Recipe Abbreviations
Kitchen Equipment
Safety and Sanitation
Measuring
Cooking terms
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What is tsp?

Teaspoon.

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What kitchen tool is used to flip pancakes or remove cookies from a cookie sheet?

Turner

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What should you always do before cooking?

Wash your hands.

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What measuring tool would you use to measure 1 cup of flour?

Dry measuring cup.

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Cook by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame

Bake

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Abbreviations for cup.

c

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What tool measures small ingredients?

Measuring spoons.

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 What should you do if you spill something on the floor?

Clean up immediately.

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How do you properly measure brown sugar?

Pack it in.

200

A circular or figure 8 motion

Stir.
300

What is 0F?

Degrees Fahrenheit

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What do you crack eggs into?

Custard cup.

300

How can you prevent cross-contamination?

Use separate cutting boards for meat and vegetables

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Describe the process to measure a dry ingredient.

Scoop, heap, level.

300

A technique, typically for butter and sugar, where you beat them together until the mixture is light, fluffy, and pale

Cream

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Abbreviation for tablespoon.

T., tbsp., tbs.

400

What tool levels off dry ingredients?

Straight edge spatula

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What temperature water should you use to wash dishes?

Hot.

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Describe how to measure a liquid ingredient using a liquid measuring cup.

Put cup on a flat surface, fill to the needed amount, view at eye level and adjust.

400
To cook by direct heat.

Broil.

500

What is the abbreviation for dozen?

doz.

500

Used to beat ingredients and add air into a mixture.

Whisk.

500

Use a _________ to reach high places.

Step stool.

500

How do you measure flour in a dry measuring cup?

Spoon flour into the cup, heap, and level.

500

To heat a liquid until bubbles break BELOW the surface, just below the boiling point.

Simmer.