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Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way (pudding.cool)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

if you cut an onion horizontally, you're just fighting it's already natural layers. no good onion cutting technique cuts horizontally imo

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can get around that by quartering the onion, making the vertical cuts, turning it so the vertical cuts are horizontal, then making more vertical cuts. :)

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Here's my fav way: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=CwRttSfnfcc

Very easy, imo!