To trim this sucker, get your chef's knife and make shallow slices down all the sides. You'll get it to the point where you can break out your vegetable peeler. Keep whittling it down until you get all of the hairy outer layer removed, and perhaps another 1/8" as well. Then, using a sharp knife, and being careful not to knock the thing off the counter, press the knife all the way down to cut it in half. It's pretty hard, but not impossible to cut.
From here, it's pretty easy. Lay each of the flat cut sides down on your cutting board. Make 1/2" to 3/4" slices by putting the point of your knife down on the cutting board and using the heel of your hand to press down on the back of the knife blade as you rock the knife down onto the cutting board.
Take the big slices individually and cut them into cubes.
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