FOOD PREPARATION TERMS
BAKE
To cook food in an oven type
appliance. Covered or uncovered
containers maybe used. When
applied to uncovered meat it is
generally called roasting
BARBEQUE
To roast slowly in a grid- iron, over
coals, or under a free flame or even
in an electric unit, usually baste with
a highly seasoned sauce
BASTE
 The term is popularly applied to food
cooked in or served in barbeque sauce
BEAT
 To mix smoothly by introducing air in a
mixture using brisk, regular lifting
motion.
BLANCH
 (precook). To preheat in boiling water or
steam.
(1) Use to inactive enzymes and shrink food for
canning, freezing, and drying. Vegetables are
blanched in boiling water or steam, and fruits in
boiling fruit juice, syrup, water or steam. (2)
Use to aid in the removal of skins from nuts,
fruits and some vegetables.
 To mix two or more ingredients
thoroughly.
BOIL
 To cook in water or liquid in which
bubbles rise and break on the surface.
The boiling temperature of water at sea
level is 212˚F.
BLEND
BRAISE
 To cook slowly in a covered utensil in a
small amount of liquid or in steam
BROIL
 To cook by direct heat
CARAMELIZE
 To heat sugar or food containing sugar
until a brown color and characteristics
flavor develop due to a slight burning of
the sugar.
Chop
 To cut into pieces with a sharp tool, as a
knife
CODDLE
 To cook below boiling point usually
applied to eggs by pouring boiling water
over them.
DEGLAZE
 To remove meat dripping from cooking
utensils to be used in gravy or sauce.
DEHYDRATION
 A method of food preservation wherein
most of the water from a food is
removed, generally by heated air in a
mechanical dryer. Foods may be dried
in air, in super heated steam, in
vacuum, or in inert gas, or by direct
application of heat
DICE
 To cut in cubes, usually less than ½ inch
DOT
 To scatter small bits over the surface of food
DREDGE
 To sprinkle or coat with flour or other fine
substances
EMULSIFY
 To make an emulsion. When small drops of
one liquid are finely dispersed in another
liquid, an emulsion is formed. The drops are
held in suspension by an emulsifying agent,
which surrounds each drop to form a coating.
EVAPORATE
 The removal of water vapor commonly
accelerated by heating or vacuum
FLAKE
 To separate in layers food like cooked
chicken or fish that divides naturally
FOLD
 To combine by using motions, cuttings
vertically through the mixture and turning
over by sliding the implement across the
bottom of the mixing bowl with each turn
FREEZING
 A method of preserving food by cooling it very
rapidly in a low temperature (usually- 10˚F or
below) and maintaining it at a temperature
below 0˚F.
FRY
 To cook in fat, applied especially (1) in cooking
small amount of fat, also called sauté or pan-fry,
(2) in cooking in a deep layer of fat, also called
deep- fat frying.
GARNISH
 To decorate with small portions of colourful food
like celery, parsley and tomatoes.
GLACE
 To coat with a thin sugar syrup cooked to the
crack stage.
GRATE
 To reduce to fine pieces or shred by rubbing the
food against a rough or slightly perforated
surface.
GRIND
 To reduce to fine particles by cutting,
crushing or grinding
KNEAD
 To manipulate with pressing motion
accompanied by folding and stretching
LARD
 To insert stripe or fat, called lardoons, into or
to place slices of fat on top of uncooked lean
meat to give flavor to fish, and to prevent
surface drying.
MELT
 To liquefy by heat
MINCE
 To cut or chop into very small pieces
MIX
 To combine ingredients in any way that
effects a balance distribution
PAN- BOIL
 To uncover on a hot surface, usually a fry
pan. The fat is poured off as it accumulates
PAN-FRY
 To cook in a small amount of fat
PARCH
 To brown by means of dry heat; applied to
grain as corn
PARE
 To cut off the outside covering
PASTEURIZE
 To preserve by mild heating sufficiently to
destroy certain microorganisms and arrest
fermentation
PEEL
 To strip off the outside covering
POACH
 To cook in a hot liquid using precautions to
retain shape. The temperature varies with the
food. Eggs and fish are usually poached.
POT ROAST
 A term applied in cooking larger cuts of meat
by braising
PRESS
 To separate liquid portions by applying
pressure, as in making cider from apples or
extracting coconut milk form shredded
coconut
RENDER
 To remove the fat from connective tissues by
slow heating
REFINING
 To remove impurities from a material as in
refining sugar
ROAST
 To cook, uncovered, by dry heat. Usually
done in an oven, but occasionally in ashes,
under coals or on heated stones or metals.
SAUTE
 To brown or cook in a small amount of fat
SCALD
 (1) To heat milk to just below the boiling point
(2) To dip certain foods in boiling water
SCALLOP
 To bake food usually cut in pieces, with
sauce or other liquid.
SEAR
 To brown the surface of meat by a short
application of intense heat
SHRED
 To cut or tear food in a long, narrow pieces
SIMMER
 To cook in a liquid just below boiling point at
temperature of 185˚F to 210˚F.
SKIM
 To remove a floating layer of cream by
passing a “skimmer” under it, as skimming
cream from milk
STEEP
 To allow a substance to stand in liquid below
the boiling point for the purpose of extracting
flavor, color or other qualities
STEW
 To simmer in a small quantity of liquid
STIR
 To mix food material with a circular motion for
the purpose of blending or securing a
uniform consistency
STIR- FRY
 To fry quickly and turn the ingredients
frequently in small amount of fat
TOAST
 To brown by means of dry heat
TOSS
 To tumble ingredients lightly with a lifting
motion. To prevent crushing, use two
implements, two forks as a fork and spoon
TRUSS
 To tie meat of fowl with a string or fasten it
with pins or skewers so it keeps its shape
during cooking.
WHIP
 To beat rapidly to produce expansion, due to
incorporation of air as applied to cream,
eggs, and gelatin dishes

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  • 1.
  • 2.
    BAKE To cook foodin an oven type appliance. Covered or uncovered containers maybe used. When applied to uncovered meat it is generally called roasting
  • 3.
    BARBEQUE To roast slowlyin a grid- iron, over coals, or under a free flame or even in an electric unit, usually baste with a highly seasoned sauce
  • 4.
    BASTE  The termis popularly applied to food cooked in or served in barbeque sauce BEAT  To mix smoothly by introducing air in a mixture using brisk, regular lifting motion.
  • 5.
    BLANCH  (precook). Topreheat in boiling water or steam. (1) Use to inactive enzymes and shrink food for canning, freezing, and drying. Vegetables are blanched in boiling water or steam, and fruits in boiling fruit juice, syrup, water or steam. (2) Use to aid in the removal of skins from nuts, fruits and some vegetables.
  • 6.
     To mixtwo or more ingredients thoroughly. BOIL  To cook in water or liquid in which bubbles rise and break on the surface. The boiling temperature of water at sea level is 212˚F. BLEND
  • 7.
    BRAISE  To cookslowly in a covered utensil in a small amount of liquid or in steam BROIL  To cook by direct heat
  • 8.
    CARAMELIZE  To heatsugar or food containing sugar until a brown color and characteristics flavor develop due to a slight burning of the sugar. Chop  To cut into pieces with a sharp tool, as a knife
  • 9.
    CODDLE  To cookbelow boiling point usually applied to eggs by pouring boiling water over them. DEGLAZE  To remove meat dripping from cooking utensils to be used in gravy or sauce.
  • 10.
    DEHYDRATION  A methodof food preservation wherein most of the water from a food is removed, generally by heated air in a mechanical dryer. Foods may be dried in air, in super heated steam, in vacuum, or in inert gas, or by direct application of heat
  • 11.
    DICE  To cutin cubes, usually less than ½ inch DOT  To scatter small bits over the surface of food DREDGE  To sprinkle or coat with flour or other fine substances
  • 12.
    EMULSIFY  To makean emulsion. When small drops of one liquid are finely dispersed in another liquid, an emulsion is formed. The drops are held in suspension by an emulsifying agent, which surrounds each drop to form a coating. EVAPORATE  The removal of water vapor commonly accelerated by heating or vacuum
  • 13.
    FLAKE  To separatein layers food like cooked chicken or fish that divides naturally FOLD  To combine by using motions, cuttings vertically through the mixture and turning over by sliding the implement across the bottom of the mixing bowl with each turn
  • 14.
    FREEZING  A methodof preserving food by cooling it very rapidly in a low temperature (usually- 10˚F or below) and maintaining it at a temperature below 0˚F. FRY  To cook in fat, applied especially (1) in cooking small amount of fat, also called sauté or pan-fry, (2) in cooking in a deep layer of fat, also called deep- fat frying.
  • 15.
    GARNISH  To decoratewith small portions of colourful food like celery, parsley and tomatoes. GLACE  To coat with a thin sugar syrup cooked to the crack stage. GRATE  To reduce to fine pieces or shred by rubbing the food against a rough or slightly perforated surface.
  • 16.
    GRIND  To reduceto fine particles by cutting, crushing or grinding KNEAD  To manipulate with pressing motion accompanied by folding and stretching LARD  To insert stripe or fat, called lardoons, into or to place slices of fat on top of uncooked lean meat to give flavor to fish, and to prevent surface drying.
  • 17.
    MELT  To liquefyby heat MINCE  To cut or chop into very small pieces MIX  To combine ingredients in any way that effects a balance distribution PAN- BOIL  To uncover on a hot surface, usually a fry pan. The fat is poured off as it accumulates
  • 18.
    PAN-FRY  To cookin a small amount of fat PARCH  To brown by means of dry heat; applied to grain as corn PARE  To cut off the outside covering PASTEURIZE  To preserve by mild heating sufficiently to destroy certain microorganisms and arrest fermentation
  • 19.
    PEEL  To stripoff the outside covering POACH  To cook in a hot liquid using precautions to retain shape. The temperature varies with the food. Eggs and fish are usually poached. POT ROAST  A term applied in cooking larger cuts of meat by braising
  • 20.
    PRESS  To separateliquid portions by applying pressure, as in making cider from apples or extracting coconut milk form shredded coconut RENDER  To remove the fat from connective tissues by slow heating REFINING  To remove impurities from a material as in refining sugar
  • 21.
    ROAST  To cook,uncovered, by dry heat. Usually done in an oven, but occasionally in ashes, under coals or on heated stones or metals. SAUTE  To brown or cook in a small amount of fat SCALD  (1) To heat milk to just below the boiling point (2) To dip certain foods in boiling water
  • 22.
    SCALLOP  To bakefood usually cut in pieces, with sauce or other liquid. SEAR  To brown the surface of meat by a short application of intense heat SHRED  To cut or tear food in a long, narrow pieces
  • 23.
    SIMMER  To cookin a liquid just below boiling point at temperature of 185˚F to 210˚F. SKIM  To remove a floating layer of cream by passing a “skimmer” under it, as skimming cream from milk STEEP  To allow a substance to stand in liquid below the boiling point for the purpose of extracting flavor, color or other qualities
  • 24.
    STEW  To simmerin a small quantity of liquid STIR  To mix food material with a circular motion for the purpose of blending or securing a uniform consistency STIR- FRY  To fry quickly and turn the ingredients frequently in small amount of fat
  • 25.
    TOAST  To brownby means of dry heat TOSS  To tumble ingredients lightly with a lifting motion. To prevent crushing, use two implements, two forks as a fork and spoon TRUSS  To tie meat of fowl with a string or fasten it with pins or skewers so it keeps its shape during cooking.
  • 26.
    WHIP  To beatrapidly to produce expansion, due to incorporation of air as applied to cream, eggs, and gelatin dishes