Bite one’s tongue
Whenever I read recipes that mention chopping something, I imagine chopping my own tongue on the cutting board.
That image never pops into my head when I’m actually cooking, just reading.
What’s wrong with my brain?
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Wow, that’s weird. To me, at least. I’m trying to think if I have a similar sort of mental connection to anything in the kitchen….. I guess our super-sharp peeler gives me the willies sometimes.
Is there a name for it when you have a recurrent grisly image that haunts you for no understandable reason? Mine is jumping onto a bed only to realize mid-flight that there is a knife nestled in the bedcovers, pointing up (why?)
“I guess our super-sharp peeler gives me the willies sometimes.”
True story: when I was many years younger and just learning how to shave my legs, I gave my razor a firm swipe straight up my shin and accidentally shaved off a length of skin at least a few inches long. Bled like crazy.
Perhaps your brain is subtlety trying to get you to broaden your culinary horizons?
I’m very glad you don’t work around heavy machinery!