"Garnishes: Cucumber Shark"

We have began creating garnishes in this class and there will be three that we will be making: a cucumber shark, a watermelon basket and an apple bird. The first of the three is the cucumber shark. There are many different steps to building this underwater fish. First of all, a flat bottom must be cut. With that piece that you cut off, you can create the fins on the top and on the sides of the shark by cutting slits into the shark and pushing the pieces of cucumber into the slits. You can also cut out a mouth full of teeth as well as some gills. A tail can also be made with a different cucumber piece and a slit at the back of the cucumber and finally you can give the shark some eyes by using a rounded tool. The challenges with this task were the size of the cucumber (it was very small and that made it difficult to add details) as well as the ability to use a knife.