1. Food Prep Home & Careers 7 grade

2.  Use a spoon to make circular or figure eight motions.

3.  Use a spoon to stir two or more ingredients together thoroughly.

4.  Used to add air to foods. You can use a whisk, spoon or electric mixer.  ex. beating eggs.

5.  This rapid movement adds air and makes food fluffy.  Use a wire whisk or electric mixer to whip ingredients.

6.  Use a spoon, electric mixer, or Kitchen Aid mixer to combine ingredients.  Cream butter and sugars until soft and creamy.

7.  Use a pastry blender or two knives, using a cutting motion to mix solid fat with dry ingredients.

8.  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)

9.  Chop food into pieces that are as small as possible  ex. mincing an onion.

10.  Cut off the outside covering of a fruit or vegetable  Ex. Paring an carrot or peeling a potato.

11.  Rub food over a grater to make fine particles or shredded food  ex. Grating cheese.

12.  Moisten foods,such as meat, while cooking. Adds flavor and keeps food from drying out.

13.  Decorate a food dish with a small decorative food item, such as parsley sprigs, vegetable confetti, carrot curls, or edible flowers.

14.  Cooking large pieces of meat or poultry in a shallow pan using dry heat.  Always preheat your oven before you Roast

15.  Cooking food directly under a heat source. This is also using dry heat.

16.  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.

17.  Heating liquid at a high temperature so that bubbles rise and break on the liquid surface.  Boiling point is 212°F

18.  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.

19.  Heating liquid to a temperature just below boiling point until bubbles barely break on the liquid surface.

20.  Food is cooked by completely covering it in fat.  Ex. French fries, fried chicken, onion rings.

21.  Smaller amounts of fat are used  Ex. fry tender cuts of meats, fish, and eggs in a skillet.

22.  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.

23.  To lightly mix ingredients  Example: to toss a salad

24. To mix by folding, stretching, or pressing dough Example: kneading biscuit dough, kneading pizza dough