to dice the courgettes

[stubbornhubby]

I like to chop a courgette thus:

• lengthways
• then lengthways again

(so now I have four long pieces, are you with me)

• then each piece chop roughly every 1cm or so

this gives you evenly shaped courgette 'dice' about 1cm in each direction..perfect for frying in olive oil and garlic.

AIBU? (because Mrs Stubborn doesn't chop like this)

erm, how does she want it chopped?

Yep YABtotallyU. You should do as you're told.

How the hours must fly by...

Yanbu so long as you don't expect mrs stubborn to do it the same way. She can chop however she wants to. Must admit did feel strange sense of peace as I imagined neatly chopped up courgette. [Grin]

Go for it, it's how I do it.

Also bollocks to doing what you're told - why should you?

no, it's a good way to chop your courgette.
as per another thread about a back seat cook - tell her if she doesn't like it she can do it her self.

I have to grate courgette to hide it from DD

Down with vegetable facsism.

Chop freely.

courgettes are nasty,so yabu for eating them

Well, if you want chopped courgettes then I would say that´s a good way to do it.

If you are wanting slices on the other hand......

I sometimes chop them your way, sometimes I slice into discs or julienne or slanty shaped bits.

There aren't any rules as far as I know, I would guess if MrsStubborn is doing it another way, she may be trying (successfully) to wind you up.

Whatever the case, break free from your chopping chains and try something different.

Mrs Stubborn chops her courgetes chunky julienne style .

I am relieved to report, however, that discs do not feature in her repertoire. (discs are so very 1970s, don't you think?)

Probably - I'm ancient/stylishly retro

Wafer thin discs slowly fried in butter.

Dice as an ingredient for veggi chilli etc.

Big wedges for ratatouille.

Surprise her - cut them into little star shapes.

Slices cut into Trivial Pursuit wedges for when the dog ate the science 'cheese' (Genus edition)

For special occasions

ooh, star shapes are agood!

courgettes should always be sliced in discs. It is the law.

What is this dice-chopping heresy?
You are being very disrespectful to the disc-slicing traditionalists.

I'm kinda the opposite to you although the outcome is strikingly similar. I chop mine into 1cm thick discs (measured with a ruler), then chop a pile of discs into quarters.

Don't you find that when you're chopping lengthways the knife goes awry and you end up with unwieldly slivers?

i have a special left handed knife.

oooooooh.

Do them into heart shapes and present her with them formed into the words 'I love you'. See her try and complain about them then (or vomit through your corniness).