I do not know how to cook

[afuna]

And I have been scared to learn, so I am determined to do so at some point in this next week.

So far, I have:

• cut carrots (it looks easy! I did not realize it was possible to do it horrendously badly! But I did it anyway! (both the cutting and the horrendously badly!) )
  
  
• cut chicken into chunks (across the grain. or the, the, whatever you call the texture. I think I scared people with my knife. BUT. I did it anyway ahaha )
  
  
• mixed chicken in the thing you coat it in before cooking (in this case, dab of rice wine, black pepper, sesame oil, soy paste. Then some corn starch afterwards, to keep it tender, I think (sesame oil on my hands smells so very good) )
  
  
• rejoiced over not yet wrecking dinner \o/
  
  

PS. Have not yet touched the stove.

Comments

[branchandroot]

*grins* Yeah, my spouse and I have been in pursuit of a good multi-purpose slicer gadget for a while now. One that won't break the bank, which is the real trick. Failing that, I'm fond of the food processor, but it's such a pain to clean. I've gotten pretty good at dicing by hand, just because of that.

[zarhooie]

Pampered Chef stuff is a bit pricey, but it's usually pretty high quality stuff. Other options:

Something like Oxo Good Grips V-Blade Mandoline Slicer
is certainly an option. OXO, as a rule, produces high quality products that aren't going to break after 3 uses. That being said, going with something like this Norpro Mandolin Slicer might be a good idea. Get it, try it out, see if it's a gadget that you're going to use a lot. If it is, then use it until it breaks and get the OXO or one from Pampered Chef. If it's not, then you're out $25 and not too much worse for the wear.

Actually, the above is a pretty damn good strategy for trying out ANY new kitchen gadget. Get a cheap one, see if you will use it, spend appropriately for your next one.

[branchandroot]

Ah, now that Oxo one might work. The biggest problem is that it needs to take a lot of different size and density things, from eggplant to carrot, to be really useful and most of the things we've seen or tried just aren't that versatile.

[zarhooie]

I'd go with the OXO which I have very helpfully linked for you. And hey, it's over $25 so free shipping!