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Food Prep
Home & Careers
7 grade
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Use a spoon to make circular or figure eight
motions.
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Use a spoon to stir two or more ingredients
together thoroughly.
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Used to add air to foods. You can use a whisk,
spoon or electric mixer.
ex. beating eggs.
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This rapid movement adds air and makes
food fluffy.
Use a wire whisk or electric mixer to whip
ingredients.
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Use a spoon, electric mixer, or Kitchen Aid
mixer to combine ingredients.
Cream butter and sugars until soft and
creamy.
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Use a pastry blender or two knives, using a
cutting motion to mix solid fat with dry
ingredients.
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Use a rubber scraper to gently combine
ingredients in a delicate mixture.
Such as adding a lighter ingredient to a
heavier one. (ex. Whip cream into cake
batter)
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Chop food into pieces that are as small as
possible
ex. mincing an onion.
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Cut off the outside covering of a fruit or
vegetable
Ex. Paring an carrot or peeling a potato.
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Rub food over a grater to make fine particles
or shredded food
ex. Grating cheese.
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Moisten foods ,such as meat, while cooking.
Adds flavor and keeps food from drying out.
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Decorate a food dish with a small decorative
food item, such as parsley sprigs, vegetable
confetti, carrot curls, or edible flowers.
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Cooking large pieces of meat or poultry in a
shallow pan using dry heat.
Always preheat your oven before you Roast
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Cooking food directly under a heat source.
This is also using dry heat.
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Using a dry heat method the air circulates
around the food.
Baking can include cookies and cakes as well
as meats and vegetables.
Always preheat your oven before you bake.
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Heating liquid at a high temperature so that
bubbles rise and break on the liquid surface.
Boiling point is 212°F
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Cooking food over boiling water rather than
in it using a metal basket placed over the
boiling water.
Steaming vegetables is a healthy way to
conserve the nutrients.
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Heating liquid to a temperature just below
boiling point until bubbles barely break on
the liquid surface.
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Food is cooked by completely covering it in
fat.
Ex. French fries, fried chicken, onion rings.
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Smaller amounts of fat are used
Ex. fry tender cuts of meats, fish, and eggs in
a skillet.
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Involves stirring and cooking small pieces of
food quickly at high heat in little fat.
Vegetables, meat, fish, and poultry can be
stir-fried.
Stir-frying is often done in a wok.
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To lightly mix ingredients
Example: to toss a salad
To mix by folding, stretching, or
pressing dough
Example: kneading biscuit dough,
kneading pizza dough