A knife for vegetables is not one of the most necessary kitchen tools. But they are much easier and more convenient to work with this category of products. Therefore, those who want to save their time and increase the comfort of cooking, you need to be able to choose the right knife for vegetables.
Instruction manual
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There are several types of specialized knives for vegetables: a knife-piller, for chopping cabbage, for peeling potatoes, universal, for peeling tomatoes. If there is no desire or opportunity to buy a set of knives, you can purchase one - universal. This tool is equipped with a small blade 10 cm long and 1.5-2 cm wide. The tip of the knife is pointed and lowered down. Using this tool it is very convenient to peel vegetables and fruits, cut out eyes, rotted places and other defects of products.
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When choosing any knife, you first need to pay attention to its design. Cutting kitchen tools are solid, forged, riveted. The first are made from a single metal web. Their blade is polished, frosted, with a handle makes up a single design. These knives are usually the most inexpensive, but less convenient. The metal handle is inconvenient, slides, which significantly reduces productivity.
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Forged knives are made of high strength steel, the joint of the blade with the handle is thickened. This tool is well balanced, easy to use, and durable. Such knives are the most expensive, but also the most reliable. The blade of the vast majority of cutting kitchen tools is made of metal alloys. The handle can be wooden, metal, plastic. As a rule, it is attached to the cutting part using rivets. Such knives must be selected with extreme caution.
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First of all, you should inspect the blade. It should be even, smooth, without nicks. The next detail to pay attention to is the pen. It is more convenient to work with a knife with a wooden handle. But it has one drawback - significantly less wear resistance compared to plastic. The shape of the pen is also important. Therefore, you need to take the tool and hold it for some time in your hand, trying to feel how comfortable it is. Next, you need to pay attention to how the handle and blade are connected. Most often these are rivets. In a quality instrument, they are almost invisible and make up a single plane with wood or plastic.
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The knife-piller is equipped with a blade in the form of an elongated blade, consisting of two sharpened blades directed towards each other. When choosing this tool, you need to examine not only the place of attachment of the handle, but also the shape of the metal sheets. The hole between the blades should be the same along the entire length. The shape of the tip of the knife should be acute-angled, it will allow you to quickly cut out the defective parts of the fetus.
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The knife-piller, like the knife for peeling tomatoes, can be with a serrated blade and a forked tip. Such a tool will quickly and better cleanse a dense peel without crushing the soft inner part of the fruit. These knives are selected according to the same principles: the quality of the handle fastening, its material, the shape and smoothness of the blade.
