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Cutting a cup of chives every day until this Reddit says they’re perfect
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Cutting a cup of chives every day until this Reddit says they’re perfect


I know they’re still big but hopefully they’re more consistent to you and hopefully no trains are around

by F1exican

32 Comments

  1. secretsesameseed

    Just a few degrees bottom left of center. 3-4 different lengths.

    Not perfect.

  4. dada948

    Long time lurker, occasional commenter. Love this series. Huge improvement just in a few days. Keep up the great work.

    Train on edge at 5 o’clock.

  6. thestrandedmoose

    They are very very good. Consistent widths but should be smaller slices. Definitely nearing perfection. Also where on earth do you find this amount of chives this fresh regularly

  13. Momslovemygravy

    Soooo been lurking these post the last couple days. Do you guys really cut every chive perfect every time or is this guy just going for it?

  14. addicted-to-jet

    I’ve seen Marco Pierre just toss the last bit of whatever he’s chopping because it’s not gonna be consistent with the rest. Should be entirely acceptable to do the same and avoid those last bits that definitely won’t be consistent.

  15. PhucYoCouch

    Knife is definitely sharper, getting better every day! Also, see you tomorrow.

  16. Snowwarrior1964

    Not perfect but they will pass. Congratulations

  17. Sonikku_a

    90% consistent, but generally a bit too large.

    Perfection is an admirable goal, but not to the point of losing one’s mind; what you’ve got here is something the vast majority of restaurants would be happy to use.

  19. Worried_Start_9605

    Your making huge leaps and bounds on the consistency. Hone your knife before you cut them make sure your making solid cuts every time so you don’t get trains.

  21. Lost_On_Lot

    “Chef wants them biased cut now. Go bread halibut, Jorge is better at cutting chives anyway. ”

    Jokes aside, I think they look good. I’m not a Michelin star chef tho. Hurts my eyes looking for faults.

  22. Accomplished-Hotel88

    Idk where you find the motivation to keep going.

  23. art_m0nk

    Keep chopping chef. Next level is pico de gallo.

  25. doctorbanjoboy

    This is such a silly trend lmao I love it

  27. Ok-Caterpillar-4213

    My chef would say “Jesus Christ, did you cut these with a hammer?!” 🤣😭

    Nah, yours look good!

  28. nonowords

    https://preview.redd.it/hbrj3ytwfiuf1.png?width=1538&format=png&auto=webp&s=97d22a1dbbbfbc7f0ad8b003615a0dd77d86f953

    Size: A-
    Consistency: B+
    Knife Work: B- to B+ (depending on if those are incomplete cuts or just a trick of the camera)
    Knife Sharpness: A
    Product Quality: A
    Overall: B to B++/A-

    Huge Improvement. Consistency is better, but still plenty of room to improve, product quality is much better. Overall/median size seems roughly unchanged. Pare down your target size a bit, maybe 20% thinner. The chive marked target size should be the ceiling of your target. Pay extra care as you get towards the thinner end of chives as that’s where longer cuts will be most obvious and most unappealing. Cut length should never exceed diameter even towards the tip, whereas you have a few tunnels in the mix. Use a chix cloth to wrap your bundle to prevent the biased cuts you’re getting. Looks like you sharpened your knife; I’m seeing far fewer crushed/collapsed chives. Looks like you also culled out discolored/subpar chives.

  29. pacoraco

    I appreciate your consistency in posting to,achieve consistwncy

  30. jorateyvr

    They’re consistent today which is nice to see. Now work on slicing thinner.

  31. sodandy

    I appreciate the hi res pics. You’re getting better every day. Keep climbing that hill, Sisyphus.

  32. supershinythings

    I’d like to see OP start with THREE PERFECT chive pieces. Then build to 10, then 20. Just show us small perfection, then scale up to large. See the largest group you can chop before an imperfection appears.

    This way guarantees imperfection – but you have no way to review and correct to make it perfect. Instead, start with SMALL scale perfection and work up. If you can’t chop three individually perfect chive pieces, you certainly can’t chop thousands.