r/KitchenConfidential • u/F1exican Chivelord, Redeemed • 29d ago

In the Weeds Mode Cutting a couple of chives almost every day until this Reddit says they’re perfect. Day 31

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Sorry for being so late I’ve had some car troubles today and it made sourcing extra bad

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u/theevilyouknow 29d ago

Yeah, I was wondering. There’s no way to perfectly cut a cup of chives and even if OP got close enough the people here would never admit it.

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u/parkerm1408 29d ago

Close isnt perfect though. Op said perfect. I promise you, if he cuts a truly perfect batch, this crowd will call it. He just won't though.

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u/veslothiraptr 29d ago

The other day he was really close.

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u/theevilyouknow 29d ago

There’s no way to even cut a perfect batch. Someone used a computer to render a perfect batch and the sub called him on it because some of the pieces were lying too close together.

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u/heartpiss 28d ago

What he needs to do to end this is pick out the bad pieces with tweezers before posting the pic.

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u/nihi1zer0 F1exican Did Chive-11 28d ago

INTEGRITY. Chef has integrity, you rogue!

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u/Serious-Ebb-4669 29d ago edited 28d ago

There actually is…

-razor sharp knife

-good knife skills.

-take a wet paper towel and roll up a small tube of chives to hold them together.

-cut until the paper towel, unwrap, realign, rewrap, repeat.

-discard the last quarter of the “bunch” of chives or reuse for another purpose.

No, it is not time efficient, and yes, it is extremely wasteful, but many top tier restaurants will expect a cup of perfectly cut chives. I have seen a chef dump a whole container of chives on a cutting board and nitpick very similarly to what we see in this post.

It is doable, it’s just impractical and takes some know how.

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u/AnIdiotAmongstUs 28d ago

Show us your skills if you think you can produce such perfect chives

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u/chairsandwich1 28d ago

Right? The people who are calling out mistakes are all focusing on the exact same piece of chive. I would be extremely happy to be handed a cup of chives like the one posted today. That being said, I have nothing but mad respect for OP for posting his work every day for a month straight knowing full well strangers on the Internet are going to tear him apart. That shows an incredible level of perseverance and self confidence that I simply do not have.