If you have a dining companion who’s a perfectionist, as I do, here’s a good task for that person: Make him slice the kaffir lime leaves!

I’ve written before about how to shred kaffir lime leaves, a technique that I’ve recently learned is called “chiffonade.” I don’t have the skill, patience or — truth be told — desire to know how to do such an exasperating thing. Which is why I am glad I do know someone who does. Here’s a photo of his handiwork, above.