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[Nevada Ed]

Had a fun night at a friends house, for a get together with their family members and friends, plus a new 5 mo. old cute little girl that was all smiles and giggles, and the parents.

Then I was asked to carve the Turkey, when it was done and brought into the house, after their Trager pellet unit, did it's thing.

I was shown four "Carving knives" that they had.
The first was a 12" by 3/4" serated bread knife,
the second was a 8" x 2.5" butcher knife with a bent tip, that would not cut butter.
The third was a 7" tomatoe cutting edge knife that was 1/2" thick
and finally a "TV" special Aisian new style knife that was serated and had a red, yellow,black & green blade !

I did the best that I could, carving that 24 pound bird with the.....
bread knife and everyone was happy with the result.

It made me realise, how lucky I was to have all the "Nice" things that I have at my house for preparing foods.

Oh I forgot;
I had to steady that bird with a 10" long fork that had a 7/8" wide,
THREE prong , design !!

I was just glad that the Turkey stayed on the cutting board and did not end up onto their floor.
It was moist and devine in flavor, a great cooking job by the host and
enjoyed by all.

A Happy Holiday season to all.

 

[Rudi]

Dull knives are dangerous.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Two thoughts.

1) You now have universal Christmas gift idea!

2) maybe keep a traveling carving kit in the car.

Ivan

 

[Birdgun]

Good knives are such a blessing.
Last weekend, the wife and I had my nephew and his lady, and a long-time lady friend come for our annual November get together. Been doing this for over 20 years now. I deep fry the turkey and the ladies prepare the rest of the feast. When all was ready, I carved the turkey with an excellent knife. The turkey was moist and succulent. The best part, I didn't burn down the house or cut myself with the knife. Life is good!

God bless,
Birdgun

 

[gjgalligan]

maybe keep a traveling carving kit in the car.

That might be kinda sticky trying to explain that to a LEO on the side of the road someday.

 

[DWalt]

Does anyone still use an electric carving knife? We have one somewhere, but have not used it in many years. I remember it working well. Neither of us particularly like Turkey, so we do not have a use for it. I have a very nice Remington-UMC stag handled carving set in a very art-deco Bakelite case, probably from the 1930s, if not earlier. We have never used it. Anyone else ever seen one of those?

 

[robvious]

what a nightmare.. glad everything worked out, but maybe bring turkey AND a carving set from here on... lol

 

[desi2358]

Does anyone still use an electric carving knife? We have one somewhere, but have not used it in many years. I remember it working well. Neither of us particularly like Turkey, so we do not have a use for it. I have a very nice Remington-UMC stag handled carving set in a very art-deco Bakelite case, probably from the 1930s, if not earlier. We have never used it. Anyone else ever seen one of those?

Still have my electric carving knife plus moms which I kept after she passed on. On the rare occasion when we cook a bird or a big ham one of them gets used. Still work great too! With the kids grown Holiday dinners are hard to coordinate though. Often we end up eating out on the actual Holiday (truck stop diners and Waffle House are always open!) and get together at one of the kids later for a family meal together. They do the cooking then!!

PS: My dad had a fancy carving set like the one you mentioned but after they got an electric carver it never got used. I think it may be in one of the boxes of stuff I haven't managed to finish sorting through from moms house. Too much stuff that I need to deal with before it becomes our kids problem someday!

 

[Skeet 028]

Boy...I'm lucky.. I have bought most of my carving knives etc at places like Habitat and Goodwill..I've gotten good knives that needed work...mostly sharpening. Women don't realize that sharpening a knife makes it useable...Most of the ones I have gotten we carbon steel blades.. but not long ago I got a SS for 50 cents that took a while to get sharp..but it is great. None I have gotten have cost more than a dollar. I sharpened a knife for gal friend of my wife. Used a brick but she did have steel to finish... I still have the butcher knives cleaver etc we had in the mom and pop grocery store in the 50s. One of the Cleavers is a Craftsman