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    Anonymous wrote:Set of knives for me. I had never used good knives till I started dating my now DH. Now I am spoiled--it drives me crazy to cook at my parents' house and use the dull knives my mom has had since I was a kid...

My Cuisinart food processor is a close second. Don't use it nearly as often as the knives, but it's great to have when I need it. Only downside is having to wash all those pieces.

I could've written this word for word.

The funny thing is, my mom gave me both the knife set and the cuisinart, but her own equipment is ancient (had it since I was a kid) and was cheap to begin with. Every time I visit, I tell her "get those knives you got me! They're amazing!" and she says "I'm glad you like them; maybe I should..." and then she doesn't, and then we have the same conversation the next Christmas.

One day, I'm just going to bite the bullet and spend the $500 or whatever to get her a set of great knives. And I'll be doing it for ME.
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Yes, it's time for you to give her the good set of knives.  My folks would never in a million years buy All-Clad pots and Henckels knives, but they sure loved them when we gave them to them, and have gotten great use out of them.  It made me feel like a cheapskate for not having had the idea much sooner.

You can get a good set for 300 or 350, not 500.  But as a PP said, she doesn't need the set.  A chef's knife, a bread knife, two paring knives, and a honing steel will do it.  (Many people say just a chef's knife and a paring knife, but I find having two paring knives is really handy.  And the bread knife is good for bread, bagels, and tomatoes.)  You can buy the block separately, and it will have extra slots for extra knives if you or she decide she needs any additional ones in the future.  [/quote]

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