In our everyday lives, it is almost impossible for us to not to use a kitchen knife. This under rated piece of kitchen tool is mainly used for food preparation purposes. Most of us think that we only need one piece of a kitchen knife in our home and that it can be used for almost every kitchen work. But the little that we know that there are actually various kinds of these knives.
These aforementioned types of Best Kitchen Knife are classified according to their specific uses. One of them is the common kitchen knife. These are the frequently used and seen kitchen knives. The French knife is the all-purpose knife which allows the cook to rock the knife on the chopping board for a more accurate cut. For smaller tasks such as peeling fruits and de-veining shrimps, the Paring knife is the more appropriate kitchen knife. The Bread knife is obviously designed for cutting soft and freshly baked breads. Bread knives have a complicated design to avoid crushing and crumbling bread goods. For much softer products such as butter and other dairy products, butter knife is the best one for that task.
Another category of kitchen knives is the meat knives. There are various designs specific to different kind of meat. The first one is the Carving knife which is generally for cutting almost any kind of meat. There is a longer and narrow Carving knife designed for separating meat products which is named Slicing knife. Ham slicers are thinner and more flexible knives specially tailored for cutting ham products. Boning knives are intended for separating the cuts of meat from the bones. Fillet knives are for preparing fish-based dishes. But for larger tasks such as the butchers’, Cleavers are used for splitting meat and bone which are usually rectangular in shape.
For a lighter task such as cutting different cheese, there are the Cheese knives. There are currently some knives specially designed for specific kind of cheese. The Soft cheese knives are specially tailored for slicing the softer products. These are designed with holes along the blade so that the cheese would not stick in the knife. The Hard cheese knives are the sharp knives for cutting uniform slices of cheese and usually have the forked tip for picking up and serving the cheese. But for the harder types of cheese, Parmesan cheese knives are available. Thick and short blades are the common design of these knives so the pressure would not be dissipated while cutting the cheese.
Aside from these types of kitchen knives, there are the more specific designs. There are the tomato knives, oyster knives, grapefruit and chestnut knives for the specialty knives according to the food use. For preparation and garnishing specialty knives, there are the peeling, decorating, deveining, trimming and fluting knives.
There sure are more kinds of kitchen knives that are available in the market. As long as there is a need for a specific design, knife manufacturers will always provide these insanely and incredibly particular knives.
