Fruits and Vegetables i Carved ....

Fruit and vegetable carving is a venerable tradition which has been passed down from ancient times. Fruit and vegetable carving is considered one of the ten traditional Thai crafts. It is held to be an ancient art and is used in making food offerings for monks, entertaining guests, ordinations,and weddings....

F&V Carving is not easy for me.. In the earlier stage i put a lots of effort and spend a lots of time to do. But when you get it you get it ......  No reasons .... :)   It's might be all about Practice Practice and Practice ........

Basic principle

1 Before carving, fruits and vegetables must be washed and cleaned thoroughly.

2 Use knives with stainless steel or bronze blades. Knives with ordinary steel blades will cause discoloration of fruits and vegetables.

3 Do not carve excessively so as to avoid waste and loss of nutritional value

4 The designs carved should be appropriate for decorating a plate of food; thus floral patterns are suitable, while figures of animals such as tats are not

5 Vegetables to be dipped into sauce should be cut to appropriate sizes.

6 Vegetables chosen for carving should be appropriate to the dish in which they are to be used ,and they should be vegetables which are resistant to wilting, such as carrots and Chines radishes. 

7 Care must be exercised during carving so as to avoid bruising fruit and vegetables.