/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Commodore !wcR4a97dGQ No.4067794]

Hey /ck/, usually don't come here, but need some advice. I want to get a knife set for my mother's Christmas gift. Sadly I don't know any good cooking knife sets. I've looked on amazon and everything just looks bad.

Tl;dr need good knife set for under 150$ that includes a block to hold them.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous No.4067816]

>>4067794
japanese blades >>> shit >> european

[Anonymous No.4067866]

>>4067794
Bed, Bath and Beyond has some pretty good sets.

Williams-Sonoma has pretty much the exact same knives with a 200% markup. Seriously, unless you're a hippie with disposable income, avoid WS like the plague.

[Anonymous No.4067871]

>>4067816

don't listen to this weeaboo shit, OP

>>4067866
is good advice. Bed Bath and Beyond has some good stuff for fair prices. Just go see what they have.

[Anonymous No.4067882]

>>4067794
I have a set of J.A. Henckels knives. They're pretty good quality. German made.

[Commodore !wcR4a97dGQ No.4067891]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0016P59NQ/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1355282419&sr=8-7&pi=SL75

Was looking at that.

[Anonymous No.4067906]

german, german, german. Jap knives are good too but some people get all antsy in their pantsy about the handles certain brands use.

Wusthof
F.Dick
Global

[Anonymous No.4067914]

>>4067794
dude, get her a chefs/cooks knife and a utility knife. Santokus are good for veg. A whole knife set probably a waste of money, spend the same money on 2/3 good knives! Most jobs can be done easily with a cooks knife!

[Commodore !wcR4a97dGQ No.4067932]

>>4067914

She specifically wants a new set to replace her old, aging one she's had for 20 years or so.

[Anonymous No.4068659]

>>4067906
>Wusthof
Shit is almost $1000 for what OP is looking for

[Anonymous No.4068661]

Fiskars

[Anonymous No.4068708]

if she has good knives just sharpen them all for her. It's not that hard to do once you get used to it. Extremely time consumeing yes but not difficult. (I know how dull old people get their knives) Or send them to get professionally sharpened and have new handles made.

[Anonymous No.4068794]

>>4067794
>cooking knife sets

you generally don't cook knives, they are not edible.

[Anonymous No.4068806]

Woah...
It's an insult to buy someone you know a knife as a present in my country.

I presume it's acceptable elsewhere?
The more you know...

[Anonymous No.4068898]

>>4068806
>>4068806

>i am surprised that my local custom is not applicable every where in the world

You must be one self-obsessed ignorant fuck

[Anonymous No.4068901]

>>4068898
seriously who is this fucking guy

[Anonymous No.4068902]

>>4068794
>autism/10

[Anonymous No.4068903]

>>4068806
No one gives a shit about your two goat shit country.

[Anonymous No.4068948]

>>4068806
Same in my country. In that case you just "sell" it to the person for like 1 cent.

>mfw I first heard of this custom

[Anonymous No.4068951]

>>4068948

and that "one cent" changes what, exactly? do you also march clockwise three times around fresh chicken entrails?

[Anonymous No.4068984]

>>4068951
Dude I got no idea. It's one of those customs whose purpose has long been forgotten but people still value them.