The Gourmet Knife Show and the Good Cutlery
A San Francisco show review notes nearly 2000 exhibitors and over 50 knife lines with many look alike brands. It highlights trusted makers like Wusthof Henckels Chicago Cutlery and Sabatier, warns against fakes, and singles out Marks Exakter and F Dick as quality values. It advises buying three basic knives and a steel, not boxed sets, to start.
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Freezing berries with light syrup cuts cost and calories
Using a 30 percent syrup lowers both price and calories for frozen berries. Dissolve 2 cups sugar in 4 cups water to make the syrup, cool before pouring over berries, and use about 4 percent to 1/2 cup syrup per pint. A pint of berries in 50 percent syrup has about 510 calories, versus about 340 calories in 30 percent syrup.
Freezing Tips for New Potatoes and Related Blanks
Home canning expert Terri Hitchings explains that new potatoes can be frozen with quality declining after about a month. She details blanch times by size, cooling, and storage in moisture proof containers, plus freezing larger potatoes and related forms like hash browns and french fries.
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