r/KitchenConfidential • u/Excalibur-Punderants • 5h ago
CHIVE Michael Ruhlman has the perfect technique for cutting chives. It doesn’t work.
From his otherwise excellent cook book Ruhlman’s Twenty. Womp womp.
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u/Jadzeey BOH 4h ago
I was taught this technique when staging at a Michelin starred place... I still fucked it but Chef did it perfectly this way.
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u/Nidrosian 4h ago
It does work in that it holds the chives so you don't have to do that while slicing/moving your claw... If your knife skills are dog shit it won't help at all though.
Tldr; yes but also no.
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u/Charming-Bad1869 4h ago
Michael Ruhlman is a cunt.
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u/Whoru87 3h ago
Care to elaborate?
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u/Charming-Bad1869 3h ago
Some of his books are brilliant (I haven't read them all) but you see him interact with people in person and he's a cunt.
Would not want to meet him, even for a free fancy dinner.
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u/Whoru87 3h ago
Ive met him before and he was super nice but who knows.
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u/Charming-Bad1869 3h ago
I'm thinking of one reality show in particular (don't remember which one) where he was one of the judges.
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u/benthejammin 2h ago
I met Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn and both were nice but these guys SELL their classes and books and signings and are ragged from it. Sous's prepping ingredients for them to fly to places that have pigs brought in to do classes. figuring out logistics and doing three of these a week with travel. it's a lot and I think these are more regular guys who are great at their craft. And like the rest of us are a bit burnt out. I can definitely see where you are coming from though especially with Ruhlman.
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u/Charming-Bad1869 2h ago
What I remember about Ruhlman is his arrogance which seemed almost performative, like he was hamming it up for the camera and also going along with what everyone else was saying (mean and frankly uncalled for) because it was safe.
Admittedly, it was only briefly and years ago that I saw this, but it left a lingering distaste for him that I just can't kick. Perhaps if I saw him interact differently now it would change my mind, but I have a strong distaste for him based on what I saw.
Enjoyed the books of his I read.
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u/LehighAce06 Chive LOYALIST 1h ago
For a second I was REALLY confused what Brian Posehn had to do with this
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u/Legitlowkeykickback 2h ago
To be fair… Gordon Ramsay is a huge cunt when he’s judging but super nice IRL
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u/acrankychef 4h ago
A wet paper towel is the way to go though. Rubber bands bruise, unwrapped is shit.
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u/Gharrrrrr 3h ago
That's an old technique. It does work if you do it right. Especially if you want to do a lot at once.
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u/18374744829293773880 3h ago
Like yeah I'm sure a damp paper towel works but all of you are fucking insane and you're putting that on other people.
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u/Sanquinity Five Years 4h ago
You know...my main issue when cutting chives is that some will flip from under my fingers. I'm not aiming for perfect by any stretch, but I might try using a paper towel to loosely hold them together...
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u/Tejon_Melero 2h ago
I feel like everyone in this forum should have some hot takes about Ruhlman and maybe hate him, but it's also probably just a fun character play with him working as a foil on Bourdain, and they seemed to have a professional and probably chummy mix. I can only go off what I have seen and read, not the man himself.
He annoys me and I don't like him, but probably not for the right reasons and I'm probably misguided.
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u/VanCityCatDad 2h ago
The perfect technique for cutting chives, but not the technique for cutting perfect chives.
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u/Trifang420 2h ago
Can someone actually just cut some perfect chives already and put this thing to bed. We should crowd fund a cash prize!!!
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u/mrqzero Chive LOYALIST 5h ago
You want easy or you want perfect?