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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At some point I started running cold water on the knife before cutting and onion, and it seems to help. Does anyone know if there’s science behind this, or am I making shit up?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Others in this thread have pointed out that running cold water over your arms helps. So maybe while you wet your blade, your arms get wet too...?

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