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Oak's avatar

What a great list! The only other "must have" for me is a good food scraper, especially when I am doing a lot of chopping like when making a big salad. This one is my favorite; also can put in the dishwasher. https://www.oxo.com/multi-purpose-scraper-and-chopper.html?srsltid=AfmBOoocyqkbV87ldAXHmFEaTZ8EXhhM2aAmeabC9mZXBWo-7kvOW9j5

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Kim's avatar

The huge bummer about webstaurant is the cost of their shipping. To purchase all the items linked through them, my subtotal would be $88 and shipping around $58. I've always found it insane. Such great pricing if you can justify their membership, though!

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Violet Witchel's avatar

Ugh I know, big orders make it much more worth it

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Kristen Bates's avatar

This is great! Where do you get your speckled serving trays?

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Violet Witchel's avatar

I get them from Crow Canyon!

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Julie Dwyer's avatar

Great list, even for people who aren’t just starting out! * chef’s kiss * 😚 🤌

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Sojourner Memoirs's avatar

I'm reducing my already pretty minimalist kit for a 2 year travel adventure, cooking primarily over a Svea 123 naphtha stove, set up on a small boat. Our kits are similar. I sub an Openel knife (folds), and for the Dutch Oven, I sub a small 1.5l pressure cooker for rice, beans, whatever.

Big agreement on a good whetsone!

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Sherrie Everett's avatar

Great info!

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Mizrozee's avatar

💯‼️

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Debas's avatar

Love this. Very useful as a 30 year old.

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Matt's avatar

If anyone is paying for webstaurant store route - throwing out the Zwiesel Glas Pure collections (link: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/59871/zwiesel-glas-pure-glasses.html).

*very similar* to the Tour collection by Zwiesel at Crate and Barrell but far less $$ per glass (have to buy bulk though).

Great cost effective list - cheers.

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Jay's avatar

I wish I had this list when I first moved in 😭

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