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15 Cards in this Set
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Stainless steel
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A hard, durable metal made of chromium and carbon steel.
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Tang |
The part of the blade that continues into the knife's handle. |
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Rivet |
A metal's piece that fastens the tang to the knife handle.
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Bolster
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Helps keep out food particles from between the tang and the handle on a knife.
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Serrated
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Toothed like saw.
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Pare |
To trim off.
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Chiffonade |
To finely slice or shred leafy vegetables or herbs.
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Rondelle
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A disk-shaped slice.
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Diagonal
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A cut that results in an oval or elongated slice of a cylindrical fruit or vegetable.
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Roll cut |
Cutting 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
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1/8-inch thick matchstick-shaped cuts.
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Batonnet |
Matchstick-shaped cuts that are 1/4-inch thick.
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Brunoise
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1/8-inch thick cubes.
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Whetstone
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A sharping stone made of either silicon carbide or stone.
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Trueing
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Using a steel to keep a blade straight and to smooth out irregularities after sharping.
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