• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    Let’s talk about cutlery. I have my favourites. Some of them were lost during the Great Lockdown. Some have gone AWOL in the abyss which is the teenager’s bedroom. Some come staggering home wary from whatever horrors they’ve been a part of. Always to a warm welcome and a very hot bath.

    I got told “You’re weird. Nobody counts their knives and forks”. I said “You’re wrong because Nana does”.

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      My favourite bit of cutlery are a set of japanese steak knives. They have a classy wooden handle and the blades are crisp 25 yrs on. Proper stainless steel. Zero rust. Precision engineering.

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      The most expensive, most cared-for piece of cutlery I have is actually my Scanpan chef knife and sharpener. My ex bought it when we were together… with my money… without me knowing… and then expected i cook every meal… anyway… so when I broke it off with them, I hid it. And it’s amazing!! Sharpen it, and it glides through onions! None of my other knives are anywhere near as good. I clean it first and dry it so it doesn’t rust. My favourite utensil.

      My second favourite utensil is a fork. Love forks.

      edit: pronouns

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      I have a Spork I love and this like small knife with flowers on it. We used to have two sporks but now we have one. If I lose the knife I don’t think I can live on…

      (I joke but that knife is my fave).

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      Sets of thai bronze and ebony cutlery , some are bamboo style, some have an embossed temple goddess, some elephants, they are so nice to use I should use them more

      for everyday I just use an italian stainless steel set .

      I have a fave old german kitchen knife , hideously expensive, double edged so it cuts straight down , young seagoon broke the tip ( he busted a whole heap of stuff while he was here 🤔 )

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        They all sound like they came from exotic places instead of your local k-mart. I do have a nice set of cutlery that was given to us as a wedding present from my work place. Nothing amazing but they mean something to me.

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          The italian set was new from an op shop, I think it must have been a nonna’s special set. My first set when I moved out of home was from Forges, cheap but well made. I only gave away the last of the pieces to the op shop last year, they were in a draw and was never going to use it again. I also had a bendigo pottery dinner set which was hand made and a bit wonky. 😂 every damn plate and bowl was wonky

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            I love Bendigo pottery. I have several items in the blue and some I’m about to use tonight. I think back in the day you could only get some ugly brown colour and khaki.

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              This stuff was light brown and khaki, just awful. Heavy and wonky and ugly. I threw it out and got an ordinary set from a homewares shop, that all broke. Next set was froma church bazaar, a 1960s white with green bamboo design. Huge set, $20 in 1990s money. That’s all gone too. Now I just use ikea or thai celadon

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      I had a very good knife, I got from Japan just mysteriously vanish.

      No trace of its disappearance at all, and it wasn’t found during end of lease cleaning.

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      Cutlery were another thing I decided I’d replace when I moved. Woolies had a set and they are just fine. My son bought me a Victonox chopping knife for xmas one year though, which is awesome. Still sits in its plastic cover.

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        Nothing wrong with that. My favourite knives and forks are some loose ones on sale at Harris Scarfe and my teaspoons are from coles because I got desperate.

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          It’s nice to have matching stuff instead of whatever I grabbed from opshops over the years when I needed extra. They’re all stainless so no crappy plastic handles, which I’ll never get again. Yuck. Plastic handles seem gross now.