Preparing two meals yesterday afternoon. Got my nonna's gravy and meatballs going for tonights dinner. Then got a caponata going for a church dinner funciton tonight. Its Italian themed.
Time to start cutting.
Several hours later, a tired right hand, and a missing finger tip......
No I'm joking. Maybe 30 minutes tops.
I'm a pretty quick cutter. I got about 12 years or so under my belt in the kitchen with only 1 serious injury:
A few Christmas eves back, I traded a neighbor several pounds of blueberries for like 60 bunches of green onions.
I was dicing them up so we could freeze them. Approaching the end, my youngest daughter comes and fires a half dozen questions off at me.
I'm right in the middle of explaining to her I'm almost finished and to give me a sec. Suddenly, WHAM I make it about a quarter inch into my left thumb then right down through the tip. Wayyyyy more than just your basic kitchen knife nic.
Anywhos sauce and caponata complete. Wife will do 2 of her round loafs before we head out tonight.
Nonna would only partially approve. The $3 cheese would most likely catch me a slap to the back of the head. However they were out of the parm and pecorino wedges.
The dish is also lacking basil that would normally come out of my garden, not too far away though luckily.
