[geeks] food geekery question

[Kurt Huhn]

On Dec 22, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Kurt Huhn wrote:
>> But beyond that, if you're going to be doing a lot of food prep at
>> home, the most important investment you can make is a set of really
>> good kitchen knives.  If I lost the blender, mixer, processor and
>> every other small appliance I would be fine as long as I had my  
>> knives.
>
> That.  Even with all the appliances, you still need a good set of  
> knives.
>
> My personal taste runs to Wusthof (I tend to like their balance better
> than other brands), but tastes vary.  Don't even consider anything
> stamped out of stainless sheet.  Look very skeptically at anything
> serrated except a bread knife.  If it says "AS SEEN ON TV!" on the  
> box,
> back away slowly and shop someplace else.
>


Absolutely!

I have a set of Henckels Pro S that are the general use knives - then  
I have a set of carbon steel (not stainless) that are "Kurt's Knives"  
and nobody else is allowed to touch them.  Going on 5 years of near  
daily use, they're still razor sharp, and have never been sharpened.

Wustoff, Henckels, and Kershaw are all good stainless knives - and  
there's probably a good half dozen more manufacturer names that are  
worth real money.  Good carbon steel knives are a little harder to  
find, and when you do, they're mostly in Asian pattern blades, and a  
little more expensive since they're lower volume production.  However,  
good carbon steel can't be beat for edge holding ability.


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Kurt Huhn
Renaissance Man, Malcontent, Oversized Ostrogoth