Not all plate decorations need to be carved, this is a self-created assembly flower.
Dear friends, you can also use carrot and white radish to make it, but the radish tissue is a little too hard, so you need to cut it thinner when making it, and then soak it in light salt water for a while to make it softer.

Tools used: chopper, paring knife, scissors.

🌸🌸🌸The first step is to cut the surrounding edge first:

1. Wash a cucumber and cut the bevel with a kitchen knife or fruit knife.

2. Along the inclined plane, we cut out the first knife, which is about 1.5 to 2mm wide. (as shown in the figure) Do not cut off the upper side of the cucumber, leaving about 5 to 6mm.

3. The second knife is completely cut off as shown in the figure to obtain a pattern like a small clip.

4. Place the cut patterns as shown in the figure, and try to cut them evenly.

5. If the end is not cut off, the cut is slightly wider. We can use a fruit knife to trim it slowly, so as to make the pattern more neat and beautiful.

6. The white round plate I use is 8 inches, and about 24 or 25 pieces are used to make a full circle.

🌸🌸🌸The second step is to make flowers:

1. Use a peeler to cut the cucumber peel (parents can cut it longer. I didn't take any photos when I was making flowers.) When cutting, try to be thin and even.

2. Use scissors to cut out this pattern, which is about 3.3cm long. Cut out 5 to 6 wide petals to make the periphery. Cut out 5 to 6 narrower ones and make the inner petals. The oval shape of the petals does not have to be exactly the same. Personally, I think the petals are exactly the same, and the whole flower shape will be somewhat inflexible.
🌸(Note: Cucumber flower petals, do not use the core with cucumber seeds. The number of petals is about 10 or 12 petals, the number can be according to their own preferences)

3. Cut a cucumber segment about 1.8cm long, cut off the green skin, and cut it round as much as possible with a knife, leaving a width of about 2.7cm.

4, hollow in the middle, about 1.2 to 1.4cm wide round hole, not too wide as far as possible round. (If there are more petals, the round hole can be wider. If there are fewer petals, the round hole will be smaller.)

5. Peel a carrot peel with a width of 1.6 to 1.8cm and a length of about 2.2cm. Cut into flower spikes about 2mm wide (pictured)

6. Take the peeled cucumber skin and use scissors to cut out the leaf shape as shown in the figure. (There is no limit to the quantity, which can be used according to your preference.)

🌸🌸🌸Step 3: Prepare all the petals, flower cores, leaves, etc. to be used, and start combining flowers.

(1) See if the length of the petals and the perforated cucumber segment is consistent (as shown in the figure). If the petals are too long, cut the thin end of the petals.
First take a wider petal and fix it on the cucumber with the pointed part of the toothpick (as shown in the figure).
(After getting familiar with it, you can fix it here without a toothpick.)

(2) Fix the second, third and fourth pieces according to the figure, and do not need to fix the latter. (Because cucumbers have water content, the water seeping from the cucumber skin will cause adhesion between the petals.)

(3) The fifth petal, one petal by one, assembled as shown in the figure.

(4) The sixth petal, one petal by one, assembled as shown in the figure.

(5) With the increase of the number of petals, the holes become smaller and smaller. At this time, we can ask "kitchen universal toothpick" to help. Figure

(6) all petals assembled.

(7) Finally, press the stamens with toothpicks.

(8) Are the flowers with leaves much more beautiful!😊

The biggest advantage of this dish is that it does not waste vegetables. The periphery of the dish is no more than we cut cucumber slices. After all the dishes are ready, we are making a small dish of dipping sauce (sweet noodle sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil. If you feel the taste is weak, you can add some old dopted mother chili sauce). Do it well → serve it on the table → enjoy it → dip it in sauce. (My family often puts a dish of dipping sauce, 1. save trouble, 2. salty and conceited)
As for the assembled flowers, we will not eat them if they are cut and pinched. Put into a small container with a lid, sprinkle a little water into the refrigerator, generally can be stored for 2-3 days. (I mostly keep it for two days)

(Note: After reading some of my parents' works, I used cucumber cores as petals when making cucumber flowers. Here is a reminder, don't use cucumber cores. Pruned petals can clearly see immature cucumber seeds. After such petals are made, they will certainly look rough.
Any handmade requires patience, care and practice many times!)