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How is this possible? One onion probably is at least 25 or more cuts. Anything chopping or mincing is going to be a lot. I’m sure it is variable based on diets

How is this possible? One onion probably is at least 25 or more cuts. Anything chopping or mincing is going to be a lot. I’m sure it is variable based on diets. But full home cooking, 500 doesn’t seem that far off to me. Edit: I just tested this. 30 for half an onion.. so 60 for a whole onion. I’m pretty certain when I make stew tonight; I’ll hit several hundred just for that.

happytoexplain 3y ago
The average person is not mincing, or often even chopping, on a daily basis. And when they are, they are doing a couple dozen slices each through a few vegetables.
- crazydoggers 3y ago
  If that’s true, then the average person is not cooking but preparing ready made foods. I cannot imagine cooking without dicing and mincing ant least once a day. And it’s not a couple dozen cuts otherwise. Dice onion: 60 cuts chiffonade basil: 20 cuts mince clove garlic: 40 cuts Julienne carrot: 25 cuts Cube chicken: 20 cuts etc etc etc. I have a feeling hacker news is the wrong demographic, and most folks on here are too busy to cook healthy foods for themselves every day, let alone a family. I don’t have a clear sense of what an average American does, then, but if you’re an “average home cook for a family” then I don’t think it’s that far off.
  - plorkyeran 3y ago
    Are you aware that there are dishes which don’t involve dicing everything?
    - crazydoggers 3y ago
      Well I mean I do use garlic in about 2 out of every 3 meals.. so there’s mincing at least. Obviously you can make a sandwich. Or cook a burger. But if you’re eating healthy fresh produce and meats then how are you not cutting things? Maybe like steak and asparagus every night? It’s that or processed food. Or maybe people call warming up pre made foods cooking? I honestly don’t know. Here’s random recipes I picked from a recipe app. Mushroom kale risotto (chopping mushrooms, garlic, kale) Ratatouille penne (celery, red onion, garlic, zucchini, squash) Gnocchi veg (tomatoes, broclli garlic) Turkey sweet potato roast (sweet potatoe, garlic, onion, yellow pepper, parsley) Stuffed pork tenderloin (garlic) Chicken pasta (chicken, garlic, green onions) Now if you tell me the average person just makes Mac and cheese, or eats sandwiches, well then I understand. About 42% of Americans are obese, and fast food makes up a significant part of the average American diet. So I guess I’m reading the study as if it’s looking at the “average” person who uses a cutting board cooking, rather than an average American (many who may not even use cutting boards) So maybe I’m in a bubble cooking these meals, but I’m not sure what actual “cooking” doesn’t do a lot of cutting. Knifes are the chefs primary tools. (watch any cooking show and count how many times knife hits board)
TheSpiceIsLife 3y ago
Even cooking four hundred eggs and ninety kilos of bacon for breakfast requires precisely zero cuts on a chopping board. I often prepare my own museli, zero cuts. Pasta, zero cuts. Snap frozen vegetables, almost always fresher and cheaper than 'fresh' vegetables, zero cuts. If I do cook onions, course chopped, maybe 7 cuts per. Garlic, ginger, from a jar. Who has time to make even a hundred cuts a day.
- crazydoggers 3y ago
  > If I do cook onions, course chopped, maybe 7 cuts per. It is not possible to dice an onion with 7 cuts. Even “course chopped”, 7 cuts would have giant chunks of onion in them.
  - happytoexplain 3y ago
    The parent said course chop, not dice. And plenty of dishes have pieces of onion of the size the parent is describing, especially considering that the pieces come apart. I'm not following the nature of your disagreement. It sounds like you're responding to a different post, or are trying to gatekeep something, but it's not clear what.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 3y ago
    I hate diced onion.
plorkyeran 3y ago
I... don't chop an onion every day? I'm sure there's days I've hit 500 cuts, but it sure isn't typical.

happytoexplain 3y ago

The average person is not mincing, or often even chopping, on a daily basis. And when they are, they are doing a couple dozen slices each through a few vegetables.

crazydoggers 3y ago
If that’s true, then the average person is not cooking but preparing ready made foods. I cannot imagine cooking without dicing and mincing ant least once a day. And it’s not a couple dozen cuts otherwise. Dice onion: 60 cuts chiffonade basil: 20 cuts mince clove garlic: 40 cuts Julienne carrot: 25 cuts Cube chicken: 20 cuts etc etc etc. I have a feeling hacker news is the wrong demographic, and most folks on here are too busy to cook healthy foods for themselves every day, let alone a family. I don’t have a clear sense of what an average American does, then, but if you’re an “average home cook for a family” then I don’t think it’s that far off.
- plorkyeran 3y ago
  Are you aware that there are dishes which don’t involve dicing everything?
  - crazydoggers 3y ago
    Well I mean I do use garlic in about 2 out of every 3 meals.. so there’s mincing at least. Obviously you can make a sandwich. Or cook a burger. But if you’re eating healthy fresh produce and meats then how are you not cutting things? Maybe like steak and asparagus every night? It’s that or processed food. Or maybe people call warming up pre made foods cooking? I honestly don’t know. Here’s random recipes I picked from a recipe app. Mushroom kale risotto (chopping mushrooms, garlic, kale) Ratatouille penne (celery, red onion, garlic, zucchini, squash) Gnocchi veg (tomatoes, broclli garlic) Turkey sweet potato roast (sweet potatoe, garlic, onion, yellow pepper, parsley) Stuffed pork tenderloin (garlic) Chicken pasta (chicken, garlic, green onions) Now if you tell me the average person just makes Mac and cheese, or eats sandwiches, well then I understand. About 42% of Americans are obese, and fast food makes up a significant part of the average American diet. So I guess I’m reading the study as if it’s looking at the “average” person who uses a cutting board cooking, rather than an average American (many who may not even use cutting boards) So maybe I’m in a bubble cooking these meals, but I’m not sure what actual “cooking” doesn’t do a lot of cutting. Knifes are the chefs primary tools. (watch any cooking show and count how many times knife hits board)

TheSpiceIsLife 3y ago

Even cooking four hundred eggs and ninety kilos of bacon for breakfast requires precisely zero cuts on a chopping board. I often prepare my own museli, zero cuts. Pasta, zero cuts. Snap frozen vegetables, almost always fresher and cheaper than 'fresh' vegetables, zero cuts. If I do cook onions, course chopped, maybe 7 cuts per. Garlic, ginger, from a jar. Who has time to make even a hundred cuts a day.

crazydoggers 3y ago
> If I do cook onions, course chopped, maybe 7 cuts per. It is not possible to dice an onion with 7 cuts. Even “course chopped”, 7 cuts would have giant chunks of onion in them.
- happytoexplain 3y ago
  The parent said course chop, not dice. And plenty of dishes have pieces of onion of the size the parent is describing, especially considering that the pieces come apart. I'm not following the nature of your disagreement. It sounds like you're responding to a different post, or are trying to gatekeep something, but it's not clear what.
- TheSpiceIsLife 3y ago
  I hate diced onion.

plorkyeran 3y ago

I... don't chop an onion every day? I'm sure there's days I've hit 500 cuts, but it sure isn't typical.