How to choose kitchen knives - video recipes at home

A professional would advise to have in the kitchen just three basic knife. Big knife 35 to 40 cm, average knife 30 to 35 cm and a small knife 20 to 25 cm. It is possible to add the basic set and additional knife for cutting bread and fresh pastries equipped with small teeth. Most practical knives - knives is a wooden handle. Metal knife add weight, which makes it less convenient, but they are more durable strength. Plastic handles are usually less strong, although the ease of not inferior wood.

High-quality steel - is the main feature of a good knife. If the steel is far from perfect, it quickly gets dull, and is likely to be cut rather than a well-cut meat for goulash. If you choose a value for money, it is optimal from manufacturers such as: the famous Swiss brand "Victorinox", Brazilian "Tramontina", Spanish "Arcos".

good reviews and knives black ceramic, they have quite an exotic look and shape of the handle, but it is worth noting that thanks to the ledge in front of the blade can not be afraid of accidentally slip your fingers under the blade itself. It is believed that the Japanese ceramic knives - top blade art. Among the famous brands of preference is given to manufacturers as: Shinoda, Kasumi, Samura, Hatamoto, Kyocera.

sharpening knives with laser have excellent self-sharpening property: the more you cut, the sharper blade. Typically, laser processing blade leads to a rise in price of the product, but it's worth it. The width of the knife blade - is also an important detail. At the widest part, both the blade, cutting can be put to transfer it to the pan. In addition, a broad knife easier to do clean cut. But the cut is easier still with a knife with a narrow blade, but the narrow blade does not give a clean cut. Therefore, the best option - it is the average width of the knife blade. A narrow and short blade is more appropriate at all of any kind of fine works: cutting holes in the potato, taking pictures with the peel of oranges, carrots cleaned, and similar entertainment.

If you are bored to wield all three knives, and bread, and you did not use, can be diluted with a collection of kitchen gadgets such enjoyable as:

"Salmon Knife", also known as loin, narezhet big fish into thin slices. It facilitates the thinning of oily fish, thanks to grooves on both sides of the blade.

"cheese slicer", which will turn the cheese head in an elegant, delicate cuts. He may have a Teflon coating which protects against sticking pieces of soft cheese.

"Serreytorny" knife with a narrow blade will cope with such work as slicing tomatoes, lemons, kiwi fruit, in short, with everything that hides a soft heart beneath thick skin. But sausage sereytorom cut is not recommended at this cutting edge is uneven.

In addition, it is sometimes useful kitchen "cleaver", when suddenly you come up with to do butchering the joints and joints, as well as they can grab a piece of meat from the carcasses of more. In addition, the chopper comes in handy when dealing with frozen meat.

There is a mysterious knife for slicing watermelons. It looks something like a hacksaw, but without the large teeth and a straight handle. Producers promise that this knife can easily make clear, confident movement and use it to quickly organize a festive cutting of the melons. But a few have seen the knife, much less acquired.

Where to buy healthier Knife "Sommelier", which is intended for the unsealing of pleasant and delicious drinks. Inside the handle of the knife hidden corkscrew. One should always pay attention to the quality of a corkscrew spiral, it must be sharp sting, but she must be a spiral of very hard metal.

In principle, the special care the blades do not require. Usually enough to clear them immediately after use with a sponge and soapy water and wipe dry. But it should be remembered that the knife and the dishwasher will not be able to live together.

And now look at the kitchen and audited. It may well be that you cut off-quality knives for many years. It is clear that you are home, you are used to them, and some have passed to you from the older generation. Nevertheless, some knives probably time to replace the more acute and more convenient. Technology does not stand still. Go to the nearest large store, where the choice is enormous knives and intelligent advisors!