Don’t I Already Own a Cordless Knife?
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It sounds strange, “Cordless Knife”. Why would a knife ever need a cord? Thinking in it further, it’s actually a little odd that it should seem so odd. Electric knives have been around for decades. Some people grew up with an electric knife in their kitchen, but there are quite a few people who have never even seen one used. My parents never had one and only in the last few years have I learned what I’d been missing out on.
Electric knives are misunderstood. Many people don’t understand why they would need one. The best way I can explain it is to imagine every time you have tried slicing something and ended up damaging the food or not getting the thickness you wanted. When you use a regular knife, you are pushing and pulling (towards and away from yourself) while you also push down. You don’t really think about it, but those motions can make all sorts of bad things happen: Filling can squeeze out of a stuffed load, pies with brittle crusts and soft fillings can crumble.
These are problems of regular knives, of the non-electric variety. Using an cordless carving knife almost completely eliminates them. The reason is there are two knife blades and they both move at the same time, in opposite directions. This means everything you slice has equal force pulling both ways and therefore it does not move. A cordless knife is even better because you can bring it to the dining table for carving ham or a turkey. All you need to do is place the blade, turn it on and gently push downward with just enough force to get the cut going.
For appetizers it is an incredibly useful tool to have around because it makes such perfect cuts. Presentation is everything with finger food and you simply cannot get cuts as consistently perfect with a standard carving knife, unless of course you are a master chef who can handle a carving knife the way Carlos Santana handles a guitar. And most of us are not in that category of skill. Of course there is the common problem with electricity: the power cord. Rather than muck about with a corded model that will inevitably either get you tangled up in a cord that is far too long, or frustrate you to know end with a cord that isn’t long enough, simply take the easy solution: buy a cordless knife whenever you can.
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