How to Remove Garnishments

Garnishments might make foods too sweet or too sour.

Playful food garnishments make your favorite dishes look more eye appealing and invite guests to sample them. However, sometimes a food garnishment can be a bit much. Garnishments that are too seasoned or too complicated-looking might actually take away from your dishes. If you've received foods from a caterer that don't meet your standards or have decided to offer simpler dishes then you should remove the garnishments. Remove the extras carefully so your dish is intact and remains attractive to guests. Does this Spark an idea?

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Platter
Tongs
Small spoon

Instructions

- 1
  
  Transfer the sandwiches from one platter to another, removing any fruit or vegetable garnishments or doilies.
- 2
  
  Use small tongs to remove decorative fruits or vegetables from dishes. Remove julienne or curly carrots. Also remove any tomato roses, strawberry fans or cucumber balls.
- 3
  
  Scrape off nonpareils or small candies from cake frosting by using a small spoon.