"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> Nexis wrote:
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>> "Arri London" > wrote in message
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>> > Bought a biscuit/cookie cutter in the shape of NM to make Christmas
>> > ornaments for some 'ex-pats' who actually miss the place. On a whim,
>> > asked a relative in NJ to send me one for that state, to make that
>> > family an ornament.
>> >
>> > What came by UPS today was an order from a bakin/candy-supply place*
>> > with cutters representing 49 states (no Hawaii) and the District of
>> > Columbia!
>> >
>> > Now I need to sit down with the atlas to sort out the states whose
>> > shapes aren't familiar to me LOL.
>> >
>> > Anyone else get an unexpected kitchen gift lately?
>> >
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>> My husband did come home a week or two ago with a new ceramic chefs'
>> knife,
>> which thrilled me. My eldest dropped a can on my other ceramic chefs
>> knife a
>> month or so ago. It chipped the tip off.
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>> kimberly
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> Have never tried one of those. Better than steel?

They each have their uses...I use the ceramic knife for things like slicing
tomatoes, slicing thin slices of fruits and vegatables, slicing meats for
stir-fry (which I can get way thinner with the ceramic), etc. I still use
steel for dicing, chopping, etc.

I love the ceramic, but I would definitely want both.

kimberly