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So, I cut off 1/4 of my finger last night chopping onions with one of those new ultra sharp, carbon steal knives. Blood sprayed a good 30ft away from the cutting board.

How much street cred have I lost?


Part of finger, not too gross.
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chaos_sl said:
Those gluten free tortillas were not ideal. Too sweet, too "bready", too mushy on the inside. And too thick. Maybe using almond milk instead of coconut milk would have helped. I think I may just either try a different recipe or just try the store-bought ones.

It was better than just corn tortillas, though. I hate corn tortillas unless it is cooked in something like enchiladas.
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Corn tortillas for tacos get immensely better when you fry them in oil first. Not so much that they become like a cracker, but enough to give them a little crispyness. You can still fold them in half, if they snap, you fried too long. Takes literally a few seconds on each one, once the oil gets hot.

For some reason, frying them I feel makes them stronger, so you can fit more into a taco without them ripping, and tastes of course much better.

Also, the trick with baking gluten free is that every single thing you are baking will take a different combination of flour and other ingredients to taste best. You can buy just standard gluten free flour, and use it 1:1 in recipes, but in my experience, you gotta experiment and find the perfect recipe.

In laws have been gluten free for years, and I'm pretty sure their cupcakes are the most delicious thing I've ever tasted. So much so, my sister in law is considering selling the flour mix and/or cupcakes online or something.
 
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Hekotat_sl said:
So, I cut off 1/4 of my finger last night chopping onions with one of those new ultra sharp, carbon steal knives. Blood sprayed a good 30ft away from the cutting board.

How much street cred have I lost?


Part of finger, not too gross.
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were you cutting properly, using a dull knife (just cuz its new, doesn't mean it came sharp), or just distracted?
 
Hekotat

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were you cutting properly, using a dull knife (just cuz its new, doesn't mean it came sharp), or just distracted?
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knife is ridiculous sharp and I was distracted. Learned my lesson for sure. Worst part is not being able to game or anything while having a few days off.
 
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Should have glued that back on. Superglue would do it.

Or, now is the perfect time to commit crimes, as you cut your finger print off.
 
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Im no doctor but im pretty sure thats definitely something you dont want to superglue back on. Would be like a fucking bacteria thunderdome under that piece of skin if you did.
 
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I was all our of superglue! Going to the hand surgeon today to see if I require a graft.
 
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When I first got my Shun knives I cut myself several times just because I had never been around anything that sharp before. At the time I used to have a pretty serious issue with blood as well so it led to a couple hilarious scenes of me lying on the kitchen floor bleeding because I was too light headed to actually stand up and fix my lacerated finger. Blood-soaked diced onions are pretty interesting to look at as well.
 
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BrutulTM_sl said:
When I first got my Shun knives I cut myself several times just because I had never been around anything that sharp before. At the time I used to have a pretty serious issue with blood as well so it led to a couple hilarious scenes of me lying on the kitchen floor bleeding because I was too light headed to actually stand up and fix my lacerated finger. Blood-soaked diced onions are pretty interesting to look at as well.
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Reminds me of the Bob's Burger's episode...
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Had an ex chop her tip off and supergloo it back while drunk, she won't be doing that again.
 
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please tell me you guys are cutting/chopping with the claw method and knife against your knuckles.

I don't want to see more skin on knives!
 
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Anyone have one of those Kevlar maille gloves? I think that would just slow me down a lot. I see people butchering large fish seem to wear them often.
 
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I don't have one, but I've seen them use them at Chipotle when dicing grilled chicken. Definitely seems like it would slow you down for home use, but if you're doing something fairly repetitive like chopping 40 grilled chicken thighs, I could see it being helpful from both a safety and a speed perspective.
 
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Well, what caused me to remove my finger was moving the onion back into cutting position with the knife halfway through the onion. First time using a knife that sharp and almost no pressure put it through the rest of the onion and my finger.

Fuck that knife.
 
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Sounds like a good knife to me. Like someone else said above, getting a Shun (or any knife capable of holding an edge), really teaches you to respect it and use proper technique or else you'll get cut up.
 
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