Measuring/Recipe
Kitchen Math
Knife Skills
Dry-Heat
Moist Heat
100
The number of servings or the amount the recipe makes.
What is the yield?
100
How many quarts are in a gallon?
What is 4 quarts?
100
The Batonnet cut consist of what dimensions?
What is 1/4 X 1/4 X 2?
100
Food is immersed (completely covered in hot fat and fried until done.
What is deep frying?
100
Surrounding food in steam in a confined space such as a steamer basket or steam cabinet.
What is steaming?
200
This item is always packed when measured in a dry measuring cup.
What is brown sugar?
200
How many pints are in 2 Gallons?
What is 16 pints?
200
What dimensions and cut were the potatoes that were used in the potato lab?
What is a medium dice? 1/2 in X 1/2 in by 1/2 in
200
Fat is added in a pan before heating food. Food must be flipped over. Hot oils seal the food.
What is pan-frying?
200
Long, slow cooking. Searing the food in hot oil enough to partially cover food, about half way up the food item.
What is braising?
300
The heaviness of an object. The amount of space something takes up. Number of items.
What is weight, volume, and count?
300
Name the following abbreviations... qt. lb. gal. fl. oz
What is quart, pound, gallon, and fluid ounce?
300
Fine grain tool used for sharpening knives.
What is a whetstone?
300
To cook rapidly in a small amount of fat in a shallow pan. Typically used for vegetables.
What is sauteing?
300
Cook foods at a slightly higher temperature than other moist methods. Bubbles barely break the surface. Hint: Alfredo Sauce
What is Simmering?
400
I am used to level off dry ingredients in the kitchen and flip items over.
What is a straight spatula?
400
3 gallons of milk = ____ oz
What is 384 oz? 8 oz in a cup. 16 cups in a gallon. 16*3=48. 48*8=384 oz.
400
Disk shaped slices with an 1/8 inch thickness.
What is a Rondelle cut?
400
Food cooked with the heat source right above.
What is broiling?
400
Cut food into bite-sized pieces. Put a lot of liquid into stockpot to let cook and cover the pot.
What is stewing?
500
The individual amount that serves a person.
What is the portion size?
500
Use the least amount of measurement... 15 teaspoons=?
What is 5 Tbsp or 1/4 C + 1 Tbsp?
500
This type of knife is used for chopping, slicing, and mincing. Called the all purpose knife.
What is a chef's knife?
500
Transfer of heat from one item to another when the items come into direct contact with each other. Transfer of heat caused by molecules from a warmer area to a cooler one. Does not require physical contact between the heat source and the food being cooked.
What is conduction, convection, and radiation?
500
A variation of boiling. Partially cook food then finish it later. Remove from pot, then shock it by placing in ice water.
What is blanching?
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