Cooking Lessons Essential Knife Skills Questions and Answers Flashcards
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What is the primary purpose of a honing steel?
Answer: To realign the microscopic edge of a blade
A honing steel realigns the blade's edge without removing metal, maintaining sharpness between sharpenings.
Which cutting technique involves rocking the knife tip on the board while the heel moves up and down?
Answer: Rocking chop
The rocking chop keeps the tip anchored and pivots the heel up and down, ideal for herbs and soft vegetables.
What is the correct finger position known as the 'claw grip' designed to prevent?
Answer: Accidental cuts to the fingertips
The claw grip curls fingertips under so the knuckles guide the blade, protecting fingertips from cuts.
Which knife is best suited for breaking down a whole raw chicken?
Answer: Boning knife
A boning knife has a narrow, flexible blade designed to navigate around joints and bones when butchering poultry.
When julienning vegetables, what shape are the final cuts?
Answer: Thin matchstick strips
Julienne cuts produce thin, uniform matchstick-shaped strips, typically 1/8 inch wide and 2–3 inches long.
Why should you never place a good kitchen knife in the dishwasher?
Answer: Heat and agitation dull the edge and damage handles
Dishwasher heat, harsh detergents, and rattling against other utensils dull the blade and crack or warp knife handles.