Kathleen wrote:
>
> 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.

When I was at that stage, it was my mom's breadknife.

She let me have it for a while, but she constantly inquired
about it, and eventually I gave it back.

Very nice. A toothed Solingen blade. I'll get it someday.
I'm sure my only sibling has forgotten completely about it.