我竟然不知道菜刀还可以这样用

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初中三年级

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现代科技

菜刀是一种多用途的工具，它是一种大的扁平中式厨师用刀。它可以在厨房中完成大部分切割任务，从分解材料到把食材切到头发丝那么薄的薄片都可以。

Caidao, a large flat Chinese chopping knife or Chinese chef’s knife, is an all-purpose tool. It can do most cutting tasks in the kitchen from breaking down to cutting materials to the thinness of hair.

The name is made of the Chinese character cai, which means vegetable, and dao, which means knife. But caidao is used in preparing all types of food.

菜刀这个名字是由汉字“菜”，意思是蔬菜，和“刀”组成的。但菜刀被用于准备各种类型的食物。

In Western kitchens, a chef needs a set of knives, like a cleaver for butchering and a small blade for peeling work. The more detailed classification allows users to choose specialized tools for specific purposes.

在西方的厨房里，厨师需要一套刀，如用于切割的切片刀和用于剥皮工作的小刀。更详细的分类使得用户可以根据不同目的选择不同的工具。

For Chinese cooks and chefs, a high-quality and handy caidao is one of the most useful tools in the kitchen, and that one knife is enough for basic food preparation in the kitchen.

对于中国厨师来说，高质量和方便的菜刀是厨房最有用的工具之一，而且一把刀就足以把食物准备得差不多。

Though caidao generally refers to a wide and flat chopping knife, it’s sometimes used as a generic term to describe different kinds of Chinese kitchen knives which includes slicing, chopping and boning knives.

虽然菜刀通常指的是一把宽而扁平的斩刀，但它有时也被用作一个通用名词来描述不同种类的中国菜刀，包括切片、剁和斩骨。

Although the shape and size of a caidao resembles the cleaver in Western kitchens, it’s not the same in both design and purpose. The Chinese caidao is a large rectangular thin-bladed knife that can be used in the slicing, chopping and mincing of the majority of ingredients, such as vegetables, fish or meat. It can even break down some not-so-tough bones. Purpose-wise, it’s similar to the Western chef’s knife, only in a different shape that’s advantageous in Chinese cooking.

虽然菜刀的形状和大小与西方厨房的切片刀相似，但在设计和目的上却不尽相同。中国菜刀是一种大的长方形的薄刀片，可用于切片、剁和切碎大部分食材，如蔬菜、鱼类或肉类。它甚至可以斩破一些不那么硬的骨头。在用途方面，它与西方厨师的刀相似，只是形状不同，有利于中式烹饪。