Cooking Techniques
This technique involves the cooking of food by immersion in water that has been heated to 212°F.
What is boiling?
This will always be the first thing you do when you come to cooking class. It is vital so we do not spread germs to what we cook.
What is washing our hands?
This type of cuisine would be classified as a "melting pot" of techniques and styles. Examples could range anywhere from cheeseburgers and hotdogs to barbeque and burritos.
What is American cuisine?
This is the amount of food groups that are on the USDA's MyPlate model. This model was used to showcase what an overall healthy eating pattern was using these groups as the building blocks.
What is 5?
This method of cooking involves the cooking of food in oil or another fat.
What is frying? (Will accept "what is sautéing?")
These two clothing choices will ensure you are as safe as possible in the kitchen. One ensures no sharp or hot items can drop onto your feet and one ensures you don't accidentally catch on fire.
What is closed-toed shoes and fitting clothing?
This cuisine's dishes are known for their bold and spicy flavors, colorful presentation, and the use of fresh ingredients such as avocado, tomatoes, chilies, and corn. Traditional flavors like mole, adobo, and salsa add an extra layer of complexity and depth to the dishes.
What is Mexican cuisine?
These three foods are often known as, "The Three Sisters."
What is corns, beans, and squash?
This method of cooking involves applying a dry, convection heat to your food in an enclosed environment.
What is baking?
This is the minimum, internal temperature that chicken must reach in order to become safe to eat.
What is 165 °F?
A typical meal usually consists of rice, soup and three to four side dishes. Dishes are made of seasonal vegetables, fresh seafood or bite-size portion of meat or poultry. This cuisine has many sub-categories, such as Szechuan.
What is Chinese cuisine?
This luncheon-meat found its' origins in Austin, Minnesota. A museum was built to commemorate this pantry staple that took the hearts of many Americans today.
What is Spam?
This method of cooking utilizes liquid to lift and incorporate flavorful, browned bits from the bottom of a pan, usually adding depth to sauces and gravies.
What is deglazing?
These three things are common tools to successfully putting out a grease fire.
What is baking soda, salt, and a fire extinguisher?
This type of cuisine is renowned worldwide for its wonderful use of herbs and spices. Examples include curries, chutneys and rice dishes.
What is Indian cuisine?
This is the amount of ton(s) (2000lbs.) of food Americans eat, on average, approximately each year.
What is 1 ton?
This type of cooking technique involves immersing food in boiling water, then QUICKLY plunging it into ice water to cease the cooking process.
What is blanching?
These are the 3 steps one would take were they to accidentally cut themselves (small) with a knife.
What is
1. Set the knife down. Do not continue what you are doing. Remain calm. Inform Andrew.
2. Walk over to the sink and rinse off your cut. Place a paper towel over it and apply pressure.
3. Go downstairs to receive first aid. This will be a bandage or, only in extreme cases, we will handle it with calls to paramedics.
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It uses vegetables, olive oil, grains, fish, and meat, including pork, poultry, veal and beef, lamb, rabbit, and goat. Other important ingredients include pasta, cheeses, lemon juice, herbs, olives and olive oil, and yogurt. One example would be a gyro.
What is Greek cuisine?
Many know that tomatoes are classified as 'fruit' by botanists around the world. These 3 "fruits" are actually classified as berries by botanists.
What are bananas, pumpkins, and lemons?