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12/27/2018 Knives 101: Sharpen Your Kitchen Skills [Infographic] | Scratchpad by Good Eggs DC 20 Knives 101: Sharpen Your Kitchen Skills [Infographic] HOW-TO (/?CATGORY=HOW-TO) People tend to take kitchen knives for granted. ut ever knife, from the shape of the lade to the weight of the handle, is designed Whether ou're whipping up reakfast (https://www.goodeggs.com/sfa/meal-kits? disaleAppPromo&utm_source=how_to&utm_campaign=knives_101&utm_medium=log&utm_content=inline#meals-reakfast) for th off to school or settling in for unda dinner (https://www.goodeggs.com/sfa/meal-kits? disaleAppPromo&utm_source=how_to&utm_campaign=knives_101&utm_medium=log&utm_content=inline#meals-dinner), having makes it easier to cook tast food quickl. https://blog.goodeggs.com/blog/knives-101-sharpen-your-kitchen-skills 1/10 12/27/2018 Knives 101: Sharpen Your Kitchen Skills [Infographic] | Scratchpad by Good Eggs https://blog.goodeggs.com/blog/knives-101-sharpen-your-kitchen-skills 2/10 12/27/2018 Knives 101: Sharpen Your Kitchen Skills [Infographic] | Scratchpad by Good Eggs Fortunatel ou don’t have to u an entire knife set to slice, chop, and pare. With these four essential lades and a couple of tools f can tackle an recipe and make sure our knives will stand the test of time. Chef’s Knife This is the workhorse of the kitchen. Whether ou’re reaking down a ird, dicing root vegetales (https://www.goodeggs.com/sfa disaleAppPromo&utm_source=how_to&utm_campaign=knives_101&utm_medium=log&utm_content=inline#produce-vegetales), knife will see ou through almost an recipe from prep to plating. One of the major reasons for this knife’s versatilit is its design: the heel provides the force to cut through tougher stuff (like carrots or etween joints), while the center of the knife allows for oth preci ou can use this knife to julienne or mince with equal success. If ou want to upgrade or add one knife to our kitchen, ou’ll get the Paring Knife https://blog.goodeggs.com/blog/knives-101-sharpen-your-kitchen-skills 3/10 12/27/2018 Knives 101: Sharpen Your Kitchen Skills [Infographic] | Scratchpad by Good Eggs Paring knives are underrated. Given their smaller size, the’re perfect for tasks that require precision like peeling vegetales, filleting (https://www.goodeggs.com/sfa/meat-fish?disaleAppPromo&utm_source=how_to&utm_campaign=knives_101&utm_medium=lo fish-fish), or working with fragile ingredients like fruit (https://www.goodeggs.com/sfa/produce? disaleAppPromo&utm_source=how_to&utm_campaign=knives_101&utm_medium=log&utm_content=inline#produce-fruit). The’re giving ou greater control so ou can carve the ees out of a potato or delicatel score or peel apples for pick eaters. Serrated Bread Knife https://blog.goodeggs.com/blog/knives-101-sharpen-your-kitchen-skills 4/10 12/27/2018 Knives 101: Sharpen Your Kitchen Skills [Infographic] | Scratchpad by Good Eggs errated knives are designed to cut into wax foods—or those with a tough exterior and soft interior—without mashing them into ol read (https://www.goodeggs.com/sfa/aker? disaleAppPromo&utm_source=how_to&utm_campaign=knives_101&utm_medium=log&utm_content=inline#aker-read) when it (and the do work eautifull on a crust loaf), ut the can also come in hand for lettuce, peppers, pineapples, roasted potatoes, e their tooth edges, ou’ll want to use them like ou would a saw—don’t chop with them and the’ll sta sharp much longer. Boning Knife (or Filet Knife) oning knives are thin and pliale to allow ou to cut smooth, straight lines through meat or fish (https://www.goodeggs.com/sfa/m disaleAppPromo&utm_source=how_to&utm_campaign=knives_101&utm_medium=log&utm_content=inline). The’re made to e f around ones — not through them. While this knife might not e part of our everda repertoire, it can save ou time when reakin while reducing waste  helping ou more precisel remove ones (thus saving more meat) with its nimle lade. Storage and Maintenance Taking care of our knives doesn’t have to e another item on our to-do list. toring them properl is the est wa to keep them slic come with their own sheath, keep them in a knife lock or use a drawer organizer. The more knives are jostled aout, the more chipped and uneven the lades ecome, which means riskier and uneven cuts. Contra a sharper knife is safer. 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You use them  first soak our knife edge across the surface at an angle, first on the coarser side to sharpen the lade, then on the finer side to hone. est of adaptale, inexpensive and can last a lifetime. ver wonder what that long metal clindrical thing is that came with our knife set? It’s a honing steel. The don’t reall sharpen knive sharper longer  realigning the tin fragments of steel on the edge of the lade that go astra with the wear and tear of dail use. H with an tpe of knife, ut take it slow. tart  holding the steel tip-down on our cutting oard. Holding the knife in midair just as o chop, angle the lade slightl to the right (aout 30 degrees) so the left side of the cutting edge lies flush with the steel. Carefull pu (maintaining that angle) and repeat until the knife is smooth and shin, then repeat on the other side. The moral of the stor? harp, task-specific knives make for tastier and prettier food with no extra to-do, not to mention the save o kitchen ecause the’re so much easier to wield. You’ll e surprised what a difference using the right knife for the right jo will make tender love and care. 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