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100
Cutting food into 1/8-1/4 inch squares.
What is dice?
100
The cooking method where no water or other liquid is added. Fats, such as oil or butter ARE allowed.
What is dry heat method?
100
Quickly frying in oil, butter, etc., while shaking. "Jump" in French.
What is saute?
100
Beating or mixing very rapidly to incorporate air and make a mixture light and fluffy, as in egg whites or cream.
What is whip?
100
The amount of butter in one stick.
What is 1/2 cup?
200
Leaving a small opening in the covering of a container in the microwave to let steam escape.
What is vent?
200
Spooning or brushing liquid over cooking food, such as meat, to keep it moist and add flavor.
What is baste?
200
This and "roast" are the same oven-cooking process, used for describing cooking cakes, breads, casseroles, etc.
What is bake?
200
Cooking in liquid very rapidly, with many bubbles rising continuously to the surface.
What is boil?
200
The abbreviation for tablespoon.
What is T. or tbsp. or Tbsp.?
300
Soaking food in a liquid to give it flavor and/or tenderize it before cooking it.
What is marinate?
300
Adding salt, pepper, or other spices.
What is season?
300
This and "stew" are the same cooking process, but this is the word used for large pieces of meat instead of small pieces of meat.
What is braise?
300
Cooking in boiling liquid in which the bubbles rise slowly to the surface.
What is simmer?
300
The number of tablespoons in one cup.
What is 16?
400
Folding dough and pressing it with the heel of your hand.
What is knead?
400
A cooking method in which water or other liquid is added.
What is moist-heat method?
400
Cooking is very hot water, just below the boiling point.
What is poach?
400
The number of teaspoons in a tablespoon.
What is 3?
400
The number of ounces in a cup.
What is 8?
500
Using a pastry blender or your fingers to blend fat into flour.
What is cut in?
500
A combination method of cooking in which a food is browned in oil then cooked in water or other liquid.
What is "combination" method?
500
The cooking method where water or other liquid is added to the food.
What is moist-heat method?
500
Abbreviation for teaspoon.
What is t. or tsp.?
500
The abbreviation for cup.
What is c.?
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