-need to add new photos- San Han Nga stainless steel chopper cleaver

$15 beater No.1 210mm chopper cleaver from Kongs Trading, full stainless steel construction. I use it for beater jobs like chopping chocolate and splitting shellfish.

With ‘decorative’ Sun Tiger 220x stone scratch that I rebeveled the edge, which I’ll sharpen out over time to sharpen out the thinned shoulders to achieve a thick, robust edge.

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APR09- Might try a convex edge on the belt grinder. Updates soon.

Original post: 24SEP08 Updated: 25APR09

Wall of Fame and Shame

No form of ranking, just ten random ‘extra' things I love/hate in a kitchen. I'll updated, add and juggle things around.

Fame:

• The Metric System; fuck you "How many ounces are there in a pound? Is that 1 cup of flour sifted?" Fuck it!
• Fresh, real ingredients like butter, not margarine.
• Good, ergonomic, easy to sharpen knives.
• Stainless steel and wood work benches
• deBuyer Carbone Plus.
• Target top/ French top 'stove'

Shame:

• Microwave (you don't cook in a microwave!)
• Fake food, like factory filleted frozen fish cos it freaking taste like water.
• Over seasoning food (salt, MSG, pepper, spice/herb overkill, etc..)
• "Lite" foods... WTF is lite cream? Low fat bacon?, why don't you just go buy ham instead.

Original post: 12OCT08 Updated: 25APR09