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Cooking Terminology
Find out what cooking terms mean before you flambe your bananas, caramelize your onions, or julienne your carrots.
709 Questions
What does dl mean in cooking you want 3 dl of cream and 2dl of sugar?
More easily put, a dl is equal to 1/2 cup.
Deciliters. A deciliter is one tenth of a liter, or 10 centiliters. Or 100 milliliters.
I would strongly suggest finding a cook book that is not in the metric system :)
What is the meaning of his cake is dough?
Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough., Anything of the consistency of such paste.
What is the meaning of horse gram bean in gujarati?
In India, it is also known as Gahat, Muthira, Kulath or Kulthi, ಹುರಳಿ (huraLi).
What does milanese mean in cooking?
I have a friend that says the term "Milanese stlye" means that the meat is pounded in to thin scallopini....I think the term "Milanese" refers to a regional style of cooking that makes reference to the sauce. Who is correct?
"Edible" can be used as an adjective OR as a noun in a sentence.
When used as an adjective, "edible" is defined as something that is fit to be eaten; esculent, eatable.
I am not convinced that that is edible road kill. (Adjective usage)
When used as a noun, "edible" is defined as an edible substances; food.
Rice and broccoli are edibles. ([Plural] noun usage)
What does emulsification mean in cooking?
An emulsion is a fat suspended in a liquid. You get stable ones such as mayonnaise and unstable ones like salad dressing. It's a fat a liquid and an acid. E.g. olive oil = fat, vinegar + limejuice = acid and water = liquid ( salad dressing ) don't forget your seasoning.
What kind of radiation cooks food?
- oven/stove emits infrared radiation
- microwave cooker uses microwave electromagnetic radiation to cook but uses shielding to keep it from being emitted
- toaster emits infrared radiation
- toaster oven emits infrared radiation
- refrigerator/freezer emits waste heat as infraredradiation
- any appliance with lights emits visible lightradiation
- any smart appliance providing network connectivity emits radio frequency electromagnetic radiation
- etc.
What is the meaning of dairy free?
Dairy-free is food that does not contain dairy. Not to be mean, but it practically says it in the name.
What is the difference between pan fried and pan seared?
fried, is when you cook any food in the frying pan and keep the saturated fat with it. Deep fried food, is when you cook it with FAT/OIL and keep the saturated fat as well.
You can also distinguish between shallow fried and deep fried. Shallow fried is where you fry food in a little bit of oil in a frying pan, while deep fried refers to when you fry food in a lot of oil so that it is completely submerged in the oil while it is frying.
It could be one of tree things
- cream of tartar (also known as Potassium bitartrate) which is used in wine making and, mixed with backing soda, it makes backing powder.
- there is a dish made out of raw fillet steak (or horse meat) chopped fine with herbs and served as a patty with capers and a raw egg that is called steak tartar
- Tartar Sauce is a creamy white sauce frequently used to season seafood dishes. (Made with whole eggs, white wine vinegar and oil, with the addition of chopped capers, chopped gherkins, a squeeze of lemon juice and chopped tarragon).
Proofing is a term used in baking. It is to describe letting dough rest so that the gluten proteins can untangle. The result makes a better crust in the bread after baking.
What is melting method in cooking?
This refers to the method used in melting butter, chocolate, etc. Melting can be done in a saucepan directly on the burner, by using a double boiler (melting over boiling water or other liquid) or by placing in the microwave.
What is the meaning of kitchen-stewarding?
Steward -noun 1. a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others. 2. a person who has charge of the household of another, buying or obtaining food, directing the servants, etc. 3. an employee who has charge of the table, wine, servants, etc., in a club, restaurant, or the like. 4. a person who attends to the domestic concerns of persons on board a vessel, as in overseeing maids and waiters. 5. an employee on a ship, train, or bus who waits on and is responsible for the comfort of passengers, takes orders for or distributes food, etc. 6. a flight attendant. 7. a person appointed by an organization or group to supervise the affairs of that group at certain functions. 8. U.S. Navy. a petty officer in charge of officer's quarters and mess.
What does components mean in cooking?
The ingredients in the recipie are the components which are to be combined.
What is the meaning of delicious?
"Delizioso" is an Italian equivalent of "delicious."
Specifically, the Italian word is the masculine singular form of an adjective. The pronunciation is "DEH-lee-TSYOH-soh." The feminine singular form, "deliziosa," is pronounced "DEH-lee-TSYOH-sah."
What is the meaning of temper in cooking?
In cooking, tempering refers to the practice of mixing a small amount of a hot ingredient into a cold ingredient before adding all of the cold ingredient to the hot ingredient. The purpose of tempering is to prevent the cold ingredient from curdling or lumping when it is mixed into the hot ingredient. Tempering is commonly used when eggs or egg yolks are being added to a hot mixture.
It's a type of stovetops that can heat the pots and pans directly, w/o the stove having to get warm first. The energy is transferred by electro magnetism from the stove directly into the pots and pans.
Conduction is heat transfer through direct contact. When cooking on the stovetop, the heat from the flame or electric grill is applied directly to the frying pan. This means that only the flat surface of the pan is sufficiently hot enough to cook anything and we must flip and toss around the food to cook it properly.
It is important to note that most pans are made of metals, like copper, that conduct heat very efficiently and do not melt on the stovetop.
Convection is heat transfer through a fluid. The fluid can be liquid or gas and in the case of a convection oven, the fluid we care about is air.
An oven is a confined area that gets hot by flames or electric coils. The air inside is warmed to a desired temperature and, as a result, cooks the food from all directions. This method of heat transfer is responsible for pizzas, cakes, and other baked treats!
Keep in mind that ovens heat foods from the outside. The inside slowly heats up with time, and it is not uncommon to see food where the outside looks done, but the inside is uncooked. This is very important when preparing a Thanksgiving turkey, and there are special thermometers that measure the temperature of the food in the center of the turkey to show that it is properly cooked. (editor’s note: All ovens cook by convection – where the hot interior air does the cooking. What appliance manufacturers call “convection ovens†have an additional heating element and an extra fan to make the air circulation more efficient and effective, boosting the heat transfer from the air to the food, and thus altering the way the food cooks -faster, dryer etc..)
Radiation is the transfer of heat using electromagnetic radiation. A microwave oven uses very strong radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation), which are very weak and not hot. So how does it work?
Microwave ovens work by spinning water, fats, sugars and oils inside the food. This causes friction, which then heats the food and cooks it from the inside.
Please do not be confused by the word radiation or electromagnetic radiation. In science, these terms are very general and mean a lot of things. Radiation comes from many sources, some are beneficial and others are harmful. For example, solar radiation from the Sun is responsible for heating the Earth and the light we see is a form of electromagnetic radiation.
As you know, heat is very important in the cooking process. Now you have the basic knowledge of heat transfer.
What does beating mean in cooking?
beating ingredients, such as eggs etc...
using the rotary egg beater, turn it in the bowl with the ingredients....
What is the meaning of the word pâte-à-choux?
Pate a choux or choux paste is used for making pastries such as eclairs or small balls of pastry which look like little cabbages (choux in french)
It's like simmering but when the consistency of the stuff in the pot is thicker. Simmering is done to stuff with a high water content and produces small bubbles, whereas sautering - or sottering - produces 'plops' of released air.
