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Town Cutler scalpel, Messermeister NSF Vic-like paring knife, Paraplui A Le’Epreuve Perfect Parer carbon, Kom Kom Thai fruit carving knives, 2 Gesshin pointy bois, 95mm Saji R2 Ironwood, Misono UX10 120mm petty, Yamashin 105mm tall petty in White no 1. I don’t know where my Wusthof has gotten off to, but I think I’ll be okay for now.

I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that mine is still in the box. But the old one is still working, so no real need to switch right away. 🙂

@ElsieD the next time you bake // tutbo roast a chicken , would you take a pick of the chicken in the oven ? how big a chicken ? how much room to spare ?

I used turbo roast for the first time the other day to roast a chicken. The recommended time in the user manual was 40 minutes. I had a bigger chicken so roasted for 45. It was slightly overdone, next time I would check it after 35 minutes. Sure does do the job quickly and well. I love the thing.

That rainbow! The sunset! Wow! Sorry dinner was such a disappointment. Looking forward to seeing you use the honeys from the farmer’s market.

Picked up some sourdough English muffins at the farmers market. The local abattoir has ham pieces (even when they don’t, they’ll cut you some if you ask). I sliced some of the larger ham pieces thin and cooked them up. Cooked the EM and a couple of eggs. I forgot to get a photo before eating one. Here is the second.

When it comes to knifes, I always consider the following: 1. Do you ever sharpen a vegetable peeler? The peeler remains sharp because the blade never touch anything else except food. 2. Sushi chefs have razer sharp knives because they use good knife skills. If you watch carefully, the main part of the bade never touch the cutting board when they cut. 3. Steel is one of the cheapest metals. Stainless steel is also cheap. 4. Tool steel is so hard and so cheap, it is used to make tools to cut other metals. Some knife makers just use cheap files to make very good knifes. 5. Any metal can be make razer sharp. It's meaningless to judge a knife when you have a new razer Sharpe knife . 6. A $1,000 knife can be permanently destroyed in a few seconds if not sharpened carefully by knife sharpeners. So I make my own knives. dcarch

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Rice Noodle and Vegetables Bowl with Pork - slightly warm rice noodles are topped with diced pork cutlets (marinated in a mixture of soy sauce, honey and toasted sesame oil and quickly pan-fried), carrots and celeriac (quickly marinated with rice vinegar, salt and sugar), shredded iceberg lettuce, scallions and mint. Finished with a vinaigrette made from fish sauce, lime juice and zest, chili crunch and ginger

They'll also take a wicked sharp edge if you work at it a bit. they don't hold that edge very long, but it only takes a few seconds to get it back. I toss them when I've taken a little bit off the width, right when they don't cut against a board well anymore. I don't do a whole lot of actual intricate paring, If I did they could go a lot longer.

Thanks for the recommendation. I looked into the Opinel and liked what I found. Ordered a set of 112s ... price is right, loved the wooden handle, and the thin stainless blade fit my preference. The price was a bonus, about the same price as the Victorinox. And it'll fit perfectly into my knife block. I also found an Opinel that would be a nice gift for a friend of mine.

If you want a Japanese paring knife, as opposed to a petty, you could go with this Minke whale* now on sale at Chef's Edge * Other whales also available

More of the usual today. This is the view of the tidal creek from the back deck of the house we are staying at. We drove out and decided to try and get a parking spot at the Beachcomber for dinner. We lucked out. We not only got a parking space, we got an open table. The menu never changes specials Steamer clams Fried clams (whole bellies, of course) Caesar salad with grilled shrimp Oyster po boy Fish sandwich We were seated next to the raw bar/steamer station and I snapped this picture in a quiet moment. Right after I took it, the guy on the left got 12 tickets. Cahoon Hollow beach. The dune seems to erode more every year Some of us wanted to go for a beach walk after dinner, so we headed over to Duck Harbor It was too cloudy for a sunset, but we had a nice walk until lightning started up in clouds offshore Everyone left the beach rather rapidly after that!

That one is from Domino's China, too. Fruit pizzas are not at all uncommon here. It was a limited edition for 七夕(qī xī), the QiXi festival, China's equivalent of Valentine's day, which was yesterday. The Chinese writing doesn't mention the banana, but it looks like that. It is no longer available. What stunned me most about the one I posted was the incongruity of the volcano* cake on a savoury pepperoni pizza. *The literal translation of the term they use.

No, they are dessert offerings. Even this one, from Taiwan, I believe, has bananas as a topping.

Yes, but do they plunk s'mores makings, volcano-style, on the middle of an otherwise-savory pizza? (If so, I probably don't really want to know about it)

Dinner was a faux moussaka meaning there was lamb, eggplant and a touch of cinnamon in the stew but without the refinements to make it a real moussaka.

I liked the way the grater made swift work of an onion. It's sharp and efficient. It would be nice were it a little longer, but I suspected that going in. However, that's just a personal preference, not really a complaint or an objection. The grater has a couple of nice features. One is a rubber edge that helps to stabiize the grater on the work surface and minimize it from sliding around. The other feature, and perhaps more subtle, is the bend in the grater's handle. Every other similar grater I've seen has been straight from handle to the end of the blade. This bend allows for a slightly different and more stable grip and positioning of the grater. The bend, and the rubber tip, also allow the grater to be used in a horizontal position on the work surface, allowing better leverage in certain situations. Well thought out, IMO. And, quite important to me, the grater stores flat in a drawer, saving space that a box grater would take up.

I am happy to report that I am loving the new CSO-500. I tried reproducing the above fish using the air fryer function and it may have come out even better. And tonight, we tried some frozen spring rolls from HMart in the air fryer and they were so crispy - I never would have believed it if I didn't see it.

Couple of dinners on a disc golf vacation. First, from the Burger Barn, a food truck (really a food mobile home) in Jeffersonville VT. The “nutty goat” burger (cherve, maple-roasted walnuts, bacon, caramelized onions, and mayo), and jalapeño poppers with big-hunks-of-blue-cheese dressing: Next meal was at Alchemist Brewing: Jamaican tacos (jerk pork, jerk chicken, and fried fish) with Heady Topper DIPA, followed by Luscious British-style imperial stout. Highly recommended Heady Topper. Enjoyed a jazz band while listening to the rain on a covered patio.

Oh, there are tons of them around here!

Lemme see. Chocolate (check ☑️). Marshmallows (check ☑️). Put it on a graham cracker crust and I'm all in. Can't believe no one's created a S'mores pizza before!

My version of Buffalo Chicken Salad. Arugula, halved grape tomatoes, seedless cukes, minced shallots tossed in bleu cheese dressing. Topped with slices of a crunchy fried chicken thigh (from carryout up the street). Doused with Mexican hot sauce.

Urgent Newsflash! Warning! Danger! New is breaking that some deviant extra-terrestrial employed by Domino’s Pizza has decided that it would be a good idea to dump a chocolate lava cake onto what appears to be a pepperoni pizza! Available at branches in China! Obviously some terrorist plan to cause mayhem and chaos among the masses! Fortunately for me, and the good decent people of Liuzhou, there are, as yet, no Domino’s outlets here in town. They are mainly only in the large cities, especially Shanghai. Take suitable precautions! Biohazard suits are recommended for all humans and their pets. P.S. I'm hoping those while things are cyanide pills to put the unwary out of their misery. .

Today I used the first method, non microwave. What guides my choice can be any one of several things, and sometimes a combination of things. If, for example, I may have recently eaten something very soft, let's use whipped potatoes as an example, or hummus, I may want something with more crunch to provide strong contrast. The first cooking method can provide somewhat greater crunch ... I can get the tots almost kettle-cooked, rippled potato chip crunchy. The choice of seasoning affects the decsion. Sometimes, like today, I'll use straight vinegar, usually malt or cider. The straight vinegar soaks into the tots more than other condiment choices, like ketchup, BBQ or hot sauce, all of which are thicker or more roughly textured. To offset the soaked vinegar somewhat, method one is helpful. My microwave oven sits at an elevated position, and because of my complicated back issues, it may be uncomfortable to raise the plate with the tots to oven height, so method one is used. OTOH, if my back isn't bothering me, or if I've taken my pain medication, I'm more inclined to use the microwave method. And then there's my mood. I may not want to take the extra steps to plate the tots, microwave them, crush them with a fork, and then Brevillize them. Just dumping a few straight from the bag onto the tray in the Breville is more to my liking - quicker, less fuss, allows me to do other things besides baby sitting Potato Tots. HTH