Cooking terms

Question 1

Use a spoon to move circular or figure eight motions.

Answer 1

Stir

Question 2

Use spoon to stir two or more ingredients together thoroughly.

Answer 2

Blend, Mix, Combine

Question 3

Use to add air to foods, ex. beating eggs. You can use a wish, spoon, or electric mixer.

Answer 3

Beat

Question 4

Use a wire whisk or electric mixer to whip ingredients. This is rapid movement adds air and makes food fluffy.

Answer 4

Whip

Question 5

Use a spoon, beater, or mixer to combine ingredients until soft and creamy such as butter and sugar.

Answer 5

Cream

Question 6

Use a pastry blender or two knives using a cutting motion to mix solid fat with dry ingredients.

Answer 6

Cut in

Question 7

Use a rubber scraper to gently combine ingredients in a delicate mixture, such as adding a lighter ingredient to a heavier one. (ex, whip cream into cake batter)

Answer 7

Fold

Question 8

Chop food into pieces that are as small as possible, ex, mincing an onion.

Answer 8

Mince

Question 9

Cut food into irregular pieces,

Answer 9

Chop

Question 10

cutting off the outside of s fruit or vegetable.

Answer 10

Peel

Question 11

Rub food over a grater to make fine particle or shredded food.

Answer 11

Grate or Shred

Question 12

Moisten foods, such as meat, while cooking. Adds flavor and keeps food from drying out.

Answer 12

Baste

Question 13

Decorate a food dish with a small decorative food item, such as parsley springs, vegetable confetti, carrot cuts, or edible flowers.

Answer 13

Garnish

Question 14

Cooking a large pieces of meat or poultry in a shallow pan using dry heat. Using dry heat method the air circulates around the food, Always preheat your oven.

Answer 14

Roast

Question 15

Cooking food directly under heat source, Thus is also dry heat.

Answer 15

Broil

Question 16

Using dry heat method the air circulates around the food. Include cookies and cakes as well as meats and vegetables. Always preheat your oven.

Answer 16

Bake

Question 17

Heating liquid at a high temperature so that bubbles rise and break on the liquid surface.

Answer 17

Boiling

Question 18

Cooking food over boiling water rather that in it using a metal basket placed over the boiling water. Steaming vegetables is a healthy way to conserve the nutrients.

Answer 18

Steam

Question 19

Heating liquid to a temperature just below boiling point until bubbles barely break on the surface.

Answer 19

Simmer

Question 20

Food is cooked by completely covering it int fat.

Answer 20

Deep - Fat Frying

Question 21

Smaller amounts of fat are used to fry tender cuts of meat, fish, and eggs in a skillet.

Answer 21

Pan frying

Question 22

Involves stirring and cooking small pieces at high in little fat. Vegetables, meat, fish, and poultry can be sir - fried. Often done in a wonk.

Answer 22

Sir - Frying

Question 23

Pushing and folding,

Answer 23

Needing

Question 24

Ex. Toss sald

Answer 24

Toss