{"id":3444,"date":"2017-07-03T09:08:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T13:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2017-07-03T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T13:09:55","slug":"monday-3-july-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2017\/07\/03\/monday-3-july-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, 3 July 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

09:08 –<\/strong><\/span> It was 65.5F (18.5C) when I took Colin out at 0630, partly cloudy. <\/p>\n

I’ve hated our kitchen knife arrangement for at least 20 years. It’s basically a little drawer organizer with a bunch of knives in it. Given her penchant for organization, I’m surprised that Barbara seems perfectly happy with it. But I wanted an organized collection.<\/p>\n

So I started checking for kitchen knife sets on Costco, Amazon, Walmart, and so on. I found knife sets, all of which appeared superficially similar, ranging in price from $1,500+ down to an Amazon Basics set for $21. When they were up Friday, I got Frances aside and asked her what she thought. She has a background in professional cooking, and has a collection of high-end cooking equipment from that premium French cast-iron stuff on through all her other gear. So I was kind of surprised when she told me that she was perfectly happy with her set of Cuisinart knives that she’d gotten for $75 in a 50%-off sale at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.<\/p>\n

If she’s happy with them, that tells me that a decent set of knives should be available for well under $100. That was borne out by several articles I read about good-quality knife sets that wouldn’t break the bank. I dithered around because there were so many choices, but I ended up buying this set<\/a> for $60 on Amazon, which was actually noticeably less expensive than on Walmart.<\/p>\n

It’s made by Chicago Cutlery, which is apparently a major name in knives. The company has been around since 1936 or something, and still manufactures their products in Chicago, China.<\/p>\n

Barbara said she didn’t want yet another thing cluttering up the kitchen counter, and said it was okay to order this set only if I agreed to stop saving 2-liter bottles. To that, I replied, “Never mess with a man’s bottles,” and referred her to a recent episode of Heartland where Lisa threw out the bottle that Grandpa Jack had been using for decades to make up batches of his barbecue sauce. Never mess with a man’s bottles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

09:08 – It was 65.5F (18.5C) when I took Colin out at 0630, partly cloudy. <\/p>\n

I’ve hated our kitchen knife arrangement for at least 20 years. It’s basically a little drawer organizer with a bunch of knives in it. Given her penchant for organization, I’m surprised that Barbara seems perfectly happy with it. But I wanted an organized collection.<\/p>\n

So I started checking for kitchen knife sets on Costco, Amazon, Walmart,<\/p>\n

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