To fuck or to cook?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Kids, take this conversation somewhere outside the kitchen, for pete's sake.

Its kinda hard. His bidet doubles as a kitchen fawcett.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Dave

On another note, I want to buy my sister a good quality set of kitchen knives for Festive Savior Birth Day. Any recommendations for that?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or abuse you may have.

You can find a set of three knives, a chef's knife, a paring knife, and a utility knif, from Shun, on either the Sur La Table or Food Network websites. The set costs about $195, if memory serves, and the knives are of incredible quality and beautiful to behold.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
How much do you want to spend? Knives, in my view, are the most important tool in the kitchen, and don't let anyone tell you different. Mrs. dL was all set to divorce me when I bought a $500 set of
Wusthof Grand Prix knives, but then she used them (no, not on me, Bobbitt stylie).

I have 4 Wustof knives (the Classic, not Grand Prix -- got them basically new in the gift box at a garage sale for an insanely low price) and concur. Most important: get forged knives, not stamped ones. Also, I'd rather get one really good knife than a set of cheap ones. I also covet a Santoku (this is a style, not brand) knife.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Fugee
I have 4 Wustof knives (the Classic, not Grand Prix -- got them basically new in the gift box at a garage sale for an insanely low price) and concur. Most important: get forged knives, not stamped ones. Also, I'd rather get one really good knife than a set of cheap ones. I also covet a Santoku (this is a style, not brand) knife.

I think buying knives as a gift is supposed to be bad, but whatever.

Is the Santoku style a ceramic thing, or those dips on each side of the blade thing?

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by taxwonk
You can find a set of three knives, a chef's knife, a paring knife, and a utility knif, from Shun, on either the Sur La Table or Food Network websites. The set costs about $195, if memory serves, and the knives are of incredible quality and beautiful to behold.

By the way, because I know you care, I got an All-Clad LTD cookware set with a fry pan, a stock pot, a saute pan, and a sauce pan. I also got a bonus 1 qt saucepan and little bitty fry pan, and purchased the non-stick grill pan. I love it all. Now I need a saucier (3 qt. will do), a double burner griddle pan, and few good knives with a new block.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think buying knives as a gift is supposed to be bad, but whatever.

Is the Santoku style a ceramic thing, or those dips on each side of the blade thing?

Wedding gift.

Santoku is a blade shape. The blade can be metal or ceramic, or plastic for that matter.

Kullens are the indentations on the side of knifes that ease carving by allowing the delicious juices of roast beef to provide lubricant to the carving knife.

I've been happy ordering from professional cutlery direct. www.pcd.com. If nothing else, you can see pretty much the entire line of every brand of knife.

[ETA helpful links]

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Jesus, Felix. Next time I'm at your place, I'm going to make certain to slice a phone book to ribbons with that metal collection of yours.

Your mango chutney blew. I was just being polite.

Ever go over a friend's house to eat,
and the food just ain't no good?
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed
and the chicken tastes like wood.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
By the way, because I know you care, I got an All-Clad LTD cookware set with a fry pan, a stock pot, a saute pan, and a sauce pan. I also got a bonus 1 qt saucepan and little bitty fry pan, and purchased the non-stick grill pan. I love it all. Now I need a saucier (3 qt. will do), a double burner griddle pan, and few good knives with a new block.

Good choice. I heartily recommend the saucier. We got a 5 qt. several years ago, and I would say it is easily the most used pan in the house. They're great for everything.

If you're in the market for knives, see my recommendation for the Shun knives above. I will also throw in with the people who have been recommending the santoku. It's my favorite knife.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Wedding gift.

Santoku is a blade shape. The blade can be metal or ceramic, or plastic for that matter.

Kullens are the indentations on the side of knifes that ease carving by allowing the delicious juices of roast beef to provide lubricant to the carving knife.

I've been happy ordering from professional cutlery direct. www.pcd.com. If nothing else, you can see pretty much the entire line of every brand of knife.

[ETA helpful links]

Please check out gourmet.org as I just represented the purchaser in their acquisition and haven't yet been paid.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Please check out gourmet.org as I just represented the purchaser in their acquisition and haven't yet been paid.

May I suggest some knives?

[Adder]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
The recipe board gets its name from this post.

I see. Suddenly, I am far less interested.

[Adder]

Originally posted by Fugee
I made 67 dozen cookies** for my church's cookie sale last weekend. I am sick of cooking but am having Thanksgiving at the Manor.

**Most were icebox cookies -- I'd been making the dough and freezing it all month and simply had to slice and bake. I used the church's huge commercial convection oven (just like the ones at Mrs. Fields' shops) so could bake about 8-10 dozen at a time. But it was still a marathon bake-a-rama.

See, now I am just frightened....

Pardon the interuption.

Ad(excite stage left... quick!!)der

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think buying knives as a gift is supposed to be bad, but whatever.

Giving a married couple a knife is a bad omen --- it predicts that their bonds will be cut. So the couple is supposed to give a coin to the person who gave them the knife, so that the knife is "purchased" in a sham transaction probably familiar to most of us.

No word on its karmic effect on spinsters.

[Atticus Grinch]

All-Clad LTD pans. Wustof cutlery, some of it inherited from deceased relatives.

The steel is not designed for sharpening. It's designed for honing between cuts. I don't know a single real-life person who uses it for this purpose, though. The only time I've ever seen one used live, it was a guy at a carving station at a wedding, and I suspect it was for dramatic effect more than anything else.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
All-Clad LTD pans. Wustof cutlery, some of it inherited from deceased relatives.

I don't know a single real-life person who uses it for this purpose, though.

What purpose do you see people using them for?

[I do use it to hone . . .]