Equiping a kitchen from scratch

Tefal

Tefal

Tefal

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So by the end of the year i should be moving into my new house.

In terms of kitchen suplies/ewuipment i have

1 cutlery set
1 carbon steel skillet (as of this week sometime when it arrives assuming its not ****)

Would rather buy quality for the things that will get used most often but have no idea what to go for really.

So from all your purchases is there anything youve learned thats best.

Things like good pots pans, knives machines like processors or mixers etc
 
Yeah when i think of what knives i actually use its nearly always the normal chefs knife and occasionally a random small knife for when the big knife is too big.

I did have a cheap ceramic knife that was actually really good till it got dropped and shattered.

I'll have a looka t those ones youve mentioend.

What do you use to sharpen them?
 
Something just occured to me.


How the **** do you livk teatowles?

no one actually seems to recall shopi g slecificaly for teatowels
 
Buy once, buy good as long as you can afford it.
Buy few but buy good. You don't need 6 different sized frying pans, or 7 kitchen knifes.
Think of versatility, like frying pans that have lids available are amazing.

Agree with this video
 
For a main big knife, I would forego a Chefs knife and go for a Santoku. I have 2 of each and always go for the Santoku first.
 
It depends on your requirements I guess. Personally I wouldn't class a slow cooker as a must have either but for some I can see it being invaluable :)
 
Casserole dish in a low heat oven = slow cooker. so oven is a necessity actual slow cooker not!
 
I'm probably going to spark some disagreement here on the knives subject, but I find that Sabatier knifes can be bought quite cheaply (£40 for a set of 4 for instance), and although they're not a patch on fancy Japanese ones, they do last, you can get a good (if not exceptional) edge on them and are therefore in my opinion a good buy if you can't afford the fancy stuff.

You'll need to sharpen then regularly, but they'll last 20 years or more if you look after them.
 
Yes you will, as sabatier is a style. There are poor ones which can't hold an edge and there's good ones which can.

I do prefer the 16.5° blade angle on Japanese knifes, but fir general knife prefer sabatier type shape and handle.

Most people also can't sharpen even if they tried with out a guide. Better getting a higher Rockwell knife and hone it regularly and then just pay someone to sharpen them once a year. I don't know why more don't it's like 40p per inch plus postage.
 
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