A perfect addition to your selection of knives

I have discovered the pleasures of a Sandwich Knife.

Its wide spatula like blade makes for perfect spreading of butter, jam, mayo etc.   Of course, before you spread you’ve got to get “it” out of the jar, and again this wide blade shines…making the job easy.

This particular knife also has a serrated edge, which allows for convenient cutting of your super sandwich. Once you use this little beauty, you’ll wonder how you got along with the narrow blade of a typical kitchen knife.

Made in Germany by Friedr. Dick, which has been making knives since the 1700’s.

Available at: Will’s Cutting Boards

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Artichokes in Maine

We recently went up Booth Bay, Maine’s destination spot: Coastal Botanical Gardens of Maine.  Simply a beautiful spot to wander, and one of those places that one could go back to several times a year to view the changes of Nature.

I must be dumb, as I always thought Artichokes were a “California Thing,” but here they were in this lovely spot.

They are definitely part of the thistle family, less the needles.

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