/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.9609429]

Can someone please finally explain why people tap their knives? Superstition?

[Anonymous No.9609432]

it means they have athletes foot if u see anyone doing this inform them and suggest they visit an er asap

[Anonymous No.9609437]

>>9609429
Probably just saw someone on tv do it and got into the habit.

[Anonymous No.9609438]

>>9609429
Who ordered the chop with a side of douche?

[Anonymous No.9609449]

>>9609429
It's because they're afraid of sharp knives and they want to dull them down into unusable flat metal rods as quickly as possible so as to avoid injury to themselves and those around them

[Anonymous No.9609453]

>salt sticks to his wrists

[Anonymous No.9609456]

It's a nu-male thing.

[Anonymous No.9609467]

>>9609429
>Can someone please finally explain why people tap their knives?
Same reason that baseball players tap their bat on the ground, mechanics spin or tap wrenches in their hand, racket sports players tap their racket, etc. It's just getting the feel for your tool before you use it.

[Anonymous No.9609490]

>>9609467
>getting the feel for your tool
sounds like fun

[Anonymous No.9609507]

Idiots.
It's because they're trying to "clean" it, it's an OCD thing, like when you shake your dick after you piss even if its not dribble

[Anonymous No.9609508]

>>9609467
best analogy

[Anonymous No.9609528]

>>9609467
After every stroke tho?

[Anonymous No.9609534]

>>9609507
I don't tap my spoon after every bite of Cheerios.

[Anonymous No.9609538]

>>9609534
I'm going to start doing this now

[Anonymous No.9609545]

>>9609528
Basketball players dribble between every free throw. Sometimes it's a 'reset' mechanism, other times, a necessary habit to reestablish familiarity between instances of [action].

[danger chete No.9609561]

>>9609507
when does it not dribble you weirdo?

[Anonymous No.9609601]

>>9609528
Sure, some people just do it more often than others. I don't tap my knife after every stroke but I have found myself doing it when I first get set up to use it. I'll get my cutting board out, get my knife & the ingredients, then I find myself tapping the knife on the board a couple times while I go through the procedure in my mind.

I've found that I often will "pulse" power tools for a moment before I use them too. Sometimes it's to check that the the speed setting, direction, etc, are where I want them, other times it's jut a matter of habit. Likewise if I'm using power equipment like a chainsaw or a trimmer I'll rev the engine briefly in between cuts to make sure it's running good and not bogging down.

>>9609545
>a necessary habit to reestablish familiarity between instances of [action].
Yep, this.
In the case of sports I've heard several coaches talk about players maintaining a consistent ritual before they serve/shoot/throw/etc.

[Anonymous No.9609606]

>>9609429
What I want to know is why this guy seasoned his meat with forearm salt

[Anonymous No.9609623]

>>9609606
>>forearm salt
What?
The salt didn't touch his arm, notice the wind while he's sprinking the salt.

As for why you sprinkle it from that kind of height? 2 reasons:
1-when it falls from a greater height it's moving faster, and thus it sticks to the food better.
2-seasoning from a height gives time for the seasoning to spread out into a larger area. That makes it faster to season, and it covers more evenly.

Obviously he's being a bit flamboyant with his actions but seasoning from a height is standard for pro cooks.

[Anonymous No.9609631]

>>9609467
This sounds about right. I always spin my tools before I use them. Knives, Spatulas and Frying Pans get spun several times a day at work.

[Anonymous No.9609632]

>>9609623
>The salt didn't touch his arm

[chop No.9609634]

>>9609429
Martin Yan taps. I'm not good enough of a cook to tell him he's wrong to do so and neither are you.

>>9609438
Sorry, buddy. We're not making this a steady thing.

[Anonymous No.9610193]

>>9609453
fuck you ruined it

[Anonymous No.9610200]

>>9609429
Because they have not found a kitchen use for a fidget spinner.

[Anonymous No.9610314]

>>9609429
idk initially but on subsequent cuts of different sections of the steak, he might want to knock off anything collected on the knife?

I'm just guessing.

[Anonymous No.9610328]

>>9609545
>>9609601
>reset mechanism
Yeah, pretty much, sounds about right. It's a sign for the brain of starting a new task. I've see many students do that while doing exams - you can see when they're moving to a next question because they have certain ticks they do.

[Anonymous No.9610495]

>>9609467
>mechanics spin or tap wrenches in their hand

I'm not a mechanic, but I've been using wrenches every day for almost 10 years and never did this. No one else at work does it either.

[Anonymous No.9610511]

>>9609561
My mate said small dicks don't dribble. My mate has a small dick.

[Anonymous No.9610535]

>>9609528
in the case of a knife you do that to flick grease and debris off to make the next cut smoother

[Anonymous No.9610569]

Work in a kitchen and tap my knife from time to time. Usually two reasons I do it: 1. I'm trying to get water/crumbs/seeds off it before the next cut or 2. I'm bored and entertaining myself between pieces or while thinking.

Whenever I do tap my knife, it's always on the spine of the blade and not the cutting edge.

[Anonymous No.9611079]

>>9609601
Pretty sure this is it. I noticed the other day at work, I tap the pliers on the cutting table before I grab the pizza out of the oven.

[Anonymous No.9611109]

>>9609631
Yeah man I flip frying pans and shit in my hand all the time. Shit's just fun to do. Keeps me thinking about what I'm doing while not losing my internal momentum of movement

[Anonymous No.9611162]

>>9609429
For performance chefs like teppanyaki or (presumably) this guy, I always figured it was just to add some extra noise, rhythm, and movement to the performance to make it more entertaining. Purely guessing, though.

[Anonymous No.9611168]

>>9609508
Kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.9611177]

>>9609429
The same reason you'll see blacksmiths bounce their hammers off anvils. I do it if my grip on my knife isn't right and it helps me set the mood for what I'm doing

[Anonymous No.9611200]

>>9611168
lmao

[Anonymous No.9611263]

>>9609429
>seasons the steak after cutting it

[Anonymous No.9611284]

>>9609467
This. It has became a habit for me.

[Anonymous No.9611862]

>>9609429
I mean I tap my knife when I pull it out of sanitizer.

[Anonymous No.9611878]

>>9611177
>it helps me set the mood
Dumbest post of the day.

[Anonymous No.9611920]

The few shitposters aside, every legit response is true. We are all human. There is a habitual side to anything that you do repeatedly. Whether it is knocking the tool to remove any possible impediments or just a tick to get you into your normal rhythm, it works.

Surprisingly good thread. I'm no chef, but I love to cook. But I've used tools and have been a fisherman and camping my entire life. Unless I'm cleaning a fish, I wife the blade of my knife on my sleeve every time it seems like. Same thing. If I'm whittling or just fucking around, I constantly wipe the blade of my camp knife on my sleeve. Same deal. Tick, practical, whatever it may be. Both most likely.

[Anonymous No.9612023]

>>9609429
This guy should take a bullet. Can we PLEASE never see this again?
If you saved this shitty video, delete it now.

[Anonymous No.9612042]

>>9609453

>mfw when he does it for the celebrities webm and he drops a bunch of salt into somebodys drink.

you had one job nigga

[Anonymous No.9612049]

>>9612023
I actually only saved it for this thread specifically.

[Anonymous No.9612090]

>>9609429
Can someone please finally explain why people qive the tongs a quick *snib-snib*? Superstition?