best thing you can do. one of my friends and i seem to often get to the subject of food and cooking. we kick around ideas, make suggestions to each other in areas we each know best (i got a grill this past summer and they were a huge help for me in getting comfortable grilling!!!), and in general just talking about how to cook. for me, not only do i love to cook, it is a creative outlet. same for baking and candy making.
Steve, the video that you posted wants to charge $15 a month. There a lots of good free knife skill videos on you tube if you seach for them
Good I didn't realize that there was a cost. I guess I just saw the first free ones. Anyway, there are a lot of product demos that aren't good. I saw one once that had a guy in a chef coat acting like an expert and he didn't even pick the knife up properly. He was a huckster. I'm all for free videos. and if anyone wants to pass by the cafe, I'll definitely show you what to do for free too. The main thing is go slowly, but correctly. Don't cut yourself. It's a two handed operation and BOTH hands have to be in the proper position. It's awkward, but soon becomes natural as well as second nature.
Cutting is a weakness of mine. I'm very impatient by nature so going slow is not something I"m fond of. However, I will take your advice and learn to do it right. I'm pretty much know the right way but will look it up anyway. You would laugh your ass off if you saw me chop an onion.
true. and that bugs the crap out of me when i am working with one hand like now and cant cut/chop things. i know that a few things i can half-ass it, but a lot of things just plain cant. and the things that i half-ass it, well, im afraid my good hand might look like steve's avatar when i get done. which reminds me. time to go start dinner. lets hope i dont kill myself in the process.
Pretty snazzy looking pan there Red. I have a nice set of Magnalite Professionals that I have had for about 25 years (man time flies). However, lately (last couple of years) I find myself using the frying and sautee pans that I buy at Sam's Club more than anything else. They are solid, teflon coated, and are inexpensive enough that I don't mind a scratch getting on them. Very nice bang for the buck.
I have a catalog from that place. You could easily spend a couple of years pay buying a lot of that stuff if you are seriously into it. It was back in the 80's that I heard somewhere that cooking with aluminum cookware can bring about the early onset of Alzheimers. I don't know if thats true of not but I'll stick with my cast iron pots and pans
