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WorksheetsKnife Skills
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 33mins
This is a ________ knife.
Tourne
Granton/Santoku
Chef's
Cleaver
Which knife cut is circled?
Chiffonade
Stick
French fry
Which knife cut is circled?
Julienne
Large dice
Round
Which is the correct way to hold a knife?
#1
#2
#3
When would you use a chef knife?
When cutting precisely and getting into tight spots
When sawing into tough crusts and bagels
When chopping and mincing vegetables
When cutting through steel
When would you use a serrated knife?
when cutting precisely and getting into tight spots
when chopping and mincing vegetables
when sawing into tough crusts and bagels
when cutting through bones and joints
Which knife cut is circled?
Brunoise
Chiffonade
Stick
True or False: The chef's knife is the most used and considered an all purpose knife.
True
False
True or False: A claw should be formed with the non-cutting hand.
True
False
What type of cut is this?
Chiffonade
Julienne
Brunoise
Batonnet
What type of cut is shown?
Julienne
Brunoise
Batonnet
Rondelle
Mincing is commonly used for what type of food?
Spinach
Carrots
Shallots
Garlic
What should you do with a falling knife?
Try to catch it.
Ask a friend to put their hand out to catch it.
Step back and let in fall to the ground.
Put your foot in the area on the floor to avoid the knife from hitting the floor.
When cutting food you should:
cut toward you
cut away from you
hold the food in your hand
The safest way to pass a knife to another person is
Hand it to them with the handle facing them
Hand it to them with the point facing them
Put it on the counter and let them pick it up
How should a knife be carried at your work station:
at your side
tip pointing down
blade facing behind
walking
All of the answers here are correct
A dull knife is safer than a sharp knife
True
False
Knives should be placed in a sink of soapy water
True
False
Always use a cutting board between the counter and your knife
True
False
You should lay your knife down at your work station before walking around the classroom
True
False
Cutting board color GREEN means
produce (fruits and vegetables)
meat
pasta, cheese and other miscellaneous
Cutting board color RED means:
produce (fruits and vegetables)
meat
pasta, cheese and miscellaneous
What is the hand position for the hand holding the food to be cut?
fingers straight out
in a claw shape so that knuckles guide the knife
in your palm, fist wrapped around the food
Choose the best answer for how you should hold a knife:
pinch the spine of the knife near the handle with your pointer finger and your thumb, blade down; wrap your hand around the handle and you're prepared to start your work.
grab the knife at the handle with your fist and hold the food still with the other hand and you can start your knife skill practice.
it doesn't really matter as long as the blade is down and you can cut a julienne.
pinch the spine of the knife near the handle with your pointer finger and your thumb, blade facing upward; wrap your hand around the handle and you're prepared to start your work.
