULINARY ARTS ROP TEACHER XDDDD

[Skoben2000]

HAhaha...Me is Typonese if you please. me is typonese if you DON'T please. That last sentence below was supposed to be: "This is one test that helps weed them out for me." ;-)

[Skoben2000]

Oh Goodnes.. This frickin' argument again? For those who do the horizontal cuts, do them for those who don't , DON'T. I'll tell you what though. I am a high pass from CIA and I never higher anyone that doesn't do the horizontal cut. Those who have gone to the best culinary schools in the world learned this and those that went to other schools, well, that's why they are not the best in the world. I't tells me who's good and who's not. This i sone thest that helps weed them out for me.

[rocket881]

Agreed, horizontal cuts are the differentiator, especially for anything smaller than 1/4" pieces.

I think most non-trained or poorly trained cooks haven't been exposed to instructors who require you to chop various sizes.. from 1/2" down to 1/16". Consistency is the key and that only comes from proper form and practice.

[drbongmd]

if CIA is so esteemed why cant you spell "hire" correctly?

[Skoben2000]

Yo DUMBASS! It's a CULINARY School. A trade ya know? Not a grammar school. Sutpid shit ass! Get a life!!!

[peapodsss]

haha oh god you're fucking retarded.

[propchef]

@Skoben2000 Cool. You higher (sic) all the CIA wannabes, and I'll hire the good cooks (regardless of school). I've had CIA grads who were great cooks, and I've had CIA grads who couldn't boil an egg. BTW, I could care less which technique they use to get there, as long as they are efficient and consistent. I teach the horizontal cut to my students, but stopped using it personally years ago.

[Homemadecooks]

He didn't show you how to mince just how fast he minces.

[mongorich]

lame.

[steve3sc]

you have to cut across the onion to get a 100%uniform chop. this degree of accurancy is important in achieving beautiful food.

[rightbackatyou12]

umm...thats the dumbest thing i've ever heard. there's no need to cut across the onion as has already been stated.

[CiaranLuke]

Why do people cut across the onion!? It's so annoying. You don't need to. An onion is naturaly layered foolz.

[MustyGashPlug]

So you end up with uniformly sized pieces. Whilst the onion is naturally layered, it is also naturally round.

[Huba588]

I find that you only need to cut across when you want a large dice.

But when you want to finely dice or mince, you don't really have to because the layers are already small enough.

I don't know if that helps people understand...

[peaceloveandkindness]

so for a large dice you need to make extra cuts somehow? are u on drugs man? think about what u are saying and stay off the weed its no good for your brain

[Huba588]

Love your contradictory "peaceloveandkindness" username...

But not the point.

You need to cut across horizontally when you want a large dice because then when you get to the center core of the onion, you'll just end up with a huge semi circle of onion.

Cutting the onion horizontally will prevent that huge chunk.

Doubt you'll get it from words, but if you want, try it out and you'll see (hopefully).

If not, whatever.

[markez5]

hahahahha its chef!!

i smack you!! lol

[lifecanbebetter]

not good enough

[CleverCynic22]

Got skills. Other good chef's would have scooped the onions with the side of the knife to put in the bowl... he makes a little extra work for himself.

[jungrobot]

he's an arrogant asshole! so you can cut an onion...what a prick.

[happyidiottalk]

Blimey. He chopped that onion so fast the sound couldn't keep up.

[ninjalew]

excellent. has obviously done time in the kitchen.

[itsinurbut123456789]

cool