knives
I like to cook. I am persnickety about certain cooking tools. But I have never bought good knives. Because my knife skills suck. Suck so hard. My dad, having spent a life doing foot surgery, cooking, and working in the family grocery, has the best knife skills ever. He also hates waste, so my poor, poor knife skills attacking a steak he has cooked properly make him weep.
Now, let me use a cracker on some seafood, and I will eviscerate that thing cleanly and efficiently. But the physics of all knives bewilders me.
Which is why cutting things early this morning has resulted in blood and adrenaline and a bandage that I am scared to look under. I hoped on the train I wouldn’t spring a leak and be “that bleeding freak who passed out on me.” Mission accomplished.
6 Comments so far
1. MsMolly wrote on April 16th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Ooh! I was once “that girl who threw up on the subway” thanks to too many vitamins on an empty stomach on the way to work in the morning.
Hope your finger is ok!
2. Jenn Miller wrote on April 16th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Ouch!
You probably could use some new, sharp knives. You actually cut yourself less because the knives are doing the bulk of the work instead of what force you can exert on them. Less slippage.
Of course, this advice is from the woman who insisted on cutting towards herself and ended up stabbing her thigh with an Exacto blade, resulting in 3 stitches.
3. jennybento wrote on April 16th, 2008 at 8:47 am
yeah i have heard that but based on my accidents i think it would be far worse.
4. Stephanie wrote on April 17th, 2008 at 12:21 am
I got mad knife skillz! You should stop by Broadway Panhandler one day and visit the knife counter. The fat old guy LOVES knives and loves showing people different knives.
5. Heidi wrote on April 17th, 2008 at 6:05 am
Ouch! I also don’t like to look when I’ve hacked myself up. Last time for me was when I broke the porcelain “Hot” knob in my old apartment bathroom. I just ended up with a tetanus shot and some of that tape that works like stitches, but I have nerve damage in my thumb still.
Did you get good advice from your dad on how to take care of the cut?
6. jennybento wrote on April 17th, 2008 at 6:07 am
no i don’t want good knives as they will kill me