Posts by Axel Rinder Hultman

Yeah, it belongs in my introductory thread. Because I've already experienced (boar) the problems that may occur in forums such as these. Big egos and big problems. I'm just saying that I'm into and capable of realizing what the good...

"Axel   This is the second thread in which you chose to insult me.  Why?    BDL"   I'm sorry, boar. I only meant it in a light-hearted manner (I put in a winking, smiling emoticon for that reason). You take it...

Carbon-Based Life Form   So I asked to rummage through someone's spare kitchen tools. Looking for miscellaneous kitchen equipment to fill my new knife roll for college, given they require certain tools and gadgets I don't...

Jeeze, bored-to-glaze... ;)   Ya know, I think it should be re-assigned the meaning:  Rachael Ray Knife. That would appeal to you, my porcine friend. I remember reading (years ago) that it was originally Rachael Ray who...

I've read the word "santoku" translated as three blessings or three virtues. It is supposed to be for chop, slice and dice, roughly. Once someone becomes proficient at honing the longer curved tip of a chef knife becomes a non-issue....

bored_de_haze:   "Some good stuff from Chefs Petals and Pete.  I always learn a lot from you guys."   Oh, so not from me, huh? ;)   bored_de_haze:   "Alex, I'm learning from you too, but let me address the OCD...

Hello people. Posted an introduction into the "Welcome" sub-forum and now I'm here. I recently enrolled at Saint Paul College (a community and technical college) and I'm in a culinary program. I've got over a decade of home-cook...

Good idea to create 3 general categories relating to knife skills. I also like to think that the use of the knife to push food around(edge trailing behind spine or using the spine itself) a nd also the second hand to manage the food...

Hello all,   I'm a new culinary student (start next week) in Saint Paul. I experimented with vegetarianism back in '99-01 and it didn't work out very well (obsessed with food probably due to protein deprivation).   I have a few...