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Steak & accessoires

Steak & accessories

Essentiel pour tout amateur de viande A steak knife is a sharp table knife, which
rouge, un beau couteau à steak est is often featured with a serrated blade,
indispensable ! used for cutting that well prepared ribeye,
Il est rare que ce genre de couteau T-bone or fillet mignon...
ne serve qu’à découper du bœuf, These steak knives emerged during the
tant leurs lames en dents de scie sont 1940s and became an instant hit. Prior
efficaces pour découper quasiment to that, all table knives were sharp, but
tous les aliments… Le couteau à steak required frequent upkeep – sharpening
and polishing. With the decline in
peut être autant utilisé à table mais domestic workers (household servants),
aussi en cuisine.
this up-keep became less feasible.
Les couteaux à steak haut de gamme In the 1950s heat treatment of stainless
ont une lame lisse, ce qui permet de steel was introduced, allowing knives to
trancher et non de déchirer la viande. remain sufficien-tly sharp without needing
Certains ont également une lame serrations, but by this point serrated steak
micro-dentée qui permet un entretien knives had become well-established and
facile (pas d’affûtage). continued to be best sellers.

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