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Basic Cooking Terms
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Subject
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cooking
Instructions:
Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To mix ingredients lightly without mashing or crushing them.
Season
Bread
Dice
Toss
2. To cook by dry heat usually in an oven
Toss
Roast
Mix
Bake
3. To bake - dry - or toast a food until the surface is brown.
Whip or Whisk
Brown
Sift
Barbecue
4. To even off dry ingredients using a flat spatula
Cut in
Beat
Julienne
Level Off
5. To mix by using circular motion - going around and around until blended
Knead
Roll
Stir
Cream
6. To heat a solid food - such as butter - until it becomes a liquid
Dice
Mix
Melt
Cube
7. To cook below the boiling point - bubbles form slowly and break on the surface.
Peel
Simmer
Barbecue
Grate
8. To coat food with butter - margarine - or egg - using a small brush.
Melt
Chill
Flour
Brush
9. To beat sugar and fat together until fluffy
Bread
Cream
Cool
Preheat
10. To cut fat into flour with two knives or pastry blender until it is distributed in small particles throughout the mixture.
Bake
Mince
Fold-in
Cut in
11. To remove or strip off the skin or rind of some fruits and vegetables.
Bread
Season
Flour
Peel
12. To bring a heating unit - like an oven - to a certain temperature
Preheat
Toss
Stir
Peel
13. To lower the temperature of a food - usually to room temperature
Chop
Broil
Boil
Cool
14. To mix ingredients by gently turning one part over another with a spatula
Simmer
Fry
Broil
Fold-in
15. To brush or pour liquid over food as it cooks to keep it moist
Dice
Baste
Cube
Steam
16. To cut into very small cubes.
Dice
Melt
Roast
Fry
17. To add salt - pepper - or other substances to food to enhance flavor.
Preheat
Season
Cream
Steam
18. To cut into small pieces.
Barbecue
Simmer
Fold-in
Chop
19. To put dry ingredients through a strainer / sifter to break up lumps and mix thoroughly
Brush
Sift
Cream
Mix
20. To cook over - under - or in front of hot coals or a gas or electric burner - or other form of direct heat.
Broil
Steam
Marinate
Preheat
21. To cut or chop food as finely as possible.
Stir
Mince
Brown
Marinate
22. To cook in the steam generated by boiling water.
Steam
Saute
Blend
Fold-in
23. To prepare food by applying heat in any form.
Chop
Cook
Blend
Grease
24. To ornament food - usually with another colorful food - before serving to add eye appeal.
Fry
Garnish
Dice
Cube
25. To combine 2 or more ingredients by beating or stirring into one mass
Cube
Mix
Brown
Cool
26. To place a coating over a food - such as bread crumbs or cracker crumbs
Fry
Bread
Blend
Roast
27. To cook in water or liquid in Which bubbles rise continually and break on surface
Boil
Julienne
Grease
Flour
28. To make mixture smooth by lifting it over and over quickly with a big beating stroke or to incorporate air through the mixture.
Bake
Beat
Season
Roll
29. To finely divide food in various sizes by rubbing it on a grater with sharp projections.
Grate
Cook
Saute
Boil
30. To sprinkle or coat with a powdered a powdered substance - usually with crumbs or seasonings.
Simmer
Flour
Broil
Bake
31. To work dough with the 'heel' of the hands - using a pressing motion - accompanied by folding and stretching until smooth and elastic.
Dice
Brush
Roll
Knead
32. To flatten to a desired thickness by using a rolling pin.
Cut in
Beat
Roll
Saute
33. To roast meat slowly on a spit rack or rack over heat - basting frequently with a seasoned sauce.
Sift
Cut in
Blend
Barbecue
34. To beat rapidly to introduce air bubbles into food. Applied to cream - eggs - and gelatin.
Cut in
Broil
Whip or Whisk
Toss
35. To refrigerate a food until it is completely cold
Chill
Cut in
Cool
Melt
36. To soak a food in a sauce before cooking to make it more tender or flavorful
Fry
Chill
Marinate
Cool
37. To cook meat - poultry - or vegetables in the oven with dry heat
Level Off
Broil
Roast
Fry
38. To cook food in a large amount of fat
Season
Beat
Fry
Stir
39. To cook in a small amount of fat - like mushrooms or onion
Saute
Bake
Preheat
Brush
40. To cut food into pieces about 1/2' square on all sides (There is small 1/4' - medium 1/2' - and large 3/4' cube)
Cook
Chill
Preheat
Cube
41. To mix two or more ingredients together until well combined.
Baste
Blend
Barbecue
Mince
42. To rub or spray fat on the surface of a cooking utensil or on the food itself
Grease
Melt
Cut in
Steam
43. To cut food into long - thin - match-like strips
Knead
Saute
Blend
Julienne