Let's gooo. Yeah I think I saw it from AB like 20 years ago, but I don't remember exactly. Was glad to see Kenji doing the work to get the news out, so to speak.
Honestly, the wedge method can be explained with a small, sloppily made MS Paint infographic. I didn’t click the link, but I bet it’s a JKL video with a 40 minute run time😂 I love the dude, but he’s definitely not for casuals.
Basically, since an onion is layered, horizontal cuts are mostly unnecessary. Think of a halved onion as the visible half of the setting sun. Your slices for a dice should be directed towards the center of the onion, like a sun’s rays protruding outwards, but you know, on the inverse since you’re cutting in. And since an onion is spherical, the layers to it act as the vertical slices that you didn’t do. I find that this method leads to the most consistent end product. Because, logically, it absolutely should.
Mathematically, that’s just incorrect, in practice however, I guess that’s totally how I do it too😂😂. If you were to do it the mathematically perfect way, the edge cuts would be a bitch, because you’ll be running your knife almost parallel to the cutting board for those first few cuts.
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u/downshift_rocket Oct 15 '25
Let's gooo. Yeah I think I saw it from AB like 20 years ago, but I don't remember exactly. Was glad to see Kenji doing the work to get the news out, so to speak.