Subj : Mandoline
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Jul 05 2024 14:05:34
Hi Dave,
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.
RH> Sounds like it has been around a while, which is a good thing in
RH> today's disposable world.
DD> I really like that I can keep a good edge on it with my "steel" and
DD> the occasional use of a whetstone.. Unlike the stainless steel blades
DD> which are a real pain to sharpen/re-sharpen.
We keep a good edge on our knives too. The other day Steve pulled out
the "steel" and reset the edge on our Rada chef's knife before he cut
into a watermelon.
RH> you see there's no two exactly alike. I'll grab a scoop for doing
RH> cookies or meat balls but give them a finishing roll with my hands.
RH> They'll still look fairly uniform but not quite precisely so. (G)
RH> One time for a family reunion one of my sisters in law made chocolate
RH> chip cookies, using a scoop to form them. She worked in food services
RH> so knew how to get them precise. She also had a commercial plastic
RH> disposable cookie box that she put them in. At the gathering, a brother
RH> in law initially didn't take any as he thought they were store bought.
RH> We convinced him that they weren't, as I was able to tell him that I
RH> saw her making them.
DD> Store bought is not necessarily bad. The B-I-L's assumption is both an
DD> insult and a compliment depending on which way it's taken. Bv)=
I'm not sure how he meant it but he eventually tried one and realised it
was home made but store bought precision looking. One of the standing
displays in the front of our Wegman's store is a variety of decorated
sugar cookies. I know they're baked and decorated in the store, not sure
where they're mixed and shaped, but everything is so precise! I've
watched some of the decorators in action; I was never that good.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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