[Sca-cooks] was The difference between a chef's knife and a santoku knife?

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I think pie is in your future....  Now I am thinking about little meat
pies....

Maeva


> Hi!
>
> Since everyone has been discussing their Christmas loot haul, I guess that
> I will also.
>
> My husband went to Williams-Sonoma and went crazy.  He got me two pocket
> pie forms in the shape of an apple and a pineapple.  He got me a pie crust
> cutter to make fancy decorative pie crusts.  He got me a non-stick pancake
> pan with small 3 inch decorated indentions.  It is pretty, but I have to
> figure out how to flip the pancakes without scratching the non-stick
> surface.  He also got me a Wusthof santoku knife with a sharpener.
>
> The knife is very lovely.  Hroar said that he had gone through my knifes
> and noticed that I didn't have a santoku, which is true.  I am not sure
> how to use it.  It has a straight cutting edge instead of the curved one
> of a chef's knife.  Can anyone tell me the santoku's advantages and
> disadvantages and proper use?  Thanks.
>
> Anyway, for my birthday, which is today, Hroar got me a Breville
> individual pie maker.  It is electrical and can bake four small pies at
> once.
>
> Other than the knife and pancake pan, all my other gifts from my husband
> have been pie related.  I wonder if he is hinting at something? :-D
>
> Huette
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