2006-10-22 08:14:53 · 8 answers · asked by jimauk 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
You need a small paring knife, a utility knife, a chef's knife, a serated bread knife and a cleaver. So five at least. As a guide, when we bought our last set we paid £65 for a set of 5 in a wooden block with a ten year guarantee
2006-10-22 08:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by Mark H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cook with knives? Sorry... I couldn't resist.
I can't live without a good chef's knife. You can do just about anything with that. A paring knife for peeling apples is a handy knife, but a steak knife can suffice there, if need be.
Chef's knives are an odd duck. You can get one from the foodnetwork.com site with Emeril's signature for about $50 or a plain jane one at Wal-Mart for a couple bucks. Both will do any task you need it to do.
2006-10-22 15:32:27 · answer #2 · answered by north79004487 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a French (chef's) knife that is 8 inches long, a boning knife, a paring knife and a serrated slicing knife for breads, ham and tomatoes. All other knives are optional. Steak knives come in handy if you have guests to feed and a good spreader knife will ice a cake in a jiffy but they are not necessary. The basic 4 are all you really need.
2006-10-22 15:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by The Squirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't live without my 8" chef's knife, and I have 2 of them. A paring knife, a serrated knife for breads and tomatoes. And a set of steak knives for little jobs or entertaining.
I think that's all you truly need for home use. If I could find a replacement, I need my old fish knife. That thing rocked, it was favorite light-duty knife.
2006-10-22 15:22:59 · answer #4 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've used the one knife for everything [veg, meat, bread etc] for the last 20 years. Why? Cos it suits my hand. Its the right weight, length and sharpness for everything. If you find a good knife, and mine wasnt cheap but neither was it extremely expensive either, take good care of it and keep it sharpened. Mines a Wiltshire one that comes in its own sharpening box. I'll be lost without it.
2006-10-22 15:36:13 · answer #5 · answered by PATRICIA L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I mainly use one small sharp paring knife though I have others. Buy one of those knife blocks with five knives. Thay should suit all purposes. Make sure they're reasonable quality !
2006-10-22 15:29:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Approximately 5 that should do you
2006-10-22 16:06:05 · answer #7 · answered by Candy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for myself just one thats always up and down the steel
2006-10-22 16:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋