Are you familiar with Chef Jean Pierre on YouTube? I love watching him cook, and I love listening to him talk. Cutest septagenarian around.

A while ago he recommended the Wusthof offset deli knife. I use Wusthof knives which I was given as a birthday present 47 years ago. So I decided to order one.

Back up for 1960. I was a high-school freshman, and my favorite class was German. At that time educators were using what they called the spiral curriculum, in which they introduced a topic, say in the fifth grade, returned to it in the eighth grade with more detail, then inflicted it again sometime in high school. You can probably imagine how boring that got. But in German class, everything was new.

About our fourth week, we learned that something had disappeared. Est ist verschwunden. Boy oh boy, a real German-sounding word! No more of that simple "Der Katz ist schwarz" stuff.

Back to nowadays. After some minor surgery, I decided I deserved a treat, so I ordered a Wusthof offset deli knife on Amazon. Days passed, and sadly, Amazon reported that mein Wusthofer abgetsetzerdelikatessenmesser ist verschwunden. It had been spotted at a warehouse in Delaware, and after that they didn't know nothing. I got a refund.

Later, after a trip to Texas (spotted 90 kinds of birds), I ordered it again. This time it arrived with only a slight delay, and boy is it something! I needed to slice up some Thuringer for fellowship at church, and it glided through it effortlessly. I recommend Jean Pierre and the Wusthof offset deli knife.
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Myrrzy, I'm going to try your whole baked cauliflower soon.