The Common Demoninator: Knives and Martinis

After doing a bit of homework yesterday on Following Workplace Hygiene Procedures I hopped on a tram into the city and headed straight to Target to pick up a pair of black pants for my food prep job at the convention centre (which was cancelled earlier today, by the way). I vaguely remembered that our kitchen was in dire need of a cocktail shaker and put that on my mental list of things to pick up. Once at Target, I picked up a pair of black pants in the Women's section, because apparently Juniors don't need to wear black pants, which is why, I'm guessing, that I didn't find any in that particular section.

Once I reach the home ware section I forget all about the martini shaker when I spy the selection of knives. Most kitchen knives are crap because they are stamped out of one large sheet of metal and/or steel. However I came across a set of knives built for the budget home chef (that's me) and they were forged, yes, I said forged. Forged means that somehow or another they manage to press various sheets of steel together at very high temperatures to make a super metal and then shape it into any given shape, which is knives in this case. I was originally just going to pick up a utility knife for cutting vegetables and a chefs knife for chopping and dicing, but the 6 piece forged knife set (shown above) sold me and I picked it up.

I forgot all about the shaker and decided we've have Pad Thai for dinner. Will managed to whip me up a chocolate martini sans shaker. A satisfactory day overall.

I have my first assessment tomorrow on workplace hygiene and since my position at the convention centre was cancelled I have more time to study where the salmonella bacteria can be found and what exactly the food standards code is.

Off to the books! Perhaps I'll make it to the gym and give our body fat scale a whirl...