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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • There’s this product called grab-a-rag… They are washcloth-sized washable microfiber cloths.

    Comes in a large box (think maybe a box that new boots would come in) but it’s exactly like a box of tissues - pull one out, the next emerges halfway.

    Once I wash them, I don’t reformulate this tissue box set up, I just throw them in the drawers, I use them for wipes, I wash the floor with them, I have some set aside for dishes. They are mind-bogglingly good for cleaning surfaces.

    I give mitt-fulls away because they’re so cheap, and people freak out about how great they are.





  • I bought a Rada Quick Edge at a thrift store for $2.

    Was always taught my my metal-smith grandfather how to properly care for and sharpen knives, but when I tried it out on a knife I cared little for, I found it was such a shocking difference in efficiency I couldn’t help but notice.

    It completely changed my relationship with knives and knife care, which was so helpful for me because I cook everything from scratch and whole ingredients. Everything, so having good knives is not kids-play for me.

    It made me discover that for me, using a quick sharpening wheel and a hone gets my knives beard-shaving sharp in less than 30 seconds. I could never go back to the “right way” and I firmly joined the “dark side” of knife ownership.

    Yes they destroy knives with some aggression, far more than traditional methods, but in the forensic audit it has saved me hundreds in a literal way, and hundreds of hours laboring over sharpening stones.

    I no longer need to pamper knives, I buy cheap German steel chef knives on sale for $5-$20 and I throw them out in 3 or 4 years. I’ll never go back. All the hysterics from knife “gurus” on YT be damned - in my personal cooking world where I have 10,000 Km on my knives and cutting board, I could give two shits what they think. Nobody better ever give me a $300 knife for a present because it’s going back in the box.

    Dual-wheel sharpener and 14" hone is all I’ll ever use from now on.