CHAPTER 2 PRESENTATIO

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Popular fruit garnishes include:• Strawberries• Grapes• Cherries• Sliced Oranges• Sliced Lemon• Sliced Peaches• Sliced Kiwi• Sliced Apple• Sliced Pineapple

GARNISHES

Popular vegetable garnishes include:• Parsley• Tomatoes• Green & Red Peppers• Radishes• Olives• Carrots

GARNISHESParsley

Tomato

Peppers

Radishes Olive

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Carrots

Nuts are also used to provide variety in texture and color

• Almonds• Walnuts• Sesame Seeds• Sunflower Seeds Herbs and seasoning

are often used to add color to food

• Paprika

GARNISHES

Nuts

Paprika

This very old tool originated in France centuries ago and is still used by chefs today. It is used to create a ripple design in harder vegetables such as beets, carrots, cucumbers, potatoes, radishes and turnips. This will add some interest to salads, deep fried potatoes and many appetizers by making the waffle or krinkle design to the vegetables. Merely use this tool as you would any other knife to cut the various veggies into quarter inch slices. Parboil the extremely hard vegetables such as carrots and beets to make them easier to slice.

Garnishing Knife

Demonstration of Garnishing Knife

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zdlrQa0MfM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=

1&safe=active

Spiral Slicer

This fun tool was invented in the 1920's right in America. It is

used to make decorative coiled-up spiral ribbons out of vegetables such as

beets, carrots, potatoes or radishes. These

ribbons are both clever and attractive and

really add color to meat platters or bland one-color vegetables. You can also add some fun and incentive to get

your youngsters to eat their vegetables.

Melon Ball Scoop

This scoop is used to make nice round balls

from all kinds of melons. By using a

double scoop you get two sizes. For larger balls, use a metal ice

cream scoop. It also use the melon ball scoop to

remove some of the pulp when hollowing

out a vegetable or fruit even if I'm not trying to

create a round ball.

Demonstration: Melon Baller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY8QmTJdm-Q&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mod

e=1&safe=active

Vegetable Peeler

Many vegetables require peeling

prior to using in a garnish. The

vegetable peeler makes neat and quick work in

removing the peel from potatoes,

carrots or beets.

Demonstion of Vegetable Peeler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otIKgCTiNTw&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

How To Peel Carrots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LRZ5-GbUOU&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Juliannhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLoz_yvWKvA&feature=relmfu&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Food Decorator Tool

This tool is the most modern and probably the most used tool in the group aside from the knife. It was designed to make quick work of larger centerpieces such as the watermelon basket that I'm sure you are familiar with. However, it works equally well on tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, oranges,

lemons, limes, grapefruit and any assortment of melons. It cuts a saw

blade or tooth-like edge while actually separating the fruit or

vegetable. It has a second function at the top of the handle called the

strip cutter that will cut out narrow strips of peeling giving a two-tone

look to the finished product. A third function of this tool allows you to

"score" a vegetable such as carrots with the jagged edges of the tool by

scraping it in a downward stroke with a little pressure.

Fun Stuff

Cucumber Sharkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6tu0Zugn1w&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Strawberry http://video.about.com/gourmetfood/Make-a-Strawberry-Garnish.htm

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