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Cooking Methods



Matching
 
 
Read each description carefully. Match each description with the correct key term. Use each term only once. Check your answers before turning in your paper.
a.
Dry cooking techniques
e.
Coagulate
b.
Evaporates
f.
Pigment
c.
Moist cooking techniques
g.
Caramelization
d.
Combination cooking
 

1. 

To use both moist and dry cooking techniques.
 

2. 

The process of cooking sugar to high temperatures.
 

3. 

To use metal, and the radiation of hot air, oil, or fat to transfer heat.
 

4. 

The matter in cells and tissue that gives them color.
 

5. 

To use liquid instead of oil for heat energy needed to cook food.
 

6. 

When the proteins in food change from a liquid or semi-liquid state to a drier, solid state.
 

7. 

Moisture that escapes into the air.
 
 
For each of the following examples, indicate whether the method of cooking is moist, dry, or combination cooking.
a.
Moist cooking
c.
Combination cooking
b.
Dry cooking
 

8. 

Braise
 

9. 

Stir Fry
 

10. 

Poach
 

11. 

Grill
 

12. 

Sauté
 

13. 

Steam
 

14. 

Stew
 

15. 

Boiling
 
 
Read each description carefully. Match each description with the correct key term. Use each term only once. Check your answers before turning in your paper.
a.
Carryover cooking
f.
Batter
b.
Sear
g.
Pan-fry
c.
Open-spit roast
h.
Deep-fried
d.
Dredging
i.
Recovery time
e.
Breading
j.
Broiling
 

16. 

To coat foods with flour or finely ground crumbs.
 

17. 

To cook food directly under a primary heat source.
 

18. 

Foods that are cooked completely submerged in heated fat or oil.
 

19. 

To quickly brown food at the start of the cooking process.
 

20. 

The cooking that takes place after you remove something from the heat source.
 

21. 

The time it takes for the fat or oil to return to the preset temperature.
 

22. 

The cooking style in which fat covers about one-half to three-quarters of the food.
 

23. 

To place the food on a metal rod or long skewer and slowly turn it over the heat source.
 

24. 

A coating made of eggs and crumbs.
 

25. 

A semi-liquid mixture containing ingredients such as flour, milk, and eggs.
 
 
Read each description carefully. Match each description with the correct key term. Use each term only once. Check your answers before turning in your paper.
a.
Boiling
f.
Poaching
b.
Convection
g.
Steaming
c.
Blanching
h.
Braising
d.
Parboiling
i.
Deglaze
e.
Simmering
j.
Stew
 

26. 

To partially cook food.
 

27. 

To cook food in a liquid between 150°–185°F.
 

28. 

A combination cooking technique with the food items cut into small pieces.
 

29. 

To cook foods in a closed environment using vapors.
 

30. 

To cook food in a liquid that is heated between 185º–200°F.
 

31. 

A moist cooking technique that is similar to blanching.
 

32. 

A long, slow cooking process that can make tough cuts of meat more tender.
 

33. 

When the liquid closest to the bottom of the pan is heated and rises to the top.
 

34. 

To loosen pan drippings with a small amount of liquid.
 

35. 

Cooking technique in which you bring a liquid to 212°F.
 



 
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