Subj : Mandoline
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jul 03 2024 14:04:20
Hi Dave,
RH> Paring knife all the way for that kind of job, IMO. I could (and have)
RH> use a chef's knife, or, before I got a proper chef's knife, the $1.00
RH> all purpose knife I got at a yard sale 40 years ago. It's about the
RH> same size as a chef's knife but the top end of the blade is squared
RH> off, not pointed like a proper chef's knife. Still, it worked well for
RH> all the duties of a chef's knife, and then some, for about 20/25 years.
DD> My "go-to" all purpose knife is an Old Hickory by Ontario Kife Co. I
DD> got it at a hardware store when I set up housekeeping back in the
DD> 1960s. It cost me U$3.95 at that time. The same knife from Amazon,
DD> today, is U$47. Yikes. Here's a link
DD>
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KKIT8U with a good pixture.
Sounds like it has been around a while, which is a good thing in today's
disposable world.
DD> Title: Dirty Dave's Crockpot Chuck Roast Dinner
DD> Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Herbs, Potatoes
DD> Yield: 6 Servings
RH> Very often, even for this amount, I'll pull out the chef's knife and
RH> use it. We also have a small (Rada) santoku that I'll use for smaller
RH> chop jobs.
DD> I've done that more times than I can count. But, sometimes it's sort
DD> of neat to have the machine-like precision that the mandoline gives. I
DD> mean, I spent the $$$, might as well get some use out of it. Bv)=
RH> Stephen would be more apt to grab the mandoline; the precisionist in
RH> our family. (G)
DD> I'm not that much on precision - but, as I said above, "sometimes it's
DD> sort of neat to have the machine-like precision ..." Then you get
DD> into things like this .... no two alike:
DD> Title: Cabbage Rolls w/Mushroom Sauce
DD> Categories: Beef, Pork, Vegetables, Mushrooms, Rice
DD> Yield: 8 servings
You can tell it's hand made, not machine processed and extruded when you
see there's no two exactly alike. I'll grab a scoop for doing cookies or
meat balls but give them a finishing roll with my hands. They'll still
look fairly uniform but not quite precisely so. (G)
One time for a family reunion one of my sisters in law made chocolate
chip cookies, using a scoop to form them. She worked in food services so
knew how to get them precise. She also had a commercial plastic
disposable cookie box that she put them in. At the gathering, a brother
in law initially didn't take any as he thought they were store bought.
We convinced him that they weren't, as I was able to tell him that I saw
her making them.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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