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AngryAccountant
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Nov 20, 2017
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Meat tenderizer, literally anything that's made of one piece of continuous metal will work fine and last decades. Something simple like this is great and will never break: https://www.amazon.com/Harold-Company-Tenderizer-Cracker-Marinating/dp/B0041HVCPA/ Avoid ones that are covered in silicone or whatever, since they often aren't dishwasher safe. A Single piece of aluminum can just be tossed in and it's good. Blade tenderizers tend to break rather easily, so if you're wanting to buy something disposable, go with that, or use a mallet or a meat fork. Cheapest option could be something as simple as an 18 inch piece of 2x4 though!
For knives, a great starter is the Victorinox Fibrox https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Fibrox-Chefs-Knife-8-Inch/dp/B008M5U1C2/ along with it's 3.25 inch paring knife https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Paring-Knife-Straight-Spear/dp/B0019WXPQY/ . The final piece would be the bread knife https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Cutlery-7-Inch-Fibrox-Handle/dp/B0019WZ648/ .
These knives should last well until he can pass them down to his kids and replace them with something nicer. If you've gotta choose one, go with the chef's knife. These 3 knives will be sufficient for 99% of cooking. Any knife set that requires you to get more than these (exception being steak knives for eating with) is pretty much a scam.
Side gifts to go along with it, or to tell other people to get him for Christmas when people inevitably ask you what to get him would be a magnetic rack, any will do, that's the best way to store the knives without risk of hurting the blade, or yourself. Next up would be a method of sharpening, ignore the drag through sharpening things, they're mostly junk, a good place to start would be with a guided set such as the Lansky: https://www.amazon.com/Lansky-Standard-Coarse-Sharpening-System/dp/B000B8L6LI/ . It'll work wonders for your knives too!
Current prices on all 5 of those items via the links brings it to $104.50 with the following breakdown: Chef Knife: $35.96 Paring Knife: $6.46 Bread Knife: $31.60 Tenderizer: $7.99 Sharpener: $22.49
Nov 20, 2017
namhod
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Nov 20, 2017
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AngryAccountantThis is the quintessential budget setup. Links, pricing, everything.
You are a nice person.
Nov 20, 2017
AngryAccountant
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Nov 20, 2017
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namhodTell that to my girlfriend, she yelled at me to come to bed as I was typing this out at 1:45am.
Nov 20, 2017
BrotherGrymm
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Dec 29, 2017
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AngryAccountantThank you very much, the work you put into that post is beyond anything i expected and i appreciate it tremndously. Considering i didnt expect much i must say thank you all who responded. I have been crazy due to birthdays and holidays and vacation when I read these it made me glad i joined massdrop. And its nice to see people willing and wanting to help
Dec 29, 2017
AngryAccountant
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Dec 30, 2017
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BrotherGrymmOf course!
Dec 30, 2017
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