Skillz

Tonight I participated in a 'knife skills' class at one of our local upscale supermarkets. It was a lot of fun to use 'correct' chopping techniques with well sharpened knives!  (And made me realize my knives need to be sharpened.)  I was glad to take the class, not only to learn a few new skills (how to cut a bell pepper, for instance) but to learn, once again, that there are many 'right' ways of doing something and that holding myself to some ethereal ideal is just silly.  Not only did I know a lot of the techniques - from just plain figuring them out - I realized, that, as with everything, each person brings their own unique method of accomplishing a task (in this case, chopping veggies and fruit into common sized portions!) to the table.  So, all in all, a fun, reaffirming night.  Everybody needs one once in awhile.