Foodies BS Thread.

Wut?

Peppers are awesome! I've even eat ten red bell peppers like an apple.

 

Awesome pic! Looks good!

 

Ok fess up, this is color adjusted right?? Either way, looks really good!

 

Foodie thread question... I came across "Kumatos" about a year ago. This is the best dang tomato I have ever eaten, then again, they are not "tomatoes" and that's probably why someone had the bright idea to change the name. Has anyone else ever tried these?

Sorry, I got a pic but photobucket is not cooperating right now, arghhhhhhh..

 

In celebration of the great state of Louisiana, their food, and Mardi Gras!

 

Sorry for the dark pic but thats my first shrimp Po Boy sammich at the Bayou in Salt Lake City...a great Cajun restaurant but it was very tasty!!

 

I am going to do something once a month along the lines of something I really havent made before. Call it an experiment, this month is going to be home made baked beans with smoked slab bacon. I might try to get it done this weekend actually I will let you guys know how it is and I might try to bring it to the NJ meet if I go. And yes, there will be pics.

 

Yum!

 

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yummay

 

Ant and Mike...everything looks great!! ^^^

 

Damn it, why did I look in here. I missed breakfast and this is not helping the situation.

 

So, I finally got Tim (my go-to knife professional) out to the house to get my knives properly sharpened. Like three months late, they were terrible. Anyhow, he brings THIS over to show me. Please note, this is NOT my knife, and I would never ever EVER treat a good knife thusly. Check this out. Sorry the pics are huge, but small ones won't do it justice: . . . Took him over an hour to fix and literally re-shape the front of the thing. Here's the finished product: Anyhow, MY Shuns are proper sharp again and I'm a happy cook (I cut myself washing them three times FFS, there are surgical scalpels that aren't as sharp as my knives), and Tim does AWESOME work. If anyone wants his contact info, PM or email me. He's local to south Florida, but I'm positive he'll do mail work as well, and his prices are outstanding. He charged me $15 to come to my house and sharpen two knives, and I had to FORCE him to take a $5 tip. Does he know his shit? Put it to you this way...he's pictured with Murray Carter in his last book (

$22 Bladesmithing with Murray Carter: Modern Application of Traditional Techniques

http://www.amazon.com/Bladesmithing...&qid=1360773100&sr=8-1&keywords=murray+carter) and trained in Japan, and is probably one of the few guys on the east coast that uses Japanese quarry stones.

 

i need to learn how to sharpen knives with a stone...

 

Those Shuns are nice. I had one but returned it because I prefer the good old meaty German knives. Had this one for over 20 years and has been through ALOT!...

 

Those really are the two schools of thought: The German Tank knives, the Henckels, Wusthofs, etc. Those fuckers will carve through a petrified tree if you take the time.

And then, Shuns and the like. Sharper, lighter, more flexible, but not as strong or as heavy.

One isn't better than the other, just very different.

 

good lord.

i've been reading up on knives. bought some japanese waterstones to sharpen with. japanese knife guys are freaking insane. they kinda hate the german stuff. they hate the bolsters. i have wustof..and more recently picked up a 40 year old german blade from Gustav Emil Ern. what a lazer!! sharpest thing ever.

i love knives and will get a japanese Gyoto soon. nice shun. i like the german stuff..bomb proof.

 

luse..i have a 10" version of that same knife. i have hacked into a mature coconut with it.

 

Is this a good starter sushi knife? I make it several times a year.

http://shun.kaiusaltd.com/knives/knife/wasabi-black-yanagiba

Also, I don't brag about a lot but I'm a sharpening pimp. Started sharpening knives in scouts about 22 years ago now, and I've never stopped. My hunting, pocket and kitchen knives stay sharp for sure, but I think it's time for a better sushi knife that will be hands off for the wife.