Based on the wonderful discussion we had on my gumbo post, I'd figure I ought to do another post in a similar fashion.
It seems that many dramatards completely lack any semblance of knowledge when it comes to the kitchen.
Keeping your knives sharp is a necessity if you plan on cooking anything at home.
For 150 dollars, you can have a great knife, and everything you need to take care of it.
I'm willing to give knife advice to anyone who asks. I feel it's my duty to educate dramatards on (arguably) useful life skills.
Also, unrelated, but wtf is shave butter? I got a walmart online order, and they ran out of the brand of shaving cream I bought. Rather than swapping the brand of the product, they gave me their shaving butter. They were also out of Sam's Purified Drinking Water
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okay but I have a $8 serrated knife, and it doesnβt work at all for cuffing meat, so I just rip the joints apart with my hands, and thatβs better
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You don't need serrated knives. Butchers don't use serrated knives. Closest thing I've seen is a serrated bone saw, but I doubt you'll be breaking down entire beef cattle.
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Bread knives are serrated. I have a pretty decent knife that I sharpen with some zoomers brand of sharpening stone, but I also have my serrated bread knives for the bread I bake.
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In his case serrated knives are useless.
For the average home cook, you really only need a single, general use knife and maybe a small cleaver.
If you're dealing with a lot of fish and trimming meat, a filet knife. If you bake a lot, a bread knife. Anything past that for a home cook is overkill.
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A paring knife is useful too. Peeling shit with a chef's knife is both impractical and r-slurred looking.
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I would say you should get a decent utility knife too along with the chef's knife. The smaller size means you can move it around the house with ease and it doesn't look totally out of place for when you need to say peel an orange etc. outside in your garden or even whenever you need to do something around the house that requires a blade (like cutting loose threads on your clothing etc.)
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I don't use serrated knives for anything
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theyβre the ones I have and I donβt care enough to get anything else
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You live in filth
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