Breeze Blocks. 

Heads. It was fun at first, but now i'm starting to feel sympathy for the victims, plus I've just lost interest in doing it. I want a new career.

I have had quite a few horrible chopping accidents in the kitchen 

They've reduced considerably since I started actually taking my mother's advice on chopping onions...   ALWAYS USED A SERRATED KNIFE! 

I still hate chopping chilli's...    I wear latex gloves to do it (which makes the dog bolt for the garden cos he assumes I am gonna drag him upstairs to wash his bum )...   cos otherwise no matter how much I scrub my hands afterwards I still end up burning my eyeball out hours later when I rub my eyes.

a good old fashioned auto chopper    no cuts and no smelly fingers 

Heads

If I said my name was Lorena Bobbitt...could you think of the answer yerself?  

I hate chopping garlic, as it makes my hands stink.

I've got one of these now.

I hated chopping chilli for the same reason and used to wear gloves, but I've got around it by buying these recently: http://www.waitrose.com/shop/P...nts+chopped+jalapeno

They are bloody genius!! And perfect for me cos I don't use chilli very often so when I buy fresh ones, some always end up being thrown away. They also do bags of chopped herbs - I have the basil and parsley, again to save on the waste from fresh ones

My most hated item is still onion though, the buggers always make me cry, and I seem to need them regularly so buying the pre-chopped probably wouldn't be good value in this case

ohh although, at £1 for 500g, I might give it a go

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/P...rose+CI+diced+onions

You shop at Waitrose now? 

Ever since we've broken up, you've changed 

I've gone all posh to try and win you back

I agree with you about tomatoes, I hate pealing them, they make my fingers sting   I also hate chopping/pealing suede and butternut squash and tough veg like that.

Turnip.

oh yes! I feel like I need an axe when chopping them

£1 for 17 ounces? Is that not daylight robbery?

Asda seem to want 86p a kilo for loose onions. So once you've taken the outer layers and the ends off you're looking at something like 1 1/2 to

1 2/3 the price for the ready chopped stuff.

I find chopping quite therapeutic.

Spray the chopping board with lemon juice - and chop your onion with a mega sharp knife.

I was going to type exactly the same thing Soozy. 

£1 for no more stingy streaming eyes, could be worth it

Saz...    THEY LOOK FAB!!  (the chilli's)..  

and Re: chopping onions..      

chop them whilst you are wearing your contact lenses...    they don't make you cry when you have lenses in..   tis fab! 

Def give the chillis a try if its not something you use often - they still have the seeds in so you don't need to use much to get a kick oohhh thanks for the lenses tip, will have to try that sometime! 

We use chilli's all the time Saz....    HOwever...  MrD is the one that uses them most (he cooks the chinese food).. and it doesn't bother him.

So... I will  invest in the bag of chilli's for the odd time I use them 

(& I don't think a quid a bag is that bad tbh)