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KNIFE SKILLS

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show This all-purpose knife has an 8- to 14-inch triangular blade. It can be used for peeling, trimming, chopping, slicing, and dicing.  
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Tournée Knife   show
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Fillet Knife   show
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Butcher Knife   show
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show has a long, thin blade that is ideal for cutting large foods such as meat and poultry. The tip of this knife may be pointed or rounded. The blade may be rigid or flexible.  
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Boning Knife   show
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show has a rigid blade that is only 2 to 4 inches long. You can use this knife to pare a thin outer layer or peel from fruits and vegetables  
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show to finely slice or shred leafy vegetables or herbs. This cut is often used to make certain garnishes.  
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show or round, is a disk-shaped slice. They are made from cylindrical fruits or vegetables, such as cucumbers or carrots.  
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show cut results in an oval or elongated slice of a cylindrical fruit or vegetable. The technique used to slice a diagonal is similar to the one used for a rondelle except that you must hold the knife at an angle to get an oval-shaped slice  
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show oblique cut, is done by first cutting a cylindrical fruit or vegetable as for a diagonal cut, rolling the fruit or vegetable by 180 degrees, and then doing another diagonal cut.  
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Julienne   show
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show cuts are ¼-inch thick matchstick-shaped cuts.  
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Brunoise   show
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show is a sharpening stone made of either silicon carbide or stone. It may have up to three sides, with grains ranging from coarse to fine.  
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show A steel can be used daily to keep knives sharp.  
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