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