Maybe not so weird as baffling. I saw a TV ad tonight for a package tour company that was advertising its European tours. It listed various European cities. And Marrakesh.
A lot of Southern Europe is more or less in Africa, I believe there was a campaign to have Morocco join the EU some years back.
@Firenze You keep sharp knives in a drawer?? Never - unsafe and the constant buffeting takes small nicks out of the cutting edge. What you want is a magnetic strip (preferably a double one) screwed to the backsplash or side of a cupboard and keep the knives there. If you really can't accommodate a magnetic strip, then a wooden block or two. Either will keep your knives easily to hand when you need them and safely out of harms way when rootling around in a drawer.
I thought knife blocks were bad for knife blades? I know a lot of chefs who keep sharp knives in a leather roll within a drawer, or have knives that have some kind of case of their own.
@Firenze You keep sharp knives in a drawer?? Never - unsafe and the constant buffeting takes small nicks out of the cutting edge. What you want is a magnetic strip (preferably a double one) screwed to the backsplash or side of a cupboard and keep the knives there. If you really can't accommodate a magnetic strip, then a wooden block or two. Either will keep your knives easily to hand when you need them and safely out of harms way when rootling around in a drawer.
I thought knife blocks were bad for knife blades? I know a lot of chefs who keep sharp knives in a leather roll within a drawer, or have knives that have some kind of case of their own.
Chef’s hat on. You do have to sharpen knives more if they are kept in a block. If you don’t clean your knives throughly enough some germs can hang around in the slots. I have a block for our home knives and a roll for my personal professional knives. So long as you remember to keep knives sharp (as you should anyway as they are more dangerous blunt) and clean them properly a block is ok.
I had a block for a bit, but it took up a lot of space and only held 3 or 4 knives. Whereas the implements drawer runs to 17 (excluding the cheeseboard ones and the pizza cutters). All sizes, some serrated. I notice in going to do a particular task I think Not that one, that one. Some I must have had for 40 years.
I have an electric sharpener, and usually sharpen a knife just prior to use.
We have a set of knives in a knife block but a bread saw and a long curved blade knife, both of which came from my grandparents, and a kitchen devil knife which I bought 45years ago, which live in the cutlery drawer
Now I'm not doing re-enactment any more, my medieval belt knife and medieval kitchen knife (small) both live in the kitchen drawer, and I do still use them occasionally. The rest of my knives are in a knife block.
I think this one belongs here. I asked my friend why the flag was flying at half mast at the entrance to the retirement community that he has just moved into.
"It means there's a condominium for sale".
"Eh?"
"Someone just died and their place is for sale".
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A lot of Southern Europe is more or less in Africa, I believe there was a campaign to have Morocco join the EU some years back.
I thought knife blocks were bad for knife blades? I know a lot of chefs who keep sharp knives in a leather roll within a drawer, or have knives that have some kind of case of their own.
Chef’s hat on. You do have to sharpen knives more if they are kept in a block. If you don’t clean your knives throughly enough some germs can hang around in the slots. I have a block for our home knives and a roll for my personal professional knives. So long as you remember to keep knives sharp (as you should anyway as they are more dangerous blunt) and clean them properly a block is ok.
We have a knife block, and I occasionally sharpen some of my knives, and they are notably better.
I have an electric sharpener, and usually sharpen a knife just prior to use.
In the Rogue household a pizza cutter is known as an infinity blade.
"It means there's a condominium for sale".
"Eh?"
"Someone just died and their place is for sale".