For those of you that are familiar with the Christmas Story, you know that a boy, Ralphie wants a bb gun for Christmas and whenever he asks his mom, Santa, or teacher about it they reply by saying "No, you'll shoot your eye out." And even when his Dad gets him one, his mom's first words when he goes out to play with it are "Don't shoot your eye out." So you almost start to feel sorry for him by the time that the movie is over. I have never sympathized with Ralphie more than I have the past few days.
My very kind and generous Grandpa and Grandma got me a Rachel Ray knife set for Christmas, which I love. Why? Well the knives are extremely sharp, are heavy duty, and have a sharpener. When I unwrapped them, I heard various people in the room say 'Be careful. Don't cut your finger off'!" Yesterday I made veggie soup and told Mom that I was going to use my new knives to chop up the potatoes, onions, celery and such. Her first words to me were "Don't cut your finger off'." A few minutes later she gets on the phone with my Grandma Denning telling her that I was using the knife set and I hear Grandma over the phone saying tell her not to cut her finger off... The night was followed by continual reminders to not cut your finger off by Mom.
So far I still have all my fingers... but maybe I should get a first aid kit for the kitchen.
3 comments:
I think you'll find that you'll be less likely to cut your fingers with good, sharp knives, than with regular kitchen knives.
Take care of them! (both your fingers, and the knife) Aside from your passion for cooking, good fingers and good knives are a chef's best tools.
:-)
Ohhh, I'm jealous! (guess I'm well-prepared to be convicted by the Holy Spirit and your Dad's sermon next Sunday...) I wanted a knife set, too! But didn't get one... how do you like yours?
Margie,
I love mine!!! It works really well.
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