You call this a knife?

Tools of the trade, everything you do needs the right tool. Most of the time the tool is me and I am either making a mess or trying to prevent Emily from seeing the mess I had created. In Cricket you have a bat (trust me you want to stop that ball from hitting you cos’ it hurts). In boxing you have gloves and in football… just buy Ronaldo or Messi. In cooking everything come down to the tools you can buy, the best ingredients in the world, but if you burn your hands in the process its not really worth it.

I have a little nack of being able to sharpen any knife. My personal one was a gift from my Grandmother, whom I had to pay 5p for the knife. A superstition I don’t quite understand but the rest of my grandparents totally agree. The knife was blunt and needed a good clean. 6 hours of messing and it was the sharpest knife in the house and the cleanest. Sadly the knife is at my family home and due to the current situation I cannot get it so I had to adapt.

Emily’s knives, pots and pans are chef quality. Having that knowledge to tap into was useful. Emily was only using 1 silver knife for everything and me being slightly curious wondered why. Turned out her Chef’s knives and smaller knives had been blunt and damaged during the transit from London to Sheffield. We knew that Lockdown was only a few days away, Italy and Spain had shut up shop and the UK wasn’t far behind I had to get the knives paired as we knew we would both be cooking and possibly together.

Seriously if you can buy or borrow a wet stone get one, depending on the knife it may take hours and your arms may hurt but you will be able to cut through the cooker by the time you are done. If not then I would seriously recommend the Robert Welch sharpener, as long as the knife isn’t dinted or chipped you should be back up to scratch in no time.

Although the silver knife is still constantly used by Emily on everything I prefer her large chef’s knife and keep claiming it as “My knife” much to her annoyance. For the small cost we saved every knife in the house and probably saved a fortune in new gear.

Remember to keep everything sharp, trust me I have cut myself enough to know that a sharp knife hurts less.

10/10 YOU MUST DO IT

Joe