Types of Cuts
This method of cutting means chopping ingredients into small pieces, typically for a stew, soup, or salad.
What is chop?
The first thing you do before cooking
What is washing your hands?
This character lives in a pineapple under the sea.
What is SpongeBob SquarePants?
This method of cooking involves submerging food in hot oil, like when making french fries or donuts.
What is deep-frying?
To place foods in a flavored liquid to infuse flavors.
What is a marinade?
This cut creates small, uniform cubes, often used for vegetables in stews or to make salsa.
What is dice?
Put these on before putting things in or out of the oven to avoid burns.
What are oven mitts?
This fruit has its seeds on the outside.
What is a strawberry?
This cooking method uses dry heat, usually in an oven, and is perfect for dishes like roasted chicken or baked cookies.
What is baking?
An asian cooking technique that quickly cooks meat and vegetables at medium-high heat with constant stirring in a small amount of oil?
What is stir-frying?
This technique involves cutting ingredients, like garlic or herbs, into very small, fine pieces, often to release more flavor.
What is mince?
These (part of item) should face inwards when cooking to keep food from falling off the stove and onto the floor
What are pan handles?
This candy shares its name with a body part and a slang word for being nervous.
What are Butterfingers?
When you cook food quickly in a small amount of oil over high heat, often with vegetables or meat, it's called this.
What is stir-frying?
What technique _____s the surface of food to create a crust that seals in its flavor?
What is searing?
This cut involves creating long, thin strips of vegetables or fruits, often used in dishes like stir-fries or salads.
What is julienne?
165° is the temperature which food should reach to eat safely
What is chicken/poultry?
Which U.S. coin has Thomas Jefferson on it?
What is the nickel?
This technique is used to cook food in boiling water, such as pasta or vegetables.
What is boiling?
These are the five flavors that make up how food tastes.
What is salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami?
This cut is even smaller than a dice, often used for finely chopped vegetables, and creates small, perfect cubes.
What is brunoise?
What temperature is recommended for your refrigerator?
What is 40°?
This is the only mammal capable of true flight.
What is a bat?
When you cook food gently in a liquid, like soup or stew, over low heat for a long time, it's called this.
What is simmering?
To toast spices in a pan before using them in a recipe, which intensifies flavors and aromas.
What is blooming?