I bought this amazing pan at Costco. I have been cooking eggs in it for weeks now, out of sheer delight at its truly non-stick properties.
Today while wiping it clean, I had an electrifying thought: why doesn't someone market a wall paint like this? Is there somewhere I can take my doors and have them coated with this stuff? Door handles, at the very least?
While we're endorsing the consumerist lifestyle anyway, let me just say that buying a good set of knives should be high on your list of things to do in this life; I should know. I just bought knives, after sixteen years of hacking away with a) a dollar store paring knife or b) a big old plastic-handled knife the Mr. brought home from Argentina sixteen years ago. He keeps trying to toss it, but there are some things the paring knife can't handle. Well. Actually, now that I have real knives, I realize that there were a lot of things that neither knife was handling very well. A knife snob might mock my new knives; to me, they are heaven.
November 12th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I spent a fortune on good knives in 1980 when I was doing a Commercial Cooking course. I still use them every day.
November 12th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Oh no! You have finally joined me in the knife snob glory! I always want to buy knives for those who have no idea they are suffering
November 12th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
I received one very nice and expensive knife for my wedding. I love that thing. I tell myself that someday I will buy it some family. It's been fourteen years….
November 12th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
We gave Daughter1 and The Boy knives as an engagement prresent….you are right that you need to invest in a good set. They last for years.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:21 am
I was converted, when I watched a woman pick up a tough skinned cantalope and just slice it in her hands, like it was a banana. Effortlessly.
(I would love to hear the names and prices that people are raving about!)
November 13th, 2009 at 10:27 am
I just bought a set at Costco–Anolon, 14 knives and one sharpener in a wood block for seventy or eighty dollars with a coupon. One hundred regular price. I'm sure there are better ones out there, but compared to my others, they are a dream–I can cut a hot loaf of bread, right out of the oven–the bread knife just floats down through it without mushing it. Amazing.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Those of us who are totally new knife buyers what know what brand are your lovely knives?
November 13th, 2009 at 10:29 am
What brand is it?
November 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am
It says Made Exclusively for Spyderco, Inc. USA by Masahiro in Seki, Japan.
November 13th, 2009 at 11:42 am
funny…the add at the bottom of your blog right now is for "Wusthof Knives on sale with Free Shipping". coincidence?????
November 13th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Funny and kind of creepy. Obviously they target you by content, like Google. I think they should be paying me, no? At least it isn't the silicone enhanced chick anymore.
November 14th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I have: Wusthof Dreizackwerk (Trident Solingen)MundialConon-GirondeI have a sharpening stone and a steel – I never put them in the dishwasher and I'm reluctant to let other people use them. LOL – as I type this Mundial Knife Sale is the ad on the bottom.