Success! 40,000+

Yes! 

Good Skills, Good Tools, Good Attention 

Make wild ideas possible.

Here's the proof:

The spoonful of peppercorns is resting in a bed of carrot micro-dice, accomplished with the formidable Shun Edo Santoku.  Watch the event unfold by clicking this video link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzELYaMAD0

(OK, so the dice could be more uniform in shape.  I will do better next time in the name of chef-perfectionists! It's not easy to manipulate damp carrot threads into even stacks.)

Here is the raw material.  That's 4 ounces.

Here are some images of this alien micro-landscape. (All Photos by Zoe Eon Fink)

First I cut the carrot into slices.

Then into little threads.

Then into dice. (Grains of Kosher Salt at right to show scale.)

That's more than 40,000 pieces.
Which means each one weighs approximately 1/10,000th of an ounce.

YES!! Thanks to all who helped on this project. NAMASTE!

The 40,000: What If?

40,000

That's a big number (in some contexts.)

What if it were the answer to the following question:

Into how many pieces can a person cut a carrot?

This Person:

This Knife:

This Carrot:

(OK.  Haven't chosen the Carrot yet. . .)

Sounds like an action film, right?!
It's a no-holds-barred real-life man-versus-nature contest happening in my kitchen tomorrow.  Video to follow.  Just you wait and see!