Kitchen Tools
This tool is used to remove the outer layer of vegetables like carrots or potatoes.
What is a peeler?
Cooking food in boiling water.
What is boiling?
You should wash your hands for at least this many seconds.
What is 20 seconds?
1 cup equals this many tablespoons.
What is 16 tablespoons?
The French term “mise en place” means this.
What is “everything in its place”?
This tool is used to blend ingredients together smoothly, often for cakes or batter.
What is a whisk?
Cooking with dry heat in an oven.
What is baking?
Raw meat should always be stored on this shelf in the refrigerator.
What is the bottom shelf?
To get an accurate measure of flour, you should do this before leveling it off.
What is spoon it in and level it with a knife?
This is the process of heating sugar until it melts and turns golden brown.
What is caramelization?
You would use this tool to measure small amounts of ingredients like salt or baking powder.
What are measuring spoons?
Cooking quickly in a small amount of oil over high heat.
What is sautéing?
The danger zone for food temperature is between these two degrees Fahrenheit.
What is 40°F and 140°F?
This is the difference between dry and liquid measuring cups.
What is one is meant to be filled to the top, the other to the line?
A combination of onions, celery, and carrots used as a flavor base in cooking.
What is mirepoix?
This knife is the most commonly used for chopping vegetables and slicing meat
What is a chef’s knife?
Cooking food using steam from boiling water.
What is steaming?
This type of cutting board should be used for raw meats to prevent cross-contamination.
What is a plastic cutting board?
This ingredient helps baked goods rise by creating gas bubbles when heated.
What is baking powder or baking soda?
This kitchen term means to cut food into very small, even pieces.
What is dice?
This piece of equipment is used to remove lumps from dry ingredients like flour.
What is a sifter?
Cooking food slowly in liquid at a low temperature, below boiling.
What is simmering?
Raw meat should always be stored on this shelf in the refrigerator.
What is the bottom shelf?
When measuring brown sugar, it should be done this way.
What is packed firmly into the cup?
The five basic tastes are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and this.
What is umami?