What Recipes are More Hassle if You Only Have Rounded Knives?

Most kitchen knives have pointy tips. For example this paring knife.

The tip is the most dangerous part of the knife if you accidentally drop it. You don't want the knife to stab you in the foot. One way to fix this safety issue is to make kitchen knives with rounded tips rather than pointy ones. They would look like this.

The tip has been rounded off to prevent it stabbing through your shoe if you drop it.

But I wonder what is lost on the culinary side? I cannot think of a recipe where the tip is essential. Usually when I need a pointy thing a fork works better than the tip of a knife. Certainly there are knives with less pronounced tips such as the Santoku stye knife and carving knife.

The first has a less pronounced tip but could still cut through your shoe. The second had a rounded tip but is a more specialized kind of knife.

Imagine you are in a world where tipped knives are illegal and impossible to acquire. What recipes become more of a hassle to prepare?

Most kitchen knives have pointed tips. I can imagine trying to improve safety (e.g. if they're accidentally dropped) by rounding the tip. For example, a paring knife might look like the one on the right instead of the one on the left:

But I wonder what is lost on the culinary side? I cannot think of a recipe where the tip is essential. Usually when I need a pointy thing a fork works better than the tip of a knife. Certainly there are knives with less pronounced tips such as the Santoku stye knife and carving knife.

The first has a less pronounced tip but could still cut through your shoe. The second had a rounded tip but is a more specialized kind of knife.

Imagine you don't have any knives with pointed tips. What tasks become more of a hassle to accomplish?

What Recipes are More Hassle if You only Have Rounded Knives?

Most kitchen knives have pointy tips. For example this paring knife.

The tip is the most dangerous part of the knife if you accidentally drop it. You don't want the knife to stab you in the foot. One way to fix this safety issue is to make kitchen knives with rounded tips rather than pointy ones. They would look like this.

The tip has been rounded off to prevent it stabbing through your shoe if you drop it.

But I wonder what is lost on the culinary side? I cannot think of a recipe where the tip is essential. Usually when I need a pointy thing a fork works better than the tip of a knife. Certainly there are knives with less pronounced tips such as the Santoku stye knife and carving knife.

The first has a less pronounced tip but could still cut through your shoe. The second had a rounded tip but is a more specialized kind of knife.

Imagine you are in a world where tipped knives are illegal and impossible to acquire. What recipes become more of a hassle to prepare?

What Recipes are More Hassle if You Only Have Rounded Knives?

Most kitchen knives have pointy tips. For example this paring knife.

The tip is the most dangerous part of the knife if you accidentally drop it. You don't want the knife to stab you in the foot. One way to fix this safety issue is to make kitchen knives with rounded tips rather than pointy ones. They would look like this.

The tip has been rounded off to prevent it stabbing through your shoe if you drop it.

But I wonder what is lost on the culinary side? I cannot think of a recipe where the tip is essential. Usually when I need a pointy thing a fork works better than the tip of a knife. Certainly there are knives with less pronounced tips such as the Santoku stye knife and carving knife.

The first has a less pronounced tip but could still cut through your shoe. The second had a rounded tip but is a more specialized kind of knife.

Imagine you are in a world where tipped knives are illegal and impossible to acquire. What recipes become more of a hassle to prepare?