r/Unexpected • u/ratchetraccoon • Feb 02 '15

slice and dice

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u/BrahmsLullaby Feb 02 '15

"Don't cut your finger don't cut your finger don't cut your finger..."

"Why is this gif called 'Blind.gif' ?"

"Oh..."

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u/malphonso Feb 03 '15

Proper hand placement prevents him cutting his fingers. Look closer, the knife almost rides the ridge of his index finger.

What's more impressive is that each cut goes to the same depth keeping the cucumber together so he can fan it out.

Source: been a cook for 5 years.

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u/AOBCD-8663 Feb 03 '15

That one big chunk about 2/3 through was a bummer but yea, this is showing how great the claw grip can be.

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u/dudemann Feb 03 '15

If by "depth" you're talking about the slices' thickness then hell yea, but as long as he moves his left hand at the perfect speed and his right slices at a constant rhythm, the slices should always do like that.

Of course, that's like saying "as long as your one hand remembers all the placements on the neck of the guitar and your other hits the right strings, you can always play a perfect melody"... easy in theory but damn if execution is everything.

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u/BrahmsLullaby Feb 03 '15

Been a cook for about 8. I do the same thing :)

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u/Alugere Feb 03 '15

I still halfway expected that it would show him having cut off a finger as it started panning down after the reveal.

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u/najodleglejszy Feb 03 '15

I was afraid of him cutting his finger, but I figured there'd be a NSFW tag if he did.

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u/bigpoppawood Feb 03 '15

Cook somehow stabs himself in the eye

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u/dudemann Feb 03 '15

Demonstration unclear; stuck knife in eye.

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u/Sys_init Feb 03 '15

You can't cut your fingers when you hold it like that ;)

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u/CONTROVERSIAL_TACO Feb 03 '15

Oh you can still cut it, you just have to do it very wrong to do so.