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weinoo

weinoo

16 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:

@weinoo, if hockmesser is Yiddish for a one-handed curved blade, then that's actually more like my mother's, only hers had a wooden handle. Maybe mezzalunas are usually two-handled? My mother would have likely not known either name for her curved blade until later in life when she acquired an Italian boyfriend. Chopped liver he would never have eaten. 

 

I think mezzalunas are usually two handed, and sometimes two-bladed!

However, when you think about it, what sounds more like something you'd use for chopping the shit out of stuff?  A half moon (i.e. a mezzaluna) or a HOCKMESSER? A word which sounds like exactly what you're doing - hacking things up and making a mess!!

 

Thanks for the recipe!

weinoo

weinoo

16 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:

@weinoo, if hockmesser is Yiddish for a one-handed curved blade, then that's actually more like my mother's, only hers had a wooden handle. Maybe mezzalunas are usually two-handled? My mother would have likely not known either name for her curved blade until later in life when she acquired an Italian boyfriend. Chopped liver he would never have eaten. 

 

I think mezzalunas are usually two handed, and sometimes two-bladed!

However, when you think about it, what sounds more like something you'd use for chopping the shit out of stuff?  A half moon (i.e. a mezzaluna) or a HOCKMESSER? A word which sounds like exactly what you're doing - hacking things up and making a mess!!

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