Food security and the coming storm

Re:Food security and the coming storm by hansvm on Sunday May 29, 2022 @02:58PM (#31551787)

If anyone here is new to cooking and wanting to start on a budget, you can easily get away with a cheap knife, cheap set of diamond stones, a cutting board, and an enameled dutch oven. $60-$100 after shipping and tax, and you'll be able to cook basically everything. The knife being sharp is much more important than it being high quality (being sharp is also not essential, but it makes a big difference).

If you want to splurge, I also like a few bamboo spoons.

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Re:Food security and the coming storm by jasonwatkinspdx on Sunday May 29, 2022 @03:19PM (#31551990)

Honestly for someone starting out I'd just tell them to get a fibrox and a pull through sharpener. $50 and you'll be good to go for years.

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Re:Food security and the coming storm by hansvm on Monday May 30, 2022 @02:58PM (#31562372)

The $60-$100 counted the pot and cutting board. Totally agree that fibrox or something is plenty fine enough.

What's the argument for the pull-through sharpener? A decent enough set of stones is tiny, costs $15 after shipping, and isn't that hard to use. Are we just making sharpening as easy as possible so they don't give up?

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Re:Food security and the coming storm by jasonwatkinspdx on Monday May 30, 2022 @04:02PM (#31563091)

Yes. I find the enthusiasm for wet stone sharpening to be overblown for beginners. It's so far down the list of things that will matter when cooking vs using an inexpensive knife and pull through. If you like the process that's fine, I just don't like it being turned around into a "you're doing it wrong if you use a pull through" expectation, when the root problem is 99% getting people to sharpen period.

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