The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Hey I almost forgot you! You made all those high quality YouTube videos that were better than anyone else's but you keep forgetting to post the links.You stated "I consider it rude and uncouth to do so." I asked why you think that? You never bothered to explain?
I specifically asked about "BBQ"s and "steakhouses." Perhaps I needed to preface that with "American BBQs and steakhouses?" There's no where in the US where bringing one's own folding steak knife to a "BBQ" or "steakhouse" would be considered "rude and uncouth." None.
"Eccentric?" Perhaps. "Nerdy?" Possibly. "Overly foodie?" Yep. But "rude and uncouth?" No way.
I though perhaps you were thinking of another type of cuisine (e.g. it WOULD be rude to bring a knife to the table in some Asian culinary traditions) or perhaps that you live in another country?
Because I have been employed as both a meat-cutter and a principal pit man in a very upscale steakhouse. I (as would the chef) would haved appreciate anyone who made any effort to improve how they enjoyed the wares of my crew and I. In addition, it's simply common sense. Sliced steak tastes better than than torn steak. That's true on the bench, on the fire and at table!
As a related example, I once went to a fancy dinner with a large group. A couple of the attendees were wine experts. As a result the server called for the sommelier. The three conferred. A red was chosen. One of the experts asked that the wine be decanted and allowed to get some air, while we had a round of cocktails.
The sommelier explained they didn't have a decanter with a large enough neck to allow enough oxygen to effect the wine in such a short time. No problem says the expert who then produced a very large decanter from a leather bag he had carried in. Was the sommelier offended because the expert had brought his own decanter? Nope! He actually lit-up with a smile.
"That's big enough for four bottles!" "Two will do." The sommelier then made a show of the decanting. It was great -- and more important, it did make the wine taste better.
No, not really. Not on this one. It's not about personal opinions in this case. Like it or not, there are rules to etiquette. They differ a great deal from setting to setting, those in attendance, the location, local customs, etc., etc., hence my question
If he's the smartest guy in the room he must be lonely.Hey I almost forgot you! You made all those high quality YouTube videos that were better than anyone else's but you keep forgetting to post the links.
You clearly feel you're the smartest guy in the room; why are you scared to show us the proof?
Try reverse sear. Charcoal/wood to smoke and then high temp gas to finish.If he's the smartest guy in the room he must be lonely.
While at home I will sometimes use my knife to cut depending on the knife. I rarely eat steak out, I prefer to get prime filet from my butcher and grill it at home. I marinate in allegro then cook rare. Throw some fresh ground pepper on, and depending on my mood, a little Lea & Perrin's worcester sauce.
I have a gas grill but wanna learn to add some wood smoke to it.
I love mesquite. Maybe it's my Texas roots.Try reverse sear. Charcoal/wood to smoke and then high temp gas to finish.
Cherry, or mesquite are what I like with beef.
No matching spoon?![]()
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Thinking about getting a pair.
Smatchet. Maybe Junglas.
No matching spoon?
“Junglas” is the plural of “jungla”, Spanish for “jungle”. As such, it doesn’t make much sense as a name for a knife, any more than “panini” makes any sense as a word for “sandwich”.Go with smatchet, then. Junglas doesn't count since nobody even knows what that word means.
The spoon is for the baked potatoes of course......Yeah, sometimes there is a spoon. But who eats steak with a spoon?![]()
Like the Colonel said; I'm too drunk to taste these potatoes.The spoon is for the baked potatoes of course......
You stated "I consider it rude and uncouth to do so." I asked why you think that? You never bothered to explain?
I specifically asked about "BBQ"s and "steakhouses." Perhaps I needed to preface that with "American BBQs and steakhouses?" There's no where in the US where bringing one's own folding steak knife to a "BBQ" or "steakhouse" would be considered "rude and uncouth." None.
"Eccentric?" Perhaps. "Nerdy?" Possibly. "Overly foodie?" Yep. But "rude and uncouth?" No way.
I though perhaps you were thinking of another type of cuisine (e.g. it WOULD be rude to bring a knife to the table in some Asian culinary traditions) or perhaps that you live in another country?
Because I have been employed as both a meat-cutter and a principal pit man in a very upscale steakhouse. I (as would the chef) would haved appreciate anyone who made any effort to improve how they enjoyed the wares of my crew and I. In addition, it's simply common sense. Sliced steak tastes better than than torn steak. That's true on the bench, on the fire and at table!
As a related example, I once went to a fancy dinner with a large group. A couple of the attendees were wine experts. As a result the server called for the sommelier. The three conferred. A red was chosen. One of the experts asked that the wine be decanted and allowed to get some air, while we had a round of cocktails.
The sommelier explained they didn't have a decanter with a large enough neck to allow enough oxygen to effect the wine in such a short time. No problem says the expert who then produced a very large decanter from a leather bag he had carried in. Was the sommelier offended because the expert had brought his own decanter? Nope! He actually lit-up with a smile.
"That's big enough for four bottles!" "Two will do." The sommelier then made a show of the decanting. It was great -- and more important, it did make the wine taste better.
No, not really. Not on this one. It's not about personal opinions in this case. Like it or not, there are rules to etiquette. They differ a great deal from setting to setting, those in attendance, the location, local customs, etc., etc., hence my question