Posts by pohaku

Having friends over for dinner.  Apps are quick and nothing too fancy.  Smoked trout with chutney and cream cheese and crackers (friends have a trout farm).  Artichoke terrine and baguette.  Assorted cheeses. ...

Laughing at me is perfectly acceptable as well.  Won't be the first or the last time

Laugh, my sister sent me one for Christmas a couple years ago and it gets used with some frequency.   Mmmm.  Spam musubi.  Nectar of the gods.

Actually, we use these for slicing spam - not a knife     No home should be without one!

Spam or not, better than you might think for the price (really, they are priced as disposables).  Nothing to go out of your way for, but if you need a reasonably sharp knife in a hurry for dirt cheap and you happen to be in an...

Things are different now.  The older ones were not programmable, so they were on for the duration until someone got home and turned them off.  And yes, if that was 12 hours later, the results were not impressive.   Now,...

Thanks BDL.  I just had the lid handle disintegrate on mine and I'm looking for a new one - that programs so that I can set it to turn off or shift to warm when I want it to.  Like many cooking tools.  useful for some...

All you will need to do for a while is hone it.  You will have time to practice sharpening on your "crappy knife" before you need to take your Tojiro to the stones.  They are decently sharp OOtB.   Have fun!

I would expect that during cooking that the seasoning would simply equalize between any brined meat and your stock.  I wouldn't bother.

In that price bracket, it seems your two main choices are the Fujiwara FKM Stainless or the Tojiro DP.  The Fujiwaras look to be a little less expensive than the Tojiros at CKtG.  I have the Tojiro and it's a perfectly fine...