Rapair -

The ulu is pretty much the same thing as the ones I've got, except for the solid handle. The knockoff at Wally world has a flattened "ring" handle so you can stick your fingers through. One of the larger ones might be more useful for some of the other tasks the ulu site mentions. I generally prefer one of my more conventional knives, but that's more from having good ones I've learned to use for those things.

"She" has a taste for those canned rubber bands they call "mushroom pieces" at the supermarket. I find it just the thing for making the pieces small enough to extract what little flavor they have into the broth and to avoid having to chew on them. Possibly a hammer would work as well for that particular purpose, but...

John