A Tale of Two Knives
Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:42AM Today, I am busily cooking and preparing for a big family dinner party in honor of my grandson's baptism on Sunday. I ran out to my herb garden and came in with a huge handful of parsley, which I quickly washed and began to chop madly--with my brand new chef's knife.
My old chef knife (on left) has seen better days. It just wouldn't stay sharp, no matter how often I sharpened it, so I decided to retire it. As you can see, the new chef's knife is of a different design and, well, it just moves differently. Very differently. So differently, in fact, that as I was quickly making my way through the parsley at break neck speed, my index finger just didn't get out of the way fast enough and I cut completely through the nail and into the flesh below. OUCH!!
Reader Comments (8)
Oooooo - pretty! :) (The knife - not the injury!) Hope your finger heals OK, though.....
Ouch!!
I was just chopping some parsley there too!!
For some reason I can't see your pictures on Safari or Firefox now. I'm sure someone knows why but I don't - regardless I'm still reading.
:-)
Shoving fingers in ears and saying la la la la loudly so I didn't hear the part where you tried to cut your finger off!!
Ouch. Hope it's ok...
Ooooh! Sorry about the cut, but at least you know your new knife is sharp.
I just bought a new chef's knife from Pampered Chef. It was $$$ but I have one of their other knives, and it was so good, I just couldn't resist. Sharp knives make a huge difference in food prep.
I'm surprised that I still have the ends of my fingers intact- I first cut myself with a knife at the age of 3 and have done blood sacrifice many times since. Sorry about your bloodletting ,Kim, bu your new knife is very pretty!
Oh no! Are you ok? Is the balance off? I hate an unbalanced knife.
At least you can still type. :) Please be careful.
Yikes! That is the worst when that happens. I love your new knife though (and am a little jealous as my cutting knives are horrible.) :)