Vegetable or Salad Knife

Appears in
The Cook's Companion: A step-by-step guide to cooking skills including original recipes

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

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This is used for cutting and slicing smooth-skinned fruits and vegetables and citrus fruits. The blade is long and narrow with a finely serrated edge so it can cut cleanly through the skin without bruising or crushing the flesh. The blade is usually made of stainless steel as the acid in fruits and vegetables could cause a carbon steel knife to corrode.