kam
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At last night's show I had a guest cut off the tipof her finger with a knife!!!!!
I don't do the standard Hands-On show where everyone stands around and does part of the recipe (I am just not "there", yet). Well, anyway, I DO pass around parts of the recipe for guests to try items. I will have guests use the Citrus press, or zest the lemons/limes with the Microplane, use the Food Chopper etc etc.
Well, last night, I passed around a bowl with the blocks of cheese and the Rotary Grater and had the guests grate the cheese. My host wanted to try the Madoline, so I had her grate some cheese at the table with the UM. Someone used the Food Chopper to chop some of the Green Onions.
One of the guests was obviously a person who cooks. She knew food terms/products etc. But not in a snobby way at all, if you know what I mean. Sometimes people who are "chef-like" in the kitchen can really put down using recipes, measuring etc. But she was NOT like that at all - she was very nice.
So she is standing by me and must have missed out on the grating and came up and said she'd really like to try something - could she do something? Well, at this point, I had not started the dessert and all that was left for was to slice the green ends of the green onions for the top of the H&C Brunch Sq.
So I place the cutting board, green onions and 3-1/2 inch paring knife in front of her. She says, well, the Santoku would really be better for this. So I geve her the 5" Santoku. Next thing I know, I see her throwing half the onions out and disappear. I have no idea. I am wondering what was wrong with the onions!!!
Next thing I know, a guest says she sliced the tip of her finger off! We had a nurse present - thank goodness! She did what she needed to do to try to stop the bleeding. They were saying she might have to go to the hospital if the bleeding doesn't stop to get a stitch!
So now I am SO leary about letting anyone use the knives at shows!
Has anyone ever had this happen at a show? Am I liable at all for this? I feel REALLY bad, but don't know what else I could've done. Did I miss something and not realize that we should not let guest's use the knives? She has Henckels at home - so I assumed she was familiar with a sharp knife - but I still feel bad.
I don't do the standard Hands-On show where everyone stands around and does part of the recipe (I am just not "there", yet). Well, anyway, I DO pass around parts of the recipe for guests to try items. I will have guests use the Citrus press, or zest the lemons/limes with the Microplane, use the Food Chopper etc etc.
Well, last night, I passed around a bowl with the blocks of cheese and the Rotary Grater and had the guests grate the cheese. My host wanted to try the Madoline, so I had her grate some cheese at the table with the UM. Someone used the Food Chopper to chop some of the Green Onions.
One of the guests was obviously a person who cooks. She knew food terms/products etc. But not in a snobby way at all, if you know what I mean. Sometimes people who are "chef-like" in the kitchen can really put down using recipes, measuring etc. But she was NOT like that at all - she was very nice.
So she is standing by me and must have missed out on the grating and came up and said she'd really like to try something - could she do something? Well, at this point, I had not started the dessert and all that was left for was to slice the green ends of the green onions for the top of the H&C Brunch Sq.
So I place the cutting board, green onions and 3-1/2 inch paring knife in front of her. She says, well, the Santoku would really be better for this. So I geve her the 5" Santoku. Next thing I know, I see her throwing half the onions out and disappear. I have no idea. I am wondering what was wrong with the onions!!!
Next thing I know, a guest says she sliced the tip of her finger off! We had a nurse present - thank goodness! She did what she needed to do to try to stop the bleeding. They were saying she might have to go to the hospital if the bleeding doesn't stop to get a stitch!
So now I am SO leary about letting anyone use the knives at shows!
Has anyone ever had this happen at a show? Am I liable at all for this? I feel REALLY bad, but don't know what else I could've done. Did I miss something and not realize that we should not let guest's use the knives? She has Henckels at home - so I assumed she was familiar with a sharp knife - but I still feel bad.
