Posted on 09/05/2011 10:47:02 AM PDT by Little Bill
I was insructing my Daughter into theymystries of CanningPickels. She is a Graduate of Culinary School along with several other degrees which added nothing to her employabilty.
I bought a cheap mandolin to insure consistant thickness of the cukes we were slicing, she proceeded to cut the tip of a finger off, The blood, the blood, after doing first aide I sent her off to the ER.
Is this normal? I mean cooks deal with sharp stuff, how many fingers lie at the bottom of our salads?
I tried but it didn’t work.
True.
My future son-in-law is a chef and gets new cuts and burns once in a while.
How about using the little ‘gripper’ that usually comes with those mandolins? I sliced the tip off one finger years ago — because I DIDN’T use the nailed gripper. Learned a big lesson!
It is not so much clumsiness as much as much as simply getting too close to the blade without realizing how close you are - sometimes because the vegetable changes its angle as you are slicing away, and you can be deceived by how close you are.
You do know what I’m talking about? The thingy that has some prongs to hold the vegetable, and a handle that protects your fingers or hand.
I wouldn’t read too much into this incident. Unless there is a lot more you are not telling us about.
It may be just ‘her’. My 12 yo daughter is very, very bright but loses things constantly and can’t find things that are directly in front of her. She gets very hurt when I point out these issues. My younger son, OTOH, could find a needle in a haystack and knows where everything is at any given moment. He’s dangerous, too, though, in his own way. The other day he programmed his sister’s phone so it’s all in Spanish, or “Mexican” as she said. He put a security lock on my cell phone and then changed the code, ‘just for fun.’ Like I said, DANGEROUS.
Think back when you were young...to the first time you cut yourself...
Mandolins can be tricky if you aren’t used to them.
That is a tough racket if you are good, long hours and hard work.
Dear Mother,
You need to take responsibility! Take an EMT course. Learn how to sew lacerations, stop the bleeding, and start IV’s in case of severe shock.
Stock up on first aid supplies.
Know where your daughter is at all times.
Keep her away from sharp objects.
And never forget: It’s your fault!
Hope this helps.
I think you need to tone it done lil bill and instead of giving her a hard time you could give us the pickle recipe. I need to know if its worth all this heartache before I comment.
the alleged lack of skill demonstrated by some students who were allowed to pass through to graduation — including the pizza-maker who reportedly couldn't even boil water — was just one of many problems
Part of the lawsuit was also about the lack of jobs for chefs and the low pay, even though the grads had invested considerable money in their "education."
Find her a rich husband who likes to eat out.
It is impossible to cut your finger using a mandolin as instructed.
If your house is like my house all the knives I use for food preparations are razor sharp.Some people are not use to using very sharp knives.
My Wife did the same thing exactly...don’t let her around sharp objects...I do the prep cooking.
Thank God you have your daughter around. Leave her to make her own place in the world. You are lucky to have her helping with pickling. Enjoy every second, accept her for who she is.
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