Qi Erwa, bring the potatoes here.
We've talked about how to cut potatoes.
The more evenly you shred the potatoes, the better.
You know how to test it. I taught you that last time.
Let's go over it again now.
These potatoes.
are not good enough. You bought it, right?
Yes.
Shriveled.
They are soft.
See how I peel this potato?
That is fast.
I use these four fingers.
Peeling in this way, and I used to got my nails peeled off very often.
You have to get these little wounds a lot to know how to improve.
Cut a square out like this.
Cut a square out of it. If the potato is big, cut it on both sides.
The cut potato shreds are just like matches.
They are of the same length.
And looks nice when it's evenly sized.
But this would produce a terrible amount of waste.
Check the potato to see if it's cut well. It looks very neat up there.
You'd have to check the other side, if it's also in good shape.
It's the same as the bottom.
This way, you're pushing and slicing forward.
If you've got it right up front.
Then we'll use the middle section.
See? Cut like this.
What is the challenge?
The challenge is to hold the potato steady.
How do we know if we are shredding the potato properly and neatly?
If the shredded potato goes straight up on the side (of the knife)
If it's straight up, it means the potato is cut straight and evenly
If it's unevenly sliced, then the shreds run in random directions when they go up on the side (of the knife).
You see that?
Put the shredded potato in water straight after cutting it.
It's pretty standard.
Because we see the potato shreds go straight up.
It's pretty standard.
Look, I take one of these that I cut, you see?
Compared with yours, look at how soft your shreds are.
Why is this?
Because you didn't follow its "tendons" when you cut it.
Do you understand?
You didn't use your knife smoothly enough.
All of them.
You cut another one.
You are using the correct method, but the potato was still not cut evenly.
You see that?
Firstly, you didn't slice it in the even thickness.
And secondly, you didn't shred it evenly.
See? Your potato slices are not even.
It is running slantwise?
Do you understand?
What he did better than you is that he used his strength more evenly than you.
Hmm.
He's got better control of the potato thickness than you.
Hmm.
Let me show you again.
A potato like this, is a little easier to cut.
Because it's long in itself.
First of all, the knife. You didn't hold it steady.
When you're holding the knife to cut, you didn't have good control.
Force down.
Hold it like this and twirl it around in your hand.
It is good if the potato shreds call be rolled.
My master chef taught me this.
No matter how thick or thin you cut the potato,
as long as you can roll it in your hand, it's even.
That's the way it is for now.
Here are some more potatoes.
You guys practice more.
I'll cut this.
Be careful how many potatoes you cut.
Otherwise you'd be eating potatoes for days.
Let me see.
Let me see, turn it over.
Here, look at this. What is this?
Typical (mistakes of cutting potatoes).
Emm.
You can cut it as thick as you want, but you have to make sure that every piece is evenly thick.
You can also slice it as thin as you want, but again you have to make sure they are evenly thin.
Do you understand?
I understand.
Oh, no, no, no. You'll be eating potatoes for a month.