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When does a food scale or portion scale come in handy?
When the recipe gives the amount of an ingrediant by weight.
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What is a work plan?
this is a list of all the tasks required to complete the recipe and estimate of how much time each task will take
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What is cookware?
Equipment for cooking food on top of the range,
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What is used for tenderizing meat?
A mallet
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What is "Au Gratin"?
Food sprinkled with with grated cheese and browned
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Give two examples of why you may want to change a recipe.
- Make it more healthy - Less expensive - increase or decrease recipe yield - dont have the ingrediants
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What are the 3 steps in an effective schedule?
1. Consult you workplan for the estimated time each task will take to complete 2. Add these times to the total preparation time. 3. Subtract the total preparation time from the time you want the food to be ready.
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What is bakeware?
Equipment for cooking food in the oven.
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What knife is used to cut vegetables and cheese?
A utility knife
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What does to "coddle" mean?
To cook for a short time slowly and gently in water just below the boiling point i.e. eggs
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How can you reduce the amount of fat in a dish?
-Change ingredients -Change cooking method -Change amount of ingredients
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As you gain food preparation experience, you will notice an obvious ________ in your _____.
Improvement Skills
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What is a general rule for cookware and bakeware?
They should all be washed in hot water with dish detergent.
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What type of knife is used to carving and slicing meat and poultry?
A carving knife
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What is a dried vegetable such as beans, peas or lentils called?
Legumes
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Why would you want to reduce the amount of sodium in a dish?
Most people take far more sodium then the body needs. This excess can have harmful effects.
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What is a good rule of thumb for beginning cooks?
Allow more time then the recipe suggests
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What is an instant-read thermometer used for?
Used to measure the internal temperature of foods at the end of cooking time.
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What cooking tool is used for flattening dough?
A rolling pin
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What is another phrase for melted butter?
Drawn butter
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What happens when you cook at a high altitude?
-Water boils at a lower temperature so food takes longer to cook. -the air pressure gets lower so baked goods are less likely to rise and more likely to be heavy.
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What does "to dovetail" mean?
It means to fit different tasks together smoothly.
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Whats the difference between glass pans and metal pans?
Glass absorbs more heat so you need to reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees F or 14 degrees C.
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What cooking tool is used to drain the water from pasta?
A colander
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How do you "score" something?
Using a knife, cut narrow gashes or slits part way through fat on outer surface of meat to prevent curling when cooking