Comments on: playing with knives: sharpening, honing, steeling, and a giveaway http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html Sun, 20 May 2012 13:45:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pat http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-223201 Pat Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:39:11 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-223201 Oh...I'm not in the same town as my favorite knife right now, but it is a glorious serrated tomato knife that I bought at Wegman's, the uber supermarket, a few years ago. It is perpetually sharp, cutting precision slices of tomato every time, but I use it for lots of things. What's up with Italians and knives? Our friends are always chopping onions or potatoes right in their hands, blades cutting right toward their palms every time. I have to hide my eyes in fear! <em><strong>I don't know, Pat, but they're dangerous, I tell you!</strong></em> Oh…I’m not in the same town as my favorite knife right now, but it is a glorious serrated tomato knife that I bought at Wegman’s, the uber supermarket, a few years ago. It is perpetually sharp, cutting precision slices of tomato every time, but I use it for lots of things.

What’s up with Italians and knives? Our friends are always chopping onions or potatoes right in their hands, blades cutting right toward their palms every time. I have to hide my eyes in fear!

I don’t know, Pat, but they’re dangerous, I tell you!

]]> By: Teresa http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-222261 Teresa Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:11:30 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-222261 The fusionwood knives are beautiful. I agree, it is so important to keep them clean sharpened and safely stored away. No kitchen is complete without the proper cutlery. Great info Michelle. Thanks. <abbr><em>Teresa’s last blog post..<a href="http://mexicanamericanbordercooking.blogspot.com/2008/11/tamales-part-2.html" rel="nofollow">Tamales - Part 2</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>Good luck Teresa! My mom always tells me that I'm more likely to cut myself with a dull knife than a sharp one, so P is kept busy here ;)</em></strong> The fusionwood knives are beautiful. I agree, it is so important to keep them clean sharpened and safely stored away. No kitchen is complete without the proper cutlery. Great info Michelle. Thanks.

Teresa’s last blog post..Tamales – Part 2

Good luck Teresa! My mom always tells me that I’m more likely to cut myself with a dull knife than a sharp one, so P is kept busy here ;)

]]> By: Wanderlust Scarlett http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-222171 Wanderlust Scarlett Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:50:23 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-222171 I am only allowed butter knives. Go figure. Hope you get it! Good luck!!! Scarlett & Viaggiatore <strong><em>Hee hee hee....</em></strong> I am only allowed butter knives.

Go figure.

Hope you get it! Good luck!!!

Scarlett & Viaggiatore

Hee hee hee….

]]> By: Ice Tea For Me http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-222086 Ice Tea For Me Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:02:13 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-222086 Thanks for posting about the contest, I'm in. I cringed when I saw P’s mom holding the knife towards her; I could just hear my mother scolding me if I ever did that. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into your life. <abbr><em>Ice Tea For Me’s last blog post..<a href="http://iceteaforme.blogspot.com/2008/11/whats-cooking-wednesday-zucchini.html" rel="nofollow">what’s cooking wednesday – zucchini pie/muffins</a></em></abbr> <strong><em>I know! My parents *and* grandparents would've been all over me for something like that.... And it's my pleasure to share such glimpses :)</em></strong> Thanks for posting about the contest, I’m in. I cringed when I saw P’s mom holding the knife towards her; I could just hear my mother scolding me if I ever did that.

Thanks for sharing a glimpse into your life.

Ice Tea For Me’s last blog post..what’s cooking wednesday – zucchini pie/muffins

I know! My parents *and* grandparents would’ve been all over me for something like that….

And it’s my pleasure to share such glimpses :)

]]> By: My Melange http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-222005 My Melange Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:44:24 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-222005 great info. I was just saying that our knives are getting dull. The holidays are a perfect time for a new knife :) Thanks for the contest info!!! Good luck!! <abbr><em>My Melange’s last blog post..Travel Tip Tuesday - Why go solo?</em></abbr> <strong><em>You too, Robin :)</em></strong> great info. I was just saying that our knives are getting dull. The holidays are a perfect time for a new knife :) Thanks for the contest info!!! Good luck!!

My Melange’s last blog post..Travel Tip Tuesday – Why go solo?

You too, Robin :)

]]> By: Janet http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-221961 Janet Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:08:10 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-221961 um...because you'd cut your finger off?! <abbr><em>Janet’s last blog post..<a href="http://fondofsnape.com/?p=1962" rel="nofollow">What Is It Wednesday #138</a></em></abbr> <em><strong>At the very least, Janet!</strong></em> um…because you’d cut your finger off?!

Janet’s last blog post..What Is It Wednesday #138

At the very least, Janet!

]]> By: Judith in Umbria http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-221818 Judith in Umbria Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:21:39 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-221818 My neighbor does that. I almost fainted the first few times. <strong><em>I still gasp if I'm not mentally prepared.</em></strong> My neighbor does that. I almost fainted the first few times.

I still gasp if I’m not mentally prepared.

]]> By: anna l'americana http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-221817 anna l'americana Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:20:03 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-221817 OMG! The arrotino!!!! I remember that call so very well AAAAAAROOOOOOTINO! He'd ride the cobbled streets of Trastevere on his bike, I'd see him outside the fruttivendolo, right next to la vecchia signora borsa nera (sigarette) on Vicolo del Cinque, or across the street from my portone around the corner on Vicolo del Bologna. Shelley's description is EXACTLY as I remember him with the lowering of the baskets and everything. It can't be the same guy, he'd be 100 by now. Of course the baskets were used to lower or raise anything....a little money to a neighborhood kid so he could run and get whoever a pack of sigs, another layer of clothing for a kid playing, something that whoever just left forgot - no-one wanted to rewalk those flights of stairs, raising the cigs or groceries the neighborhood kid just got you.... I loved how any mom punished or ordered around any kid like they were shared! I used a basket with my downstairs neighbor in my condo in LA - you know, Ella - you got an extra egg? Or Hey Ann, lower me a cigarette.... It felt like a tiny piece of home just doing that. Unfortunately no real arrotino in LA. A few Romani of my acquaintance there however did apparently have an arrotino scam going - they had a used piece of sharpening equipment and they would go to restaurant back doors in the morning while the head chef was at the markets and present themselves as THE knife sharpener. The kitchen staff usually let them in and gave them the knives, which they proceeded to completely butcher (pun?) and then collect a $250 (or whatever the market would bear) and hightail it out of there before anyone wised up. Aaah, there's a little bit of Rome everywhere isn't there? <strong><em>Hah! Love it! Glad I was able to bring up some good memories with the knife talk. Who woulda thunk it? ;)</em></strong> OMG! The arrotino!!!! I remember that call so very well AAAAAAROOOOOOTINO! He’d ride the cobbled streets of Trastevere on his bike, I’d see him outside the fruttivendolo, right next to la vecchia signora borsa nera (sigarette) on Vicolo del Cinque, or across the street from my portone around the corner on Vicolo del Bologna. Shelley’s description is EXACTLY as I remember him with the lowering of the baskets and everything. It can’t be the same guy, he’d be 100 by now. Of course the baskets were used to lower or raise anything….a little money to a neighborhood kid so he could run and get whoever a pack of sigs, another layer of clothing for a kid playing, something that whoever just left forgot – no-one wanted to rewalk those flights of stairs, raising the cigs or groceries the neighborhood kid just got you…. I loved how any mom punished or ordered around any kid like they were shared!
I used a basket with my downstairs neighbor in my condo in LA – you know, Ella – you got an extra egg? Or Hey Ann, lower me a cigarette…. It felt like a tiny piece of home just doing that. Unfortunately no real arrotino in LA. A few Romani of my acquaintance there however did apparently have an arrotino scam going – they had a used piece of sharpening equipment and they would go to restaurant back doors in the morning while the head chef was at the markets and present themselves as THE knife sharpener. The kitchen staff usually let them in and gave them the knives, which they proceeded to completely butcher (pun?) and then collect a $250 (or whatever the market would bear) and hightail it out of there before anyone wised up. Aaah, there’s a little bit of Rome everywhere isn’t there?

Hah! Love it! Glad I was able to bring up some good memories with the knife talk. Who woulda thunk it? ;)

]]> By: LuLu http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-221812 LuLu Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:13:11 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-221812 It always freak me out when they cut things like that. My nonna does it all the time!! <strong><em>These Calabrese women never cease to amaze, do they? ;)</em></strong> It always freak me out when they cut things like that. My nonna does it all the time!!

These Calabrese women never cease to amaze, do they? ;)

]]> By: carol http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/11/playing-with-knives-sharpening-honing-steeling-and-a-giveaway.html/comment-page-1#comment-221778 carol Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:35:12 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/?p=2527#comment-221778 I never knew about that knife gift superstition either,untill we got some steak knives for a wedding gift. My mom freaked out...Hahaha! Great foto of la mamma.....is that a picture of you and P in the background? Did you stage that shot or was it candid? Either way, it's fabulous. <strong><em>Good eye, Carol! Indeed it is P and me. It was taken quite casually during the Holy Saturday procession two Easters ago. Mamma was *overjoyed* to finally have a photo of the two of us :) P.S. The photo above us is P's parents with his brother on his wedding day.</em></strong> I never knew about that knife gift superstition either,untill we got some steak knives for a wedding gift. My mom freaked out…Hahaha!
Great foto of la mamma…..is that a picture of you and P in the background? Did you stage that shot or was it candid? Either way, it’s fabulous.

Good eye, Carol! Indeed it is P and me. It was taken quite casually during the Holy Saturday procession two Easters ago. Mamma was *overjoyed* to finally have a photo of the two of us :)

P.S. The photo above us is P’s parents with his brother on his wedding day.

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