RE: Cook with Us #20: Lively Avocado and Vegetable Salad
@foodforsoul, you made a gorgeous salad and demonstrated skillful use of your knife. I am so happy that you took on this challenge and had fun with it. Which reminds me that cooking gets so much more fun when you can quickly and precisely cut up all of your ingredients. You mentioned the claw grip which is so important to getting to knife skills mastery. Another thing that I noticed in your gifs is that your knife is sharp. You can really see that in your tomato cuts. Most people's knives are so dull that they would of turned those tomatoes into puree. A sharp knife is essential to knife skills.
One of my goals for this challenge was to show people where the beauty in a dish comes from. When you symmetrically cut foods and display them artfully you will have a beautiful dish. You have done that so well here. Thanks for your entry!
Thank you @chefsteve. As I’ve mentioned previously it did take some thinking but I’m glad to have pulled this particular salad which included a few different cuts. Regarding the knife I’m glad this particular one is still in good condition. We generally change knives every 4 months based on how many specials there are at the supermarkets lol. My husband loves buying knives even if we never get to use them. For this challenge I’ve even considered salmon at some point as we do have salmon knife at homes as well as a few different specialised knives that we’ve never ever used!!!