PLFXpert 0 #1 May 12, 2008 Chef Boy-ar-Billy will be working late tonight, so I was forced to chop my own peppers & olives for my muy caliente (just got Rosetta Stone ) Carriopa! salad. Usually, I use a small serrated-edged knife to cut anything & everything. It doesn't cut well. But, it's the right size and it's the one I've always used. There's SO much to chop, though, for my salad and thus I decided to again use the "big boy knife" I always make fun of Billy for using. Oh my gosh! Once again, it is AWESOME! And I've discovered the secret--hold the handle with one hand, then pinch the top of the other end with your middle & index finger and rock it like it's hot. Keep rockin' it. Then, scoot the goodies with said knife into a pile and rock again. It's genius! Done in no time! That is all. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 798 #2 May 12, 2008 So you're saying, ala skymama you "like the big one" too??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #3 May 12, 2008 I do. Ginsu, who? Me! I am CHOP-in! Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #4 May 13, 2008 Last week I was going to a potluck dinner and made one of my personal favorites that involves bell peppers. Getting two bell peppers to the right size is a lot of work, but I sautee them and want to get them just right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ericmillionaire 0 #5 May 13, 2008 What a stupid fucking thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #6 May 13, 2008 Quote What a stupid fucking thread. YOU sure brought up the level, though.... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #7 May 13, 2008 Quote What a stupid fucking thread. After 3 days of relationship threads and sex threads, at last this is one where someone knows what they are doing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #8 May 13, 2008 You use the threaded view? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #9 May 13, 2008 Not usually.Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZeG 0 #10 May 13, 2008 I prefer Global knifes. They are very handy, have a comfortable non slippery grip, easy to clean and sharp as hell if you take care of them. Got a little set of them and they are the only knifes I use for cooking. check them out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_(cutlery) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #11 May 13, 2008 Chef's knife work 101. Surprised it took you so long to catch on. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #12 May 13, 2008 Be lazy like us "real" chiefs and get a mandolin. http://www.chefdepot.net/mandoline.htm?gclid=CJ6Ey824pJMCFQ4UiQodrU5S5A Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #13 May 13, 2008 It slices! It dices! It julienne fries!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #14 May 13, 2008 Hunny, I was brought up eating food straight from the can, and operating a microwave for my dinner. Knifes? Never used one...until much later in life. In fact, as proper as I was taught to behave, my knife skills at the dinner table were horrendous. I mean, Billy still talks about it. Bill taught me well as far as dinner goes, but preparation? Lord! I do NOT cook. Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
