I was WRONG!

As everyone already knows, I am one sharp cookie. And when Andrew says something, it might as well be gospel. For this entry I wanted to pause for a second to highlight one aspect of life that I was wrong about. This is an important milestone in deflating my already ultra pompous male ego.

It is an unmistakeable fact that Stephanie's father is a junk monger. He collects trinkets for Salvation army and in many cases ends up gifting them to someone in the family. Over the past 2 years we've recieved some pretty interesting stuff from him that we usually end up storing in the attic. He means well but his sense of taste needs some work.

One of the gift he sent us was a set of Ronco kitchen knives. These are the knives they sell on the late night informercial. The bozo selling them performs 'amazing' feats such as sawing through bolts, rocks and even tomatoes.

We recieved the set of knives and I really thought they would be absolute junk. I told Stephanie these knives were not so good and that I'd buy her a real set of knives down the road someday.

We put the big chopping block of knives on the counter and I figured we would use them for a while until they crack, rust or implode. I was amazed however when I saw that the knives are actually pretty good quality! They are extreamly sharp and are made of great materials that are 100% dishwasher safe. We had them almost a year and I must say that they are extreamly convenient for cutting so many things in the kitchen. They are all labeled for the specific task they are intended for and the chopping block is a great way to organize them.

I'll give credit where it's due and I must say I am pretty sold on the ronco cutting system. In fact, if they had a portable set of knives I'd get one to keep in the back of my truck. You never know when you'll need to saw through a krispy creme donut or to fillet a bucket of KFC.

So in short, I was wrong. Ronco you rule!