wrote:

> On Mar 16, 10:32 am, Kathleen > wrote:
>
>>modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>>>At least I think it is.
>>>http://www.bornrich.org/entry/diamon...nife-is-a-mast...
>>>--
>>
>>>modom
>>
>>Hah.
>>
>>My best blade is an inherited paringknife, a wicked piece of
>>inexplicably sharp carbon steel that makes reaching into theknifedrawerin the dark an adventure akin to bobbing for apples in a piranha
>>tank. It doesn't need to sparkle.
>
>
> This sounds like a paring knife I hope to inherit someday. Belonged
> to my great grandmother and is akin to a razor blade with a handle.

My daughter and her boyfriend are teaching themselves to cook and DD is
constantly borrowing various pieces of equipment and ingredients from my
kitchen. She borrows pots, pans, racks, the food processor, the
blender, the mixer, the garlic press, the citrus juicer doohickey, the
candy thermometer; she ganks my white pepper, brown sugar, jack cheese
and sesame oil and I tolerate the inconvenience because I'm glad she's
finally showing an interest.

But I draw the line at my paring knife and my chef's knife.

"Oh HELL no. Put those back!"

"But John's knives suck!"

"Learn to use a sharpener."