Kitchen Tools
Safety & Sanitation
Reading Recipes
Abbreviations and Equivalents
Cooking Terms
100
A piece of equipment designed to perform a specific task related to cooking, cleaning or preserving food.

Appliance

100

True or False:  Always cut with the knife blade angled away from you.

True

100

Food items needed to prepare a food recipe

ingredients

100

What is the abbreviation for cup?

c.

100

To remove the skin of a food using a knife or peeler.

Peel or pare

200

A non-electric, handheld kitchen tool used when preparing food

Utensil

200

Life pot and pan lids with the top facing toward you, so steam is released toward the back of the stove.

True

200
Another word for the number of servings a recipe will make is _______________.

Yield

200

What is the abbreviation for tablespoon

T. or Tbsp.

200

To cut into small pieces using a sharp knife, food processor or blender.

Chop

300

Pots, pans and skillets used on a cooktop.

Cookware

300

All perishable foods should be left out at room temperature non more than ____ hours

2

300

What is the term for clear measuring cups used for measuring water, milk or oil?

Liquid Measuring Cups

300

What is the abbreviation for teaspoon?

t. or tsp.

300
To beat quickly using a whisk or electric mixer to add air to one or more ingredients.

Whip

400

Cake, pie, muffin, and pizza pans, cookie sheets, and roasting pans used in ovens.

Bakeware

400

Sickness caused by a harmful substance not meant to be in food such as pathogens like viruses, bacteria, and toxins

Foodborne illness

400

The type of measuring cups used for measuring flour, sugar, or oatmeal.

Dry measuring cups

400

There are ____ cups in a pint.

2
400

To cook by direct heat, placing the food under the heat source.

Broil

500
The appliance that uses high frequency energy waves to cook food

Microwave

500

The word for the spreading of contaminants from one surface to another.

Cross contamination

500

Type of measuring utensil used for small amounts of both liquid or dry ingredients such as salt, baking powder or vanilla.

Measuring Spoons

500

How many cups are there in a gallon?

16

500

To cook in fat until the surface of the food turns brown.

Brown

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