pongeroon wrote: Using a newly sharpened knife is a real pleasure, like any well maintained tools.
Oh, and I am female, Richard!
I'm sorry, and i'm the least sexist bloke you'll ever meet.
I already elaborated that i've as much experience with blokes who don't appreciate or care for a sharp knife though at the time most of them were either living with their mums or they were so hopeless they couldn't boil an egg. One of these blokes once phoned me after buying a chicken, he wondered why no instructions were included.
But more to the point, the two ladies i've spend my life with to-date are happy to blunt my sharp knives and equally happy to use them.
Can we draw a line in the sand about the term, "Sharp" ?
My view is that if a knife won't slice a tomato or a pepper then it isn't sharp, it might not be blunt but it's dull and as already pointed out likely to be dangerous.
Clearly we don't have to spend a lot to get sharp knives, I just realised we had an everlasting-sharp cheepo in our motorhome. It'll slice bread and it'll slice tomato though it hasn't been banging about in the cutlery draw. I immediately made a cardboard sheath for it and when it's not in that i'm hoping it'll be stuck to the magnetic holder on the wall.
It's also clear that spending good money on quality knives is an investment, the knives I have don't have the latest kudos of Damascus, Robert Welsh, Sabatier and etc-etc because Kitchen Devils brand is more associated with throw-away knives. The ones I have are indestructible quality tools made to last a lifetime and hold an edge but not if used to cut ceramic plates or steel baking things for the oven.
Do any of you use a mandolin ?
How are you supposed to start and maintain a healthy lifestyle if it completely removes a wine lover’s reason to live?
Richard.