The stigma of being unskilled with a knife is not so easily borne. There you are in the grocery store. There's a whole bunch of wine in this world, and a lot of ground for your tastebuds to cover. A good knife will slice cleanly and easily. A bad knife will tear the meat and make you work twice as hard as you need to.
Good knives cost more than bad ones do, and sometimes it's tough to spend that extra money.
But if you plan to do a lot of cooking, it's money well spent. Well, if you're like most of us, you'll be polishing it the night before they show up. Here's how to keep your silver polishing time to a minimum through proper technique and preventive measures. After the catching, or even the buying, there are a few steps between the lake and your plate. While not for the eternally queasy, cleaning a fish is not as messy as one might think.