A Yuletide windfall.......
Dec. 11th, 2009 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaI like to cook.
No, I take that back. I really enjoy cooking, and quality cookware is a joy to work with.
I have a handful of decent knives. I took a dim sum class from Martin Yan half a dozen years ago, which was a blast. It was limited to 16 students and was hands on. The biggest thing that has stuck with me was the hour he spent working just on knife technique. It was after that I picked up some better knives, most of which I try to keep out of my husband's reach. He is a hazzard in the kitchen, and if I know him, unless cautioned, I will find him stripping wire with one of my better blades. Don't believe me? Ask![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ogam.
I was shopping today at a better secondhand place, where one of my patients works, looking to pick up some of the things I want to give this Yuletide. Now I am not supposed to be on my own shopping list. However, I spotted a professional knife set in a cordura carrying roll hanging on the wall behind the counter and asked to see it. It was priced at $100, and at that, it was a steal. There were 6 professional grade knives in it, 4 Henckles, a Wusthof, an unmarked asian knife, every one of them protected with a heavy plastic blade guard. However, an extra $100 bucks, right this moment was not what I needed to spend. Not in this economy and not when I still have gifts for others to get.
I asked her to put it aside while I shopped, so I could think about it. Thirty minutes and 6 gifts later, we sat down to dicker over prices for everything. In the end, she looked at the knife set and said for $50 it was mine. I shook my head yes. I would have been crazy not to.
I just priced the four Henckles. Retail on the four is just shy of $500, and the similar knife rolls retail for $50 all by themselves.
Somebody, please pinch me.
No, I take that back. I really enjoy cooking, and quality cookware is a joy to work with.
I have a handful of decent knives. I took a dim sum class from Martin Yan half a dozen years ago, which was a blast. It was limited to 16 students and was hands on. The biggest thing that has stuck with me was the hour he spent working just on knife technique. It was after that I picked up some better knives, most of which I try to keep out of my husband's reach. He is a hazzard in the kitchen, and if I know him, unless cautioned, I will find him stripping wire with one of my better blades. Don't believe me? Ask
ogam.I was shopping today at a better secondhand place, where one of my patients works, looking to pick up some of the things I want to give this Yuletide. Now I am not supposed to be on my own shopping list. However, I spotted a professional knife set in a cordura carrying roll hanging on the wall behind the counter and asked to see it. It was priced at $100, and at that, it was a steal. There were 6 professional grade knives in it, 4 Henckles, a Wusthof, an unmarked asian knife, every one of them protected with a heavy plastic blade guard. However, an extra $100 bucks, right this moment was not what I needed to spend. Not in this economy and not when I still have gifts for others to get.
I asked her to put it aside while I shopped, so I could think about it. Thirty minutes and 6 gifts later, we sat down to dicker over prices for everything. In the end, she looked at the knife set and said for $50 it was mine. I shook my head yes. I would have been crazy not to.
I just priced the four Henckles. Retail on the four is just shy of $500, and the similar knife rolls retail for $50 all by themselves.
Somebody, please pinch me.
