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Let's talk about cutlery. I have my favourites. Some of them were lost during the Great Lockdown. Some have gone AWOL in the abyss which is the teenager's bedroom. Some come staggering home wary from whatever horrors they've been a part of. Always to a warm welcome and a very hot bath.
I got told "You're weird. Nobody counts their knives and forks". I said "You're wrong because Nana does".
My favourite bit of cutlery are a set of japanese steak knives. They have a classy wooden handle and the blades are crisp 25 yrs on. Proper stainless steel. Zero rust. Precision engineering.
They sound absolutely divine. A good steak knife is a friend for life.
take a picture!
i am a huge fan of teaspoons.
I eat my cereal with a teaspoon because it feels like I get to eat more
I bought myself some sorbet spoons (long handled teaspoons) because I'm an adult now. They're the only new cutlery I've ever bought.
Also known as Sundae spoons. Great for getting the scraps from the bottom of a jar.
If someone gives me a teaspoon to eat a dessert I will throw it back at them.
If someone gives me a teaspoon to eat a potato, I will marry them
You have very low standards. Keep up the good work.
If someone gives you a knife they need to give money with it or it's bad juju.
Extra bad juju.
My ex bought me a San Moritz chef's knife and we broke it off soon after :( Nice knife though.
You eat spaghetti for every meal or something?
I think forks are overrated. Most of the time I'd rather have a spoon
You've gotta use the right tool for the job. Spaghetti comes to mind.
Yeh but spaghetti is like the only thing you need a fork for
You maybe correct. If I cut food up before hand like you do for a toddler we could all use spoons. Saves on washing up. 💡
I use fork to eat cake. And always get given spoon. Fork for cake! (For me personally)
I have cake forks for this reason. My kid likes to use them for tuna cans.
How do you puncture potat tho?
With a spoon and a knife
Man out here spoonin potatoes. Get ur freak on woot.
I will never fathom people who eat rice with a fork. What kind of broken culture is this
Sets of thai bronze and ebony cutlery , some are bamboo style, some have an embossed temple goddess, some elephants, they are so nice to use I should use them more
for everyday I just use an italian stainless steel set .
I have a fave old german kitchen knife , hideously expensive, double edged so it cuts straight down , young seagoon broke the tip ( he busted a whole heap of stuff while he was here 🤔 )
They all sound like they came from exotic places instead of your local k-mart. I do have a nice set of cutlery that was given to us as a wedding present from my work place. Nothing amazing but they mean something to me.
The italian set was new from an op shop, I think it must have been a nonna's special set. My first set when I moved out of home was from Forges, cheap but well made. I only gave away the last of the pieces to the op shop last year, they were in a draw and was never going to use it again. I also had a bendigo pottery dinner set which was hand made and a bit wonky. 😂 every damn plate and bowl was wonky
I love Bendigo pottery. I have several items in the blue and some I'm about to use tonight. I think back in the day you could only get some ugly brown colour and khaki.
This stuff was light brown and khaki, just awful. Heavy and wonky and ugly. I threw it out and got an ordinary set from a homewares shop, that all broke. Next set was froma church bazaar, a 1960s white with green bamboo design. Huge set, $20 in 1990s money. That's all gone too. Now I just use ikea or thai celadon
I have a Spork I love and this like small knife with flowers on it. We used to have two sporks but now we have one. If I lose the knife I don't think I can live on...
(I joke but that knife is my fave).
Oh a missing soldier. MIA.
Cutlery were another thing I decided I'd replace when I moved. Woolies had a set and they are just fine. My son bought me a Victonox chopping knife for xmas one year though, which is awesome. Still sits in its plastic cover.
Nothing wrong with that. My favourite knives and forks are some loose ones on sale at Harris Scarfe and my teaspoons are from coles because I got desperate.
It's nice to have matching stuff instead of whatever I grabbed from opshops over the years when I needed extra. They're all stainless so no crappy plastic handles, which I'll never get again. Yuck. Plastic handles seem gross now.
Plastic handles are hideous. I gave the ones I had to my husband to use for work providing they did not return home.
I had a very good knife, I got from Japan just mysteriously vanish.
No trace of its disappearance at all, and it wasn't found during end of lease cleaning.
I hope one day you do find it hidden amongst shit that you'd never guess.