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Tuesday, December 27. 2011

Kitchen Knife Skills, 101

Always surprising to me how many amateur cooks have no clue about how to handle knives in the kitchen. Plenty of knife skill vids here. One basic example:


 


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I have many family members and friends who are good, experienced cooks and who have cheap, crappy knives. You go to help them in the kitchen for a party or something and wonder how they manage it.
#1 D on 2011-12-27 14:35 (Reply)
I just rec'd a set of high end knives for Christmas so this is very timely. Especially now that I find myself in the kitchen more. As a carpenter, I understand and keep knives sharp but now I can use them properly. Thanks
#2 Paul Kuster on 2011-12-27 18:27 (Reply)
Mark Twain, in Life on the Mississippi, insisted that the secret to a successful restaurant is sharp knives.
#3 Assistant VIllage Idiot (Link) on 2011-12-27 22:14 (Reply)
Every time my husband and I visit his parents, we end up doing all the cooking - his dad won't and his mom has bad arthritis.

They have horrible knives - haven't been sharpened since my husband, who is 46, can remember. No potato peeler, but we are supposed to peel everything.

A few years ago, we gave them a really good chef's knife for Christmas - and his dad still wanted us to use the bad knives: http://diaryofagolddigger.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-which-we-get-worse-presents-than.html
#4 the gold digger (Link) on 2011-12-28 09:02 (Reply)
My main knife has a self-sharpening blade, with a specially designed serrated edge.

I don't see why anyonw would need to sharpen knives nowadays.
#5 Don Cox on 2011-12-29 06:06 (Reply)

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