{"id":12811,"date":"2012-03-08T19:49:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T00:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=12811"},"modified":"2017-01-19T03:48:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T03:48:11","slug":"how-to-cut-onions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/how-to-cut-onions\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Cut Onions Without Buying A Chopper Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you want to know how to cut onions<\/strong> and aren\u2019t easily fooled by late night TV commercials, I\u2019m about to save you a tremendous amount of time and money.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B0lKTI1dnQ4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>I have a neighbor that owns every kitchen gadget and appliance available.\u00a0<\/strong> She must have the QVC shopping network on speed-dial.\u00a0 These devices are advertised to save your time and lower your kitchen stress, but they do just the opposite.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I imagine a race between my neighbor and I.<\/strong>\u00a0 We\u2019ll both dice an onion, she with her chopper\/dicer device, me with my chef\u2019s knife that I bought 17 years ago for twenty dollars.\u00a0 Ready?\u00a0 Go!<\/p>\n<p><strong>She has to take out a knife anyway to cut the onion in half and peel the skin off.\u00a0<\/strong> A chopper\/dicer doesn\u2019t peel the onion for her, and it\u2019s too big to fit into the appliance.\u00a0 Then, she has to go to the kitchen cabinet to retrieve the gadget.\u00a0 Then plug it in and try to attach the chopper bowl.\u00a0 Well, we all know they never fit quite right, so with a bit of monkey-ing, it finally clicks into place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then comes the blade, and there\u2019s only one way that it fits correctly onto the motor,<\/strong> so more monkey-ing until it snaps on.\u00a0 Place the onion in the chopper, screw the lid on tight and press the button a few times to zap the onion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She empties the inconsistently cut pieces of onion into a bowl or cutting board,<\/strong> and now must disassemble the device, rinse all the pieces, place it in the dishwasher, later to return to the kitchen cabinet.\u00a0 There!\u00a0 Just about 10 simple steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That\u2019s not how to cut onions.\u00a0<\/strong> In my onion race fantasy, I\u2019ve long since finished dicing my item into nice, consistent pieces.\u00a0 My chef\u2019s knife has no moving parts, it wipes clean in seconds, never breaks, takes little maintenance, and is easier to control and an electric appliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since the root end of the onion holds the layers together,<\/strong> I consider the root end my friend.\u00a0 I\u2019ll try to leave that in tact.\u00a0 First, I cut the onion from blossom end to root end to give myself a flat surface to work from.\u00a0 This avoids rolling onions and bleeding fingers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaving my root end friend in tact, I remove the blossom end and peel the onion.\u00a0<\/strong> Now, with 4 horizontal strokes and 4 vertical strokes, I\u2019ve created a checkerboard fashion in the onion.\u00a0 Cutting down and across the top of the onion half has the item simply fall apart in consistent pieces.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Since consistency of cut is consistency of cook,<\/strong> I will have a better final dish than my neighbor who basically pureed her onions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 5 Steps on How To Cut Onions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 Cut from north pole to south pole (root end to blossom end)<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0 Peel away the skin<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 Make horizontal cuts across the layers<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0 Make vertical cuts to make a checkerboard design<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0 Cut down across the previous two cuts to create diced onion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You don\u2019t need additional kitchen appliances to cut kitchen ingredients,<\/strong> they waste your time and money.\u00a0 The device is meant for only one purpose.\u00a0 Once you discover the correct method for using a chefs knife, you\u2019ll be preparing beautiful meals from fresh, wholesome ingredients without having to give your credit card to the TV shopping network.<\/p>\n<p>Discover 35 classic knife cuts on \u201cBurn Your Recipes\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/cooking-dvd\">cooking DVDs<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DVD-3D-set.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" title=\"3DVDe-set\" src=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DVD-3D-set.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/cooking-dvd\">cooking DVD<\/a>collection for cooking without recipes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to know how to cut onions and aren\u2019t easily 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