Knife Skills FOODS II SWAY2007.FILES.WORDPRESS.COM/2008/08/KNIFE20SKILLS1.PPT ●http://sway2007.wordpress.com/about/ ●My name is Mrs. Sue Way and I teach Foods and Apparel courses at East Carteret High School. I attended East Carolina University and received my degree in Home Economics in 1972. I attended East Carolina Uinversity again and received a Master of Library Science in 2004. ●Come join us in the FACS for great classes with hands on applications. ●Contact information for Sue Way ●Telephone: 252-728-3514 ext 2149 ●E-mail:
[email protected] Blade Composition ●Carbon Steel ●Stainless Steel ●High-Carbon Stainless Steel Knife Parts ●Point ●Tip ●Blade ●Back ●Cutting edge ●Bolster ●Heel ●Rivets ●Handle ●Tang Knife Tang ●Full tang-Most powerful ●Partial tang Types and Uses of Knives ●Chefs ●Slicer ●Boning ●Paring ●Tournée ●Fillet ●Butcher Chef’s Knife ●Most important knife ●Peeling, trimming, chopping, slicing, dicing Slicer ●Long thin blade ●Used for cutting large food such as meat and poultry Serrated Slicer ●Toothed like ●Used for slicing soft foods such as cake, bread and tomatoes Boning Knife ●Used to remove bones from meat, fish and poultry Paring Knife ●Pares or trims off the peel from fruits and vegetables Tournée Knife ●Curved bladed knife used to trim potatoes and other vegetables into football shapes Tournée Cuts Fillet Knife ●Fillet fish Butcher Knife ●Cut meat, fish or poultry Knife Cuts ●Slicing ●Mincing ●Stick ●Dicing Knife Cuts: Slicing ●Cut food into large thin pieces Knife Cuts: Specialty Slicing ●Chiffonade