[Sca-cooks] Rant: And speaking of cooking equipment...

[Vitaliano Vincenzi]

YES! Well said. Even though I consider myself a "hobbyist" I don't have 
to have the latest FAD gadgets. In fact, I still do not own a stand 
mixer, but I do have one of those crock pots with the locking lids. I do 
much of my kitchen gadget shopping at a restaurant supply store, Total 
Restaurant Supply in Rochestoer, MN, only an hours drive from home. I 
even made our shire shop there for feast prep and serving gear last year 
- we save a lot of money.

Nick Sasso wrote:
  > Ever moreover, the use of the term in the story you told seems even 
more of
> a demeaning sort of pat on the head.  Hobbyist buy the latest fad gadgets
> and overpriced do-dad cooking pots/pans at kitchen boutiques.  Serious cooks
> more likely shop at restaurant supply stores for "nigh indestructible" tools
> of the trade that are utilitarian as well as effective.

-- 
Lord Vitaliano Vincenzi
aka Shane Lambert
http://www.periodfood.blogspot.com
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