Behind the Filming (Episode 13): Macro Photography with Knives

One of the ways that BG wanted to differentiate our knife sharpening video from all the other run-of-the-mill knife sharpening videos on YouTube was to include some incremental macro shots that show the progression of the knife's edge after it was sharpened with increasingly finer grits of whetstones.

Well, we have done just that. And the results are rather impressive.

Before sharpening

After the 1,000 grit stone

After the 4,000 grit stone

After the 8,000 grit stone

We've made a compelling case for using whetstones, especially when you compare the edge of a pairing knife that was "sharpened" with a Wusthoff "knife sharpener."

After "sharpening" a pairing knife with a mainstream "knife sharpener"

With that, we celebrate the release of Episode 13 and get ready for some upcoming episodes that will focus on food again.

Happy Summer, All!

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Taking Stock: Summer 2018 Summary

We are coming to the end of our season of peak video production.

It's nearly time for me to return to full-time teaching, and when that happens, let's be real, life gets booked from the moment my feet hit the floor until the moment I fall back into bed (but only after starting the laundry, vacuuming the remainder's of the toddler's dinner, giving baths, making lunches for the next day, and finally washing my own face. Parenthood.)

This summer, we managed to produce four videos: Smoked Pulled Pork, Smooth Black Coffee, GF DF Pancakes, and Scrambled Eggs.

We officially launched our website. We started this blog. In the fall, we'll be sending out our first newsletter. (And by "we," I'm really talking about me. BG has been mowing the lawn, setting off fireworks (at just two festivals this year), and setting up his new woodworking workshop.)

For the fall, we'll be touring the Ohio countryside each Saturday and gathering our supplies of apples and pumpkins for the year. It's likely that we won't be releasing any more videos until December.

Although you never can tell. Life sometimes surprises you.

Plans for upcoming videos:

• Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free French Toast (cooked in a cast iron skillet)

• Knife-Sharpening 101: How to Use Wet Stones

• Tips for Making Breakfast Sausage

• Tips for Making Bacon

A shout-out to Reza's Roast for sharing our How to Make Smooth Black Coffee episode on their social media channels. If you live in the Dayton area, you can now purchase all of their roasts at Dorothy Lane Market locations. I'm super pumped.

If you have any requests, please let me know in the comments below!

Happy Fall!

Sweets & BG

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We Shouldn't Be Doing This--But We Are

There are plenty of reasons for us NOT to continue to invest time into developing Our Final Freezer as YouTube Channel and website, not to mention developing content for an on-line sausage-making course. (Yes, we want to do that.)

Two kids. Two full-time jobs. A house.

Did I mention the kids? I think I should mention them at least 47 more times because, geesh, that's about how much time it feels like they consume.

The only reason that I'm able to work on this website and our channel at all is because one of the small (but oh-so-persuasive!) perks of being a teacher is time away from work in the summer.

But as the last year has shown, keeping up the pace of releasing a new video every week was--to put it lightly--beyond ambitious for us.

I think the only reason that I thought it was doable was because our baby wasn't moving yet.

But then, bless his little heart, he started to move.

And crawl. And walk. And run. And climb.

And scream. And flail. And convulse.

Children are a blessing.

So here we are. A new website, a new blog, new video content, and new goals.

How successful will we be?

I guess we'll find out.

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Upcoming Agenda:

• Episode 9: How to Make Smooth Black Coffee (Single Cup)

• Generating content and lectures for an upcoming sausage-making course, hopefully ready for guinea pig students over Christmas 2018 break.