Author Topic: The Mini-Alembic Convention, North Carolina Style (Read 661 times)

palembic · « **Reply #15 on:** May 17, 2005, 04:55:53 AM »

BROTHER BOB!!!

always happy to have you on my side.
Exquisite quite right.

Alan is a professional cook and while E-mailing through this club from time to time privately I asked Alan about his knives.
He gave me a VERY impressive listing.
I have 1 Goldhamster 32 cm, an English brand of filleting knive, 2 Globals (a 25 cm all-round and a 13 cm Djelba) and 3 Japanese knives who were VERY cheap but are EXTREMELY sharp.

Paul the bad one

I know ...I am a bit of a knive-freak.
Me too I am always wearing a Swiss-knive of Victorinox though I have the other brand Wenger too.

ajdover · « **Reply #16 on:** May 17, 2005, 07:08:36 AM »

Bob,

I have pics at home, and I can take some as well. I've added to my batterie de cuisine as of late ...

I have over 60 pieces of professional cutlery. They range from a 10 Wusthof Grand Prix Model chef's knife, to a 3 Wusthof fluting knife. I have knives from Wusthof, Henckels, F Dick, Messermeister, Global, Kasumi, Mac, Kyocera, Shun, and Forschner. And I have four knife bags to carry them around them in, my favorite being my Messermeister attache-type case.

Do I have a favorite? Probably my Shuns and my F Dick 9 Competition Model Chef's knife. I also really like my 10 Henckels Four Star hollow ground slicer I picked up in Bahrain for $40, as well as my Wusthof parer and Forschner boning knife.

I'll post pics later, probably in the miscellaneous section for those interested in my Batterie de Cuisine.

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:34:36 AM »

Soooo..... Can you make me a cheeseburger stuffed with swiss cheese and sliced mushrooms?

j/k
Mike, the culinary barbarian

Bradley Young · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:42:41 AM »

If you like knives, and haven't tried a santoku yet, you're missing out. Extremely versatile (great for spreading mayonnaise!). Wusthof is my brand of choice-- I love 'em.

Speaking of Victorinox, they also make the best computer bags I've ever seen. Retractable wheels, well laid out. They are expensive (you get what you pay for, though).

My Victorinox bag has a couple hundred thousand miles on it, and it's still going strong. It has protected my laptops perfectly (it actually suspends the laptop in elastic).

Brad

ajdover · « **Reply #19 on:** May 17, 2005, 01:17:54 PM »

Brad,

I have a Santoku, a Henckels Four Star model that I traded for with a German Bundeswehr soldier (he got a leatherman in return). I'm not a huge fan of Santokus - for me the blades are too short, and since their tips tend to be curved downward, they are not as well suited (for me, at least) for more precision knife work. I do know that a lot of Japanese chefs love them (as do some non-Japanese chefs), so maybe it's in the way that I'm utilizing it. I'm more of a German-style, heavy knife affcionado, but that's just me.

BTW, Rachel Ray has made this type of knife very popular. Of course, her knife skills are less than stellar (I'm waiting for her to chop off her fingertips someday), but there's not much I can say - she has a show and I don't!

Alan

palembic · « **Reply #20 on:** May 17, 2005, 02:17:35 PM »

Well ...I told you.
When I would visit Alan I don't think you would find me with the basses. I'll be in the kitchen definitely. Trying some weird and sursprising/original food combinations. I am not only creative with words and languages you know HA!

Paul the bad one

ajdover · « **Reply #21 on:** May 17, 2005, 04:25:01 PM »

Gents,

I've posted pics of my gear and some of my culinary handiwork in the Miscellaneous section. It's listed under Alan's Batterie de Cuisine. Enjoy.

Alan

haddimudd · « **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2005, 01:10:04 PM »

Paul, that's a mighty huge Goldhamster you have there! I guess the biggest one I ever saw was not more than 12cm. (haha)...

Nevertheless, this is a great collection of pictures! Thanks for letting everyone being part of the mini convention this way!