To add salt, pepper, herbs, or spices to add to the flavor of a good.
What is season?
100
Heating liquid at a high temperature so that bubbles rise and break on the liquid surface.
What is boiling?
100
Keep these sharp to avoid slipping while cutting.
What are knives?
100
To use a spoon to make circular or figure eight motions.
What is stir?
100
To do this, rub food over a grater to get fine particles, such as cheese.
What is grate?
200
Decorate a food dish with a small food item, such as with parsley, a carrot curl, or an edible flower.
What is garnish?
200
This method requires that food be cooked uncovered without adding liquid.
What is dry-heat cooking?
200
This occurs when harmful bacteria are transferred from one food to another.
What is cross-contamination?
200
To incorporate air into a mixture to make it light and fluffy.
What is whip?
200
Chop food into pieces that are as small as possible.
What is mince?
300
To cover the surface of a food with a dry ingredient, such as flour cornmeal or dry bread crumbs.
What is coat?
300
Dry-heat cooking method in which food is cooked directly over or under the source of heat.
What is broiling?
300
To avoid this, you should avoid wearing dangling jewelry or loose fitting clothes while cooking.
What are kitchen fires or fires?
300
When measuring these, make sure to bend down to check the measurement at eye level for an accurate reading.
What are liquids?
300
To cut food into small, squared pieces.
What is cube or dice?
400
Moisten foods, such as meat, while cooking. It adds flavor and helps keep food from drying out.
What is baste?
400
When a recipe calls for this, it means heating a liquid to a temperature just below the boiling point until bubbles barely break on the liquid surface.
What is simmering?
400
To prevent this, be sure to use thick, dry potholders when handling hot cookware.
What is a burn?
400
This has a small bowl and a long handle for dipping hot liquids from a pan.
What is a ladle?
400
To cut a food in large, thin pieces.
What is slice?
500
This method refers to food cooked uncovered in an oven, such as large pieces of meat or poultry.
What is roasting?
500
When thinly sliced vegetables such as onions are cooked in a very small amount of fat, it's called this.
What is sauteing?
500
To prevent this in the kitchen, keep drain cleaners, household cleaners, and other poisons in their original containers.
What is poisoining?
500
This is a method of cooking food over boiling water rather than in it.
What is steaming?
500
When you do this, you cut foods into long, thin strips of food.