Ouch!!!

You'd think I'd know better then to break apart two frozen hamburger patties with a curved paring knife. Umm ... apparently not. Last Friday I made up patties from scratch and froze the remaining patties in some wax paper. Naturally the paring knife was the closest utensil within reach so I decided it would be a good idea to use it for the patty separation. Usually I use a butter knife when separation duties call. Sadly, I even thought about cutting my finger up before I put the blade between the patties. What did I learn? I guess Chicago Cutlery makes some pretty sharp knives.

The paring knife had no problem working through the two frozen patties and gouging out a chunk of the tip of my left thumb. In fact, as I'm typing this I'm learning I use my left thumb on the space bar way more than I ever thought. Cutting a chunk out of my thumb isn't as bad as it sounds. Well, at least that's what I'm telling myself. Tracy just looked at me strange, grabbed me our Band-Aids that we thankfully had on hand and started helping cook dinner without saying anything smart assed. I'm hoping I would have done the same for her, but I'm sure there would have been one smart assed comment mixed in to get me in a little heat.