Gordon Ramsay's Steps to Success

1: Drink lots of coffee

2: ???

3: Profit

"Lift the knife up and down."

Thanks Gordon.

I prefer the usual way, i get to use the whole edible part of it. With Ramsays method, you are not using the part under your finger (top? bottom? opposite the stump? not native english so don't know what that part is called.) I just cut around the "stump", no seeds and the whole vegetable is used.

With his method, the seeds and septum are easily eviscerated w/o precision grooming. The small amount of flesh you lose in minimal. That top part with the stem is of so little consequence and what you lose has little flavor. I've never trimmed a pepper this way, I always half it, and trim the seeds and septum after.

Ramseys' no speed-freak......always thought he was a self-medicating bi-polar-OR, he could be one of those cats high on life's, WTF's...either, other, he's one wound-tight control-freak!

Na, My way is better,
I start it the top, cut a circle all around the stem, making sure to push the knife in deep, and pull the stem out whole with all the seeds. Then it's cleaned out and ready to begin either cutting or stuffing.

Hi way seems, although isn't wrong, just seems odd to me.

Edit: ...And for the record, it was a chef that showed me to cut it this way in the first place.

if you are cutting pepper rings the technique you are using is far better but for julliene the technique ramsay is showing is better.

all depends on what you are trying to do.

You forgot swearing.

- use that stem-popper technique as well sagemind, works best for me and doesn't make you look as if you've been trained pretentiously...

I think he has to go to the bathroom.

I was just going to comment similarly.

"Why is he bouncing around like a seven year old who has to pee?"

I call fake. Not a single curse word uttered.

Screw the perfect pepper. The imperfect ones cost about a third over here and taste just as good.

There's never any one tactic for any one thing. All things; food or otherwise. Interesting but not mind blowing.