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The term “carving” comes from the English carving - “carving”. The material for creativity can be any cutting material: wood, stone, ice, bone, soap, etc. In the cooking business, carving is a skillful figure cutting, the material for which is fruits and vegetables, hard cheese and chocolate, as well as other products.

Culinary carving is a national tradition of the East, where it has more than 2000 years of its history. Legend has it that carving originated in Thailand. During the annual full moon festival, the Thai princess was presented with a traditional crotong lamp (a boat of banana leaves in the shape of a lotus flower, which was given to the Gods along the river), decorated with carved animals made of fruits and vegetables. Admiring this man-made beauty, carving was proclaimed a national art and began to train masters to decorate palace festivities.

Spreading over the countries of the Eastern world, carving acquired different features in each country. In China and Japan, it is customary to cut animals, dragons, battle scenes, hieroglyphs. In the cutting technique, various molds, stencils are used. In the homeland of carving in Thailand, they prefer to make floral ornaments, floral arrangements, in the technique only handmade with a special Thai knife and incisors.

In the 40’s. 20th centuries carving ceased to be the property of only the Thai royal court and began to penetrate into Europe. However, despite its beauty, it did not take root. The roots of this should be found in the difference in mentality (why translate products) and the difference in the table: the Asian table is mostly vegetable, imagination was required to make it colorful and appetizing; the European table did not need this - and so quite appetizing with an abundance of meat and fish.

With the development of the restaurant business, carving got a second wind - there was a need for an original serving of dishes, decoration of the interior.

A watermelon in the form of a basket with berries or a daikon swan makes one admire and smile. These and many other works are done with skillful hands using special carving knives, the quality of which largely determines the final result.

Carving is available not only to professional chefs - home carving is now widely used. Even a teenager can master his simple tricks, and the result will decorate the daily and festive dishes of your menu in an original way. And the “waste” of carving - images, can be used in the preparation of salads, soups, side dishes.

Cooking professionals trust the carving sets of knives of the German company Triangl in Solingen. These tools are durable and have traditional German quality. In Russia, many people are confused about what to call it: Solinger knives or Solingen… So, Solingen is a city in Germany where they are produced, and Solinger is a company that deals with hairdressing accessories.

A pro set usually includes at least 25 items, and, rest assured, most of them will be dead weight in your kitchen due to the considerable time spent on application. Therefore, for home carving, a basic set of 8 main knives is more suitable.
Original Solingen knives are sold in specialized stores or large departments of dishes and kitchen utensils. Do not be tempted by the low price! More often it’s a fake. Real German quality is not cheap.

Where to buy knives cheaper? The answer is simple: traditionally, prices in online stores are lower. Having set a goal, you can find the original basic set of German carving knives for 110-130 dollars.

Enough to cut the skins from vegetables and fruits! Create culinary carving and you will surprise your loved ones with edible masterpieces!