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Whenever some kind of liquid is involved in cooking food, it is being prepared with a "moist-heat method." When you boil eggs, steam Hot Dogs, or stew beef, you are taking advantage of moist-heating - you are letting the heat travel through the liquid to the food.

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"Wet heat " are these methods: braising, stewing, poaching, simmering, steaming and boiling.

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Wet cooking is the cooking method by which liquid is used. The 6 common wet methods are: Braising, Boiling, Stewing, Simmering, Poaching and Steaming.

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