Cooking Terms
Vitamins and Minerals
Proteins
Safe Cooking
Carbohydrates and Fats
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What is chop?
To cut into small pieces.
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What is another name of vitamin C?
Ascorbic Acid.
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What are amino acids?
The building blocks of proteins.
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What is the thing you use for reaching things on a higher shelf?
A step stool.
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What is the healthiest fat?
Monounsaturated Fat
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What is dredge?
To cut into very small pieces.
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What are the fat soluble vitamins?
Vitamins K, A, D, and E.
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What are complete proteins?
Animal products and tofu.
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What are the three times you should wash your hands while cooking?
Before cooking, during cooking, after cooking.
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What are the three types of carbohydrates?
Sugar, Starches, and Fiber.
300
What is Fold-In?
To combine two mixtures by gently cutting down through the mixture, across the bottom, and turning over near the surface.
300
What are the three Electrolytes?
Sodium, Chloride and Potassium.
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What are foods with less than 9 amino acids?
Incomplete proteins.
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What are three things to never put on a grease fire?
Water, sugar, and flour.
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What is complex carbohydrate?
The best energy source of the carbohydrates.
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What is Dice and Chop?
One is to cut into very small cubes, and the other is to cut into small pieces.
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What are the other names for Vitamins B1 and B2?
Thiamin and Riboflavin.
400
What are leaving agent, emulsifier, binder, thickener, and coating?
The five uses of an egg. (besides eating it plain)
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What is a sharp knife?
The safer knife when choosing from a dull or sharp knife.
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What is the amount of fiber an average American need?
20-35 grams.
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What is Sauté, Simmer, and Steam?
One is to brown or cook food in a small amount of fat over a low or medium heat, another is to cook food just below the boiling point, and the last is to cook by the vapor produced when water is heated to the boiling point.
500
What is cooking in larger pieces, using small amounts of water, cooking only until fork tender, cooking quickly, and saving the water used to boil with.
The five ways to preserve nutrients when cooking.
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What are combined incomplete proteins to make a complete protein?
Beans and Rice.
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What is temperature ground meats should be to be safe?
160 degrees.
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What are activity, age,and gender?
The three things a person's Caloric Needs are based on.
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