How to get restaurant quality sliced tomatoes?

[Superflyer]

Use a mandoline they are great for this stuff.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Superflyer

Use a mandoline they are great for this stuff.

And the great thing about tomatos and a mandolin is you can't tell they are covered with the blood from your now, bleeding chunks of what were once fingers.

[afc wimbledon]

Of all places, Ikea sells a nice little filleting knife called a Gynnsam for 14.99, it is about the only non carbon steel knife I use and is magic for cutting tom's.

Restraunts go through their tomatos quickly, so they never become over ripe and soft, therefore never buy alot of tomatos, just the few you will use that day, and buy them when they are firm, also keep them at room tempreture, chilling them kills all the flavour, if it is to hot (mid summer etc) then take them out of the fridge a hour or so before eating.

[SeeBass]

if you are looking for extra firm tomatoes the steak toms are best

[vanisleflamesfan]

If your knife is properly sharp you shouldn't need a serrated knife. Also, try Roma tomatoes.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

And the great thing about tomatos and a mandolin is you can't tell they are covered with the blood from your now, bleeding chunks of what were once fingers.

They have the side effect of prompting you to learn really quick that super glue can be used to close big cuts.

[Sr. Mints]

On the weekend I went to Knife Wear in Inglewood. They let you cut things with their knives!!

I always thought my knives were sharp, but holy titty ####ing christ were their's sharper! I could cut a tomato as thin as paper.

There's no way I could justify spending the kind of money they're asking for their knives ($200-400), but I'm going to have my knives sharpened by them.

I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

On the weekend I went to Knife Wear in Inglewood. They let you cut things with their knives!!

I always thought my knives were sharp, but holy titty ####ing christ were their's sharper! I could cut a tomato as thin as paper.

There's no way I could justify spending the kind of money they're asking for their knives ($200-400), but I'm going to have my knives sharpened by them.

I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area.

I was just going to mention this place. I went with my chef friend who came from Vancouver to buy a knife there, and I tried cutting a tomato with a $700 knife. Titty ####ing christ was my exact reaction. I'd be scared to use those knives regularly for fear of chopping my finger clear off with minimal effort.

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Sr. Mints

On the weekend I went to Knife Wear in Inglewood. They let you cut things with their knives!!

I always thought my knives were sharp, but holy titty ####ing christ were their's sharper! I could cut a tomato as thin as paper.

There's no way I could justify spending the kind of money they're asking for their knives ($200-400), but I'm going to have my knives sharpened by them.

I highly recommend checking it out if you're in the area.

I just bought this: http://www.knifewear.com/knife-family.asp?family=17 (210mm) and that reaction is pretty much perfect.

I think it's worth the money.

[Bill Bumface]

^ Those ones are ridiculously cool looking too.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by kermitology

I just bought this: http://www.knifewear.com/knife-family.asp?family=17 (210mm) and that reaction is pretty much perfect.

I think it's worth the money.

Nice! I test drove ones like that. Don't poke your eye out!

[DFO]

I picked up this one at KnifeWear;

http://www.knifewear.com/img/knives4...oku180-big.jpg

Gotta agree with the OP's about the reactions - too funny

[Reaper]

I am surprised that so few people actually know how to use a knife properly. So many people take the knife and try to push it through the item they are cutting. The proper way is to draw the knife across what you are trying to cut. If your knife is sharpened properly you shouldn't need to put any force into it. Let the knife do the work.

[Hack&Lube]

I think you can achieve the same effect with a $20 ceramic knife.

[bomber317]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I think you can achieve the same effect with a $20 ceramic knife.

Same with a Samurai sword but with style.