Turned Carrots?

[Luc_H]

I have a French keyboard so I can type tourné very easily....

also soufflé, crème glacée, champêtre, comment ça va... and so much more...

héhéhé!
Luc H.

[shel]

Tourné can be typed on a plain old American keyboard as well.

scb

[OregonYeti]

I can copy and paste

soufflé, crème glacée, champêtre, comment ça va...

[AllanMcPherson]

I used to hate turning veg, now, funny enough, I only do it home, to unwind. And yes, I put that on my resume.

Once you're good at it the waste isn't so bad. I remember at school our beginner class started off with something like 40-50% waste. Bowls overflowing with trim, good lord that was shameful! Of course all that waste was put to use in the production kitchen. Except for turnips. A couple of Chefs encouraged us, unofficially of course, to accidentally throw turnip trim away. 15 Kilo's of turnip trim for staff meals gets a little old I guess.

As an aside turning doesn't just apply to the barrel shaped roots and tubers. I was taught that the term generally refers to any veg. trimming that is done off board (such as artichokes, or fluting mushrooms).

--Al

[DC Sunshine]

Originally Posted by boar_d_laze

The idea from a culinary standpoint is to have the veg cut to the same size so that every piece is cooked a point at the same moment. Veg saute extremely well cut this way. They really hop around the pan, provided it isn't warped -- in which case they all roll downhill.

BDL

My Chef used to want to throttle me when I didn't cut the carrots the same size (no matter what the shape was). I was green, had just come from being the dishwasher to being a kitchen hand - totally thrown into it with no training but they must have seen some sort of promise ( I ended up alright I guess).

She was a fiery little Italian lady and would yell at me "What would your mother say if you served her carrots cut like that?!?!?!" I replied, "She'd eat them, because she loves me" That gave her the best laugh I ever heard her have. Then she calmly explained why. I was 17 and knew nothing. She ended up becoming a very good friend after that. All over a carrot . Go figure