Comments on: A Minimalist Kitchen http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Port http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/comment-page-1/#comment-4906 Port Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:02:33 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/#comment-4906 Kitchen design is always so tough for me. Thanks for the idea! Kitchen design is always so tough for me. Thanks for the idea!

]]> By: class factotum http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/comment-page-1/#comment-4903 class factotum Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:36:32 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/#comment-4903 My husband does not understand the great love I have for the All-Clad kettle I got for $4 on eBay. It is heavy and perfect for cooking almost anything that shouldn't burn. He does, however, get why good knives and other basics are important (he got me a great knife for my birthday last year -- and it was only about $15, I think -- good doesn't have to be expensive). When we went to his parents at Thanksgiving (where I learned that xanax really doesn't do anything for me, alas), I had to peel and cut apples for a pie without a potato peeler or a good, sharp knife. I was scared to death I was going to slice off a finger. I don't think those knives had ever been sharpened and it's not like they were of the quality that would have held an edge anyhow. The pie turned out OK, but it was a pain in the ass to make it. Yet another reason not to visit the in laws. My husband does not understand the great love I have for the All-Clad kettle I got for $4 on eBay. It is heavy and perfect for cooking almost anything that shouldn’t burn.

He does, however, get why good knives and other basics are important (he got me a great knife for my birthday last year — and it was only about $15, I think — good doesn’t have to be expensive). When we went to his parents at Thanksgiving (where I learned that xanax really doesn’t do anything for me, alas), I had to peel and cut apples for a pie without a potato peeler or a good, sharp knife. I was scared to death I was going to slice off a finger. I don’t think those knives had ever been sharpened and it’s not like they were of the quality that would have held an edge anyhow. The pie turned out OK, but it was a pain in the ass to make it.

Yet another reason not to visit the in laws.

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/comment-page-1/#comment-4897 Never teh Bride Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:45:41 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/#comment-4897 Right on, class factotum! I understand the joys of non-stick cookware and very sharp knives, but the pan I like best is a cast iron job I bought on Amazon for less than $15. It rocks my world. Right on, class factotum! I understand the joys of non-stick cookware and very sharp knives, but the pan I like best is a cast iron job I bought on Amazon for less than $15. It rocks my world.

]]> By: class factotum http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/comment-page-1/#comment-4866 class factotum Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:32:51 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2009/01/23/a-minimalist-kitchen/#comment-4866 Amen. A good cook can make good food with just the basics. My grandmother turned out excellent meals with a crummy knife (not a sacrifice I am willing to make, though), one cutting board and cheap pots and pans. It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools. Amen. A good cook can make good food with just the basics. My grandmother turned out excellent meals with a crummy knife (not a sacrifice I am willing to make, though), one cutting board and cheap pots and pans. It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.

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