Measure
Cooking Terms
Measurements
Safety/Safe Food
Table Setting
100

What do you use to measure a liquid?

What is measure with a liquid measuring cup; check measurement at eye level.

100

This term means to mix firmly and quickly with a spoon, fork, whisk, or beaters.

What is beat?

100

tsp

What is teaspoon?

100
This is the direction that the knife blade should be at all times.
What is down and away from you
100
The side of the plate in which the napkin goes.
What is the left side
200

How many ounces are in a cup?

What is 8 ounces?

200
This term means to add something to another ingredient.
What is combine?
200

pt

What is pint?

200
This is the best way to determine if meat is cooked thoroughly.
What is use a meat thermometer
200

If you are using both a meat knife and a dinner knife, this is the one that goes right beside the plate.

What is the meat knife?

300
How do you measure brown sugar?
What is spoon into a dry measuring cup; pack down and level with straight edge.
300
What is the first thing you should do when beginning a recipe?
What is read the recipe all the way through?
300

lb

What is a pound?

300

Where should a pot/pan handle point when you leave it on the stovetop?

What is toward the middle of the stove; it should not hang over the edge?

300
This is the direction of the blade of the knife in a table setting.
What is toward the plate
400

What is the amount in a stick of butter?

What is 1/2 cup, 8 tbsp, 1/4 pound, or 4 oz.

400
This term means to cook below the boiling point so bubbles form slowly and break just below the surface of the liquid.
What is simmer?
400

tbsp

What is tablespoon?

400
Cutting vegetables on the same cutting boards for raw meat without cleaning first, using the same utensil to put raw burgers on the grill and to remove cooked burgers, not washing hands before touching food.
What is cross contamination?
400
This is where you place your knife once you are finished using it.
What is across the top of your plate
500
How do you measure flour?
What is spoon into a dry measuring cup; level; do not pack.
500
Please explain how one should slice vegetables such as cucumbers or squash.
What is hold vegetables under curled fingers; cut into thin, flat pieces.
500

oz

What is an ounce?

500
This is the maximum amount of time perishable foods can be kept at room temperature.
What is two hours
500
When beginning your meal, these are the utensils you start with.
What is the ones on the outer sides; work from the outside in
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