Fright Knife
Fright Knife
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- Description
- Julia Child called this 20-inch-long knife, with its serrated, stainless steel blade and rosewood handle, her “fright” knife. She wielded it in several of her early, televised cooking shows to great comic effect, memorably tapping each of the “Chicken Sisters” with its blade (“Miss Broiler! Miss Fryer! Miss Roaster! Miss Caponette! Miss Stewer! And Old Madame Hen!”) in a 1970 episode of The French Chef. A self-avowed “knife freak,” Julia accumulated a large collection of kitchen knives, and this one became a favorite prop for getting viewers’ attention on television.
- Object Name
- knife
- used
- United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 51.5 cm x 7 cm x 3 cm; 20 9/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/16 in
- ID Number
- 2001.0253.0549
- catalog number
- 2001.0253.0549
- accession number
- 2001.0253
- Credit Line
- Gift of Julia Child
- subject
- Entertainment, Film
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Occupations
- Julia Child's Kitchen
- Food
- FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
- Exhibition
- Food: Transforming the American Table
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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