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There’s nothing more frustrating at dinner time than finding out the knife you have isn’t going to cut your meat! In a restaurant this can be fixed. In a friend’s home, this might be embarrassing. In your own home – this can be fixed tomorrow! If you have never had decent kitchen knives, get yourself a set before your next dinner party.
When Martha Stewart decided to redo her Connecticut home, one of the most important design changes in her new kitchen was the addition of custom made drawers where she could keep her uber-expensive cutlery. Not content with just throwing them in a drawer, she had drawers designed that were padded, temperature controlled, and large enough so that each knife (and she has lots!) had room to lie flat without touching another one.
This might work for Martha, but for the rest of us we’re lucky enough to have enough room for our china, never mind dedicated drawers for knives.
If you have never invested in good knives, this is a good time to do some research and learn how to buy them when the time comes. Whether your cooking abilities are limited to easy Sunday breakfasts, or you entertain large crowds on a regular basis, quality knives will make your life much easier. Even culinary students are urged to spend as much as possible on a set of knives because they will, when treated with care, last forever.
A decent set of knives can be found for around $100. A superb set of knives is going to set you back a few thousand dollars. If you tend to cook fairly simple meals, or maybe you are a vegetarian, you will need to decide how you plan on using the knives before selecting which ones to buy.
If you spend most of your kitchen prep time cutting vegetables and pureeing fruits, you only need a few specialized knives to do this. You certainly don’t need to invest in a set of knives that includes an industrial size butcher knife. You may very well need a few paring knives, and nothing more than a few chopping blades of various sizes. Since these don’t typically come in one set, you may be better off buying individual pieces.
If you do cook a lot of meat, you may very well need that industrial size butcher blade but if you use a food processor to cut up veggies, you might be able to get away with only one paring knife and one chopping blade.
Learn how to find quality, too. Quality is all about the construction, and good construction means the knife has one single piece of forged metal running the entire length – this is the tang. The blade is actually the front portion of the tang, and the section inside the handle is the back portion. Without this one single piece construction, you have a good chance of breaking the knife in two with something as simple as chopping nuts or placing too much pressure in dissecting a chicken bone.
Make sure that you are using the perfect kitchen knife when you are cooking! Choosing the right kitchen knives will make your cooking experience fun and easy!