Post on 14-Jun-2015
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B Y K A T I E , A L I C E , & N A C H O
The Evolution of the Knife
Stone Age
From bronze to iron; from iron to steel; from steel to carbon-steel and stainless steel; and on to fancy titanium and laminates.
The first metal knives
The Bronze Age The Iron Age The steel knives
Different cultures with different knives
The Inuit ulu (Eskimo women) The Japanese santoku The Chinese tou
Kitchens and Safety
● Kitchens are places of violence. ● Mostly because of knives.
● There are different ways to avoid these dangers.
Types of Knives
Bread Vegetables Meat
● Oldest tool in the cook’s armory. ● People invented them to do the job that they couldn’t do with their teeth.
Thousands of years ago they did not have that many types of knives.
History
Changes of the Knife
• sharpened on both sides (dagger like)
● 1696 outlawed ● Civilising Process begins
Civilising Process
• sudden change in table manners • sixteenth- seventeenth century knives- sharp • eighteenth century knives- very blunt
o butter knife-like • revolted by previous ways
o using fingers to eat o single sharp knife
Knives in the Eighteenth Century
• all about display • showed status • other knives were
very sharp