When I visit people, I tend to cook for them or at least help out in the kitchen, because I’m really good at it. Every time I use someone else‘s knives, I offer to sharpen them, but the amount of times I was told that they prefer their safety hazards instead of a good, sharp blade that does not fatigue them, allows for more precise cuts and will not slip because they feel like a sharp knife would be more dangerous. No amount of explanation that a sharp knife would actually reduce the amount of strength needed for cutting leading to cuts to yourself being less severe helps.
As a cook, I am Sisyphus and people who "prefer it dull" are my mountain and boulder.
I tried to cook for my mom during Easter but forgot my knife roll at home. I used her knives and only got halfway through a potato before it split instead of cutting. It happened with every single one after that. I literally tried to saw through my hand to make a point and couldn't even break the skin it was so dull, and then she says "I'm always exhausted after cooking" NO FUCKING WONDER!! THE MEAL TOOK US 2 HOURS LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE AND ALL OF THAT WAS JUST CUTTING VEGGIES
I love my mom though so I powered through it. I was literally sweating at the end of it. I never want to see a turnip again.
Preach. My parents have an old set of super high quality German knives (or clubs, as I refer to them) and refuse to believe that you can actually cut Tomatoes well with a non-serrated edge. I would love nothing more than to at least sharpen one of the knives to prove a point , but my mum „prefers them dull“. Something else that pisses me off to no end are knives in dishwashers. At that point, just use a honing rod to prepare your food, it might actually be sharper.
That's hopefully where I'm headed, working on getting the last few knives I need to complete the set and a whetstone (the head chef where I work is a good friend of mine and lets me use his, but I definitely need to get my own)
When I visit people, I tend to cook for them or at least help out in the kitchen, because I’m really good at it. Every time I use someone else‘s knives, I offer to sharpen them, but the amount of times I was told that they prefer their safety hazards instead of a good, sharp blade that does not fatigue them, allows for more precise cuts and will not slip because they feel like a sharp knife would be more dangerous. No amount of explanation that a sharp knife would actually reduce the amount of strength needed for cutting leading to cuts to yourself being less severe helps.
As a cook, I am Sisyphus and people who "prefer it dull" are my mountain and boulder.
I tried to cook for my mom during Easter but forgot my knife roll at home. I used her knives and only got halfway through a potato before it split instead of cutting. It happened with every single one after that. I literally tried to saw through my hand to make a point and couldn't even break the skin it was so dull, and then she says "I'm always exhausted after cooking" NO FUCKING WONDER!! THE MEAL TOOK US 2 HOURS LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE AND ALL OF THAT WAS JUST CUTTING VEGGIES
I love my mom though so I powered through it. I was literally sweating at the end of it. I never want to see a turnip again.
Preach. My parents have an old set of super high quality German knives (or clubs, as I refer to them) and refuse to believe that you can actually cut Tomatoes well with a non-serrated edge. I would love nothing more than to at least sharpen one of the knives to prove a point , but my mum „prefers them dull“. Something else that pisses me off to no end are knives in dishwashers. At that point, just use a honing rod to prepare your food, it might actually be sharper.
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That's hopefully where I'm headed, working on getting the last few knives I need to complete the set and a whetstone (the head chef where I work is a good friend of mine and lets me use his, but I definitely need to get my own)