Subdeacon Joe Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Somebody is a little too OCD about onions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Somebody is a little too OCD about onions. It's enough to make you cry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I am lazy, use a mandolin GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozark Huckleberry Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 23 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Somebody is a little too OCD about onions. Likely the result of a government-funded study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Picky, picky, picky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I use a “Ronco” chopper. Available through TV adds in the 60’s. You cut the onion into 1/4’s, place the Ronco chopper over the section and pound away on the pommel until it is chopped as finely as you wish. Easy Peasy! No mathematical analysis required! CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 I do radial cuts toward the center. Many people watch me and think they are copying me as they make strictly vertical cuts. Their minds do not process what they watched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Cactus Jack Calder said: I use a “Ronco” chopper. Available through TV adds in the 60’s. You cut the onion into 1/4’s, place the Ronco chopper over the section and pound away on the pommel until it is chopped as finely as you wish. Easy Peasy! No mathematical analysis required! CJ I bought one of the remakes about 10 years ago, they work great...just got to find it everytime that I want to use it. Dice-O-Matic...was that what they called it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 55 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I do radial cuts toward the center. Many people watch me and think they are copying me as they make strictly vertical cuts. Their minds do not process what they watched. I end up doing the 60 degree thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: Dice-O-Matic...was that what they called it? Could Be. There is no label on it, so I don’t know. I think we inherited it from my wife’s family it’s that old. Still works and since I’m doing the cooking I use what’s easy for me. I just remember the TV adds from my yout. CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: Dice-O-Matic...was that what they called it? I believe it was a chop-a-matic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Alpo said: I believe it was a chop-a-matic. Nope...BASS-O-MATIC!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 7 hours ago, Ozark Huckleberry said: Likely the result of a government-funded study. More likely large scale food industry study. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Cactus Jack Calder said: I use a “Ronco” chopper. Available through TV adds in the 60’s. ........... CJ 4 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: Dice-O-Matic...was that what they called it? 1 hour ago, Alpo said: I believe it was a chop-a-matic. ...... shoulda called it a "thumpa-choppa"............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Mike Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I don’t buy onions so that I don't have to worry about cutting them or eating them. My youngest and I despise onions yet a couple of years ago her and I hand planted some vidalia onions. I did allow them in the house . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Somebody is a little too OCD about onions. My thought exactly. I also wondered if this was someone’s idea for chopping onions to show how there is consistency so they are easier to measure when ABC soup company makes soup. Their idea got them a promotion and the whole company now jumps through hoops to impress the management so they can get raises too. Their last idea was cutting the size of 16 ounce cans to 14 ounces without lowering prices to increase profit. I really need a new fantasy life… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Jack Calder Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ...... shoulda called it a "thumpa-choppa"............ LOL, I call it the ‘stomper chopper’. I had forgotten about Ronco until this thread. CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 And before the Veg-O-Matic there was the Chop-O-Matic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 hours ago, G W Wade said: I am lazy, use a mandolin GW guitars make thicker slices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 hours ago, G W Wade said: I am lazy, use a mandolin GW FYI a cheap fillet glove - cut resistant $8, is a wise investment if you use a mandolin GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I rarely use anything more complicated than a knife because cleaning a knife only takes a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 my chopping skills wont stand this scrutiny but the eatin still works out fine , always liked a bit of onion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Then you have the “Pop-O-Matic”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I have a 4: 5" meat cleaver that I use for that sort of thing. Most of my kitchen cutting though is done with some cheap Harbor Freight scissors. The again I also use a tablespoon for spreading butter and I use a whisk on almost everything that needs stirring. Being lazy and retired I look for the easiest way to do almost everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I rarely use anything more complicated than a knife because cleaning a knife only takes a second. Me too. We have one of those chopper thingys that works great, but then you have to take it apart, wash it then reassemble (it's a little ornery.) I seldom use it. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I rarely use anything more complicated than a knife because cleaning a knife only takes a second. 6 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: Me too. We have one of those chopper thingys that works great, but then you have to take it apart, wash it then reassemble (it's a little ornery.) I seldom use it. JHC I use a knife 90%of the time. If I want a lot of very thin slices I use my little Oxo mandolin, almost as easy to clean as a knife. If I need like a dozen or more chopped fine I break out my V-slicer and use either the fries or julienne blade. That takes a few minutes to clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 There was a guy standing on the corner, with a sign that said: "will work for food". I offered him an onion to paint my house. He gestured a decline. Heck, I even offered him a Vidalia onion. Maybe I should have offered to cut it for him, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Some Lustrum ago, I attended the Puyallup Washington Fair. Wanted a Burger. The ONLY condiment was grilled Puyallup Sweets Onions. Absolutely DELICIOUS!! Now I settle for Vadalia Sweets. Some tasty you betcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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