I decided to fill the school break with some non-scholastic posting and
Utensibility seemed like the perfect choice for today. I may not be able to "wax poetic" about my choices, but I am still more than happy to share my favourites. What a hard choice though... I looked at my beautiful Empire Red KA Mixer ~ yes I love it, but I don't use it EVERY day. Same with the 14 cup Cuisinart Food Processor. Then there is the digital scale that I use so much I even take it to school for my practical exams, or the thermometer or... well I could go on. I finally settled on a big ticket and a little ticket item, so here goes.
Hey Big Spender!Absolutely out of the 300$ range, two of the items in it cost 300$ combined. I use it every day, I take it to school and back with me. Its hardly beautiful, but its wildly functional. Drum Roll Please.........
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That's right, it is my knife kit. Two of the knives in it were separate (splurge) purchases (top two), but everything else was included: carving knife, chef's knife, paring knife, melon baller etc. I would be unable to function in the kitchen if I lost this. I guard it a little obsessively, but I am sure you can understand why. The backstory of this knife kit ~ it was included in my tuition package for Dubrulle. My tuition was $12,000. If this school thing (god forbid) is a flop for me, I think I will qualify for the world's most expensive knife kit.
Cheap is good!![](//photos1.blogger.com/img/151/3808/640/IMG_1216.jpg)
And for my budget item ~ the spice grinder. I know, technically it is a coffee grinder, but this thing has never seen a coffee bean. It is reserved for grinding up my whole spices, chiles, etc. I don't know where I would be without it. Buying crappy preground spices, perhaps?
4 comments:
I guard my knife pretty closely, too, and I don't even have an awesome kit like yours! We have a coffee grinder that I need to clean up and use for spices, now that we don't have a coffee pot...thanks for the reminder!
Thank you for your entry, Linda. I have a feeling there are going to be quite a few knives featured in this event. It's funny, I myself have never been a knife-aholic. Sometimes Fred used to catch me trying to cut vegetables with the most unsuitable of kinves and he would tut-tut-tut before handing me a more suitable one (all the knives are his). Since then, and because he is probably grateful for all the cooking I do, Fred has bought two ceramic knives. He is obssessed with them and I reap the benefits. Lucky me - although to have a collection like yours would be even more fantastic.
I imagine the roundup will be done sometime next week as long as I am not overwhelmed with entries.
-Sam
Yea right Linda, you're so not going to flop in cooking school; I won't let you!!
-julien
Julien, your too sweet :D
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