I recently received these two knives from Big Kitchen
Mercer Renaissance Forged Riveted Hollow Edge Santoku Knife, 7 Inch
and
Mercer Renaissance Forged Riveted Chef’s Knife, 8 Inch
If there’s one piece of kitchen equipment that is mandatory, it’s a good knife.
Trying to cook, chop, slice ‘n dice, and simply be productive and efficient in the kitchen is impossible without a proper knife. Lightweight, flimsy, and dull knives are intolerable and I won’t use them.
When I am in the kitchen, I tend to put one (big) knife in my hand and keep it there until everything is chopped, sliced, minced, quartered, cut, and ready. Paring knives and smaller knives have their place, but I prefer bigger knives, in general.
Don’t be scared of the Big Guns.
From cleaning and slicing pineapple
to cleaning and chopping heads of lettuce
To chopping oranges and cucumbers for and Cucumber Orange Dill Relish
to cleaning and slicing watermelon
To dicing the Snickers bars for Snickers Bar Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Or chopping the candy for 3 Musketeers Marshmallow Candy-Stuffed White Chocolate Cupcakes with Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream
…Not a day goes by where I don’t have my knife and cutting board out and in use. Repeat x17 times. Before noon on most days.
These Mercer knives are built solidly, feel nice in my hands, are heavy enough but not too heavy, and most importantly, they get the chopping job done.
If you’d like to enter to win these two knives, comment below:
1. What’s your current favorite knife and how often do you use it? (links welcome)
Or
What do you tend to chop or use your knives most for? (links welcome)
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Contest ends Saturday, May 5 2012 and winner will be chosen randomly. Open to continental U.S. residents only.
I chop fruits with my knives.
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I have my grandmother’s large kitchen knife that I use.
Twitter follow as dewer421 and tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/dewer421/status/198447481581862913
I have several large santoku knives, my favorite being the Kitchenaid brand.
I’m constantly using my knives, especially for fruits and veggies for snacks/meals.
I have a Cuisinart Chef’s knife that I use a lot and I mostly cut up vegetables daily.
I’m following BigKitchen on Twitter @getbackzack
I liked Averie Cooks on FB via Amy Zak
Following you on instagram!
It sounds terrible, but all I have is a little pairing knife that I try to use for everything. It makes for some interesting looking food! Real knives that are sharp would be amazing to use!
I use my paring knife most often.
These knives look fantastic. Your website is also fantastic, soooo glad I found it! :)
I’m following you @getbackzack, and I tweeted. https://twitter.com/#!/getbackzack/status/198430165901131776
I tend to use my knives most for chopping up vegetables like asparagus, brussel sprouts, and broccoli.
It’s embarassing to admit that out of the dozen knives in our utensil drawer. Only ONE works on most foods. The others are just a hazard to even attempt with.
cutting meat and veggies
I use my steak knives for everything because of the serrated blade. I sure could use a big knife.