Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

Wash ,'Serenity'


The Crying of Natter 49  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jessica - Jan 05, 2007 8:17:00 am PST #317 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Cook's Illustrated / ATK on knife sharpeners. I don't know if that article is old enough to require registration or not.


JZ - Jan 05, 2007 8:17:13 am PST #318 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

Cash, our convertible seat is also an Evenflo -- highly rated, LATCHed into the car and all. There's so much nothing we can do about it at this point that I'm just going to plug my ears and go lalalalala until the CR report goes away (or, more likely, until my dad hands me a Xerox of the article from his copy of CR and wants to know how much danger his granddaughter is in and what we're going to do about it).

Kalshane, I am so sorry. That utterly bites, every bit of it (except the 9 weeks and your boss being ready with the ear out for better jobs and the good reference). The months of dicking you over about your schedule, the constant weaseling, the dragging you up at dark-thirty this morning and escorting you out. Assheads. I'd wish them a good catastrophic-stock-tumble-type smiting, but they have already been smote by better Buffistas than me.

Damn. Vibing you an abundance of better job-ma, working for actual humans.


Ailleann - Jan 05, 2007 8:17:17 am PST #319 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

On the set of his show, Alton's knives hang out in built-in slots in the counter. I know the top is wooden, but who knows what materials compose the rest.

I think there was an episode where he talked about knife sharpening, but I can't remember what the subject was.

The stones look like this, and I know that you have to wet them (which leads to the alternate name of "whetstone"), but that's about all I got.

eta: Good god, what an x-post. But one thing I didn't see anyone say... if you have knives that have interesting texture along the blade (like those tiny serrations), you can actually damage that if you try to self-sharpen.

Signed, my knives suck and I'm ok with that.


Sean K - Jan 05, 2007 8:18:54 am PST #320 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I imagine the knives in the restaurant get used much more often than home knives, so we don't need to sharpen that often.

Okay Jess, Frank.... I'll bite. What's ATK? (I'm such a n00b foodie).


msbelle - Jan 05, 2007 8:19:44 am PST #321 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

America's Test Kitchen


brenda m - Jan 05, 2007 8:19:48 am PST #322 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

The magnet thing seriously rocks. Knives stay sharp, they're easier to put your hands on when you're cooking, and they free up drawer space. Plus, you get to admire your pretty pretty knives.

(I'm all about the wall storage in general. I just installed a little six inch shelf the other night to hold my blender/processor, in fact. Next to the knives and over where the cutting board hangs.)


Jessica - Jan 05, 2007 8:19:51 am PST #323 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

I think there was an episode where he talked about knife sharpening, but I can't remember what the subject was.

Pantry Raid II: Seeing Red.


Connie Neil - Jan 05, 2007 8:19:56 am PST #324 of 10001
brillig

I've always been skeptical on his take about any and all stuffings for turkeys being verbotten (mainly cause I grew up with pork stuffing in our family's birds).

He has since publically recanted and explored ways to get good stuffing inside the bird.


Dana - Jan 05, 2007 8:21:21 am PST #325 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

My cover letters are grammatically correct, and don't involve any sexual exploits with the undead or my emo pain re: negative reviews.

I expect LKH would be more entertaining when dealing with a job rejection.

"You just don't want an employee that will make you think! All of my imaginary employees are like real people to me! I buy them Christmas presents!"


Tom Scola - Jan 05, 2007 8:24:45 am PST #326 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

If I've learned anything from watching movies, it's useful to have your knives in a wooden block on the counter, because if you have a stalker in your home, you can easily glance over and see that one of the knives is missing.