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Home » Blogging Event Round Ups » Knife Skills: Cuttin It Up!

Knife Skills: Cuttin It Up!

July 20, 2008 · WCC Administr@tr · 3 Comments

Are you as impressed as I am with folks who have exceptional knife skills? I’ve always wanted to chop and cut effortlessly just as many seasoned chefs do. But as they say, practice makes perfect… and practice is what I did.

Today I hosted a knife skills event where friends came over to take time to learn about their knives, everyday techniques and to prep common ingredients. It allowed us to really concentrate on how to go about cutting, chopping, slicing and paring. A great resource for knife skills is found here.

dsc00174-6108760To join in the fun, my fellow bloggers have submitted pictures of their tools of the trade and offered some tips using their knives. As I do with each blogging event I host, a lucky blogger receives a giveaway related to the food theme. This event’s winner is Kayla of Central Cooking! Kayla will be receiving a flexible cutting board (compliments of Magic Slice), a color coated paring knife and a bar board/knife set (compliments of Pampered Chef). Congratulations Kayla and thanks to all that participated in the blogging event! Read on to check out the pictures/ knive tips submitted by my fellow bloggers and pictures of my knife skills class…

Kayla of Central Cooking
from Illinois
favorite knife: Santoku
“We use this for everything it is the perfect weight, not too heavy or too light. We use it to chop veggies and meats, it can seriously do practically everything. “
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Carrie of Carrie in the Kitchen
knife set: Henkel knives
“They’ve been great. But – it’s time to upgrade!”

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Stephanie of Confessions of a City Eater
from Boston, MA
Steph says, “I don’t even like to look at them and I hate using them.”
Find out why by checking out her blog!

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Karen of Loves To Eat Weblog
from Tampa, FL
Knife Tip: “I have found to keep the knives sharp…
sharpen before each use, keep very clean, and never put in the dishwasher!”

For my knife skills class, we went over the anatomy of a knife, what to look for when purchasing a knife and how to use knives effectively. It was an great learning event where the students got a chance to work on their knife handling skills and comfort level with using knifes more effectively.

I chose to have the class make a traditional mirepoix, a finely diced mixture of onions, celery and carrots. This is a great way to focus on dicing and getting consistent sized cuts. We also worked on potatoes, mangoes, radishes, tomatoes, and sectioning oranges.dsc00173-1949248

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  1. Anonymous says

    July 21, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    what a great event…i have always wanted to take a class to better and quicken my knife skills. i find i cut so slow…i took one course and it was terrible..your class looks so helpful and i bet they all learned a lot..great job and keep up the great blogging events…!!! i love them!

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  2. Cate says

    July 21, 2008 at 4:12 pm

    I need to work on my knife skills…If only I lived closer to Chicago I would have been at that class in a heartbeat!

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  3. #1SAHM says

    July 21, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    Thanks for posting this! I really need to work on my knife skills.

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