Food Safety
Last date recommended for a product to be used at peak quality.
What is use-by-date?
The process of heating sugar.
An oven safe string.
What is kitchen twine, cooking string, or butcher's twine?
A dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hardened caramelized sugar.
What is a crème brûlée?
Are white at the bottom with frilly roots, and then green from the middle to the tops.
What are scallions/green onion?
Date by which a product should be eaten for best flavor or quality.
What is best-by-date?
A cooking technique for removing and dissolving browned food residue from a pan to flavor sauces, soups, and gravies.
What is deglazing?
A kitchen utensil for obtaining zest from lemons and other citrus fruit.
What is a zester?
A frozen dessert made using ice combined with fruit juice, fruit purée, or other ingredients.
What is sorbet?
The dried thread-like parts of this purple flower (stigmas) is used for cooking.
What is saffron?
The temperature range in which disease causing bacteria grow best in TCS food.
What is 41 degrees Fahrenheit to 135 degrees Fahrenheit?
The process by which foods are briefly submerged in boiling water and then immediately cooled to stop further cooking.
What is blanching?
A rectangular tool that can be used to scrape work surfaces clean in the kitchen.
What is a bench scraper?
Japanese noodles made from buckwheat flour. Can be served hot, or cold.
What is soba?
A strong-smelling underground fungus that resembles an irregular, rough-skinned potato, growing chiefly in broadleaved woodland on calcareous soils.
What are truffles?
Process of gradually thawing frozen food in preparation for deep-frying.
What is slacking?
A French cooking technique used to finely cut herbs or leafy greens vegetables into long, thin strips.
What is Chiffonde?
Mounted on the handle is a rounded stick-like rod—typically made from steel, ceramic, or diamond-coated steel.
What is a honing steel?
A Japanese plant with a thick green root which tastes like strong horseradish and is used in cooking, especially in powder or paste form as an accompaniment to raw fish.
What is wasabi?
A orange or red-colored fruit that resembles a small tomato but tastes extremely sweet.
What is persimmon?
Ready to Eat Foods
What is RTE Foods?
A method of cooking food, especially meat or fish, by vacuum-sealing and immersing in warm water.
What is sous vide?
A kitchen tool used for blending soups, sauces, and other liquids. (Can be used for emulsifying).
What is an immersion blender?
A specialty food product made of the liver of a duck or goose.
What is foie gras?
A starchy root vegetable with a brown outer skin and a white flesh with purple specks.
What is taro?