Your Hands Are Your Best Tools

Appears in
Professional Cooking: 10th Edition

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

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Machines are intended to be labor-saving devices. However, the usefulness of specialized processing equipment often depends on the volume of food it handles. It takes less time for a cook to slice a few pounds of onions by hand than to set up a slicing attachment, pass the onions through it, and break down and clean the equipment. This is why it is important to develop good manual skills.