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Foods 1 vocab 2.05
Term | Definition |
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Cleaning process | The steps taken to ensure sanitation in the kitchen |
Coagulate | Components that react with another substance or temperature change to form single substance Ex. Proteins react with heat to form scum on milk |
Conduction | Foods heat or cooked through direct contact with heat. Ex-Corn heated in a saucepan |
Convection | The heat process by which a fan circulates the heat to shorten cooking time. Used in baking and roasting in the overnight |
Cooking terms | Directions in a recipe that explain the steps needed to complete he cooking process when preparing food |
Cultured milk products | Milk products that have an acid added to change the flavor and consistency of milk to create a new food product. Ex-yogurt, sour cream, buttermilk |
Curdle | Clumps that form in milk products when heated at too high a temperature |
Cutting terms | Directions in a recipie that explain the steps needed to cut the ingredients to prepare a particular food. |
Density | The volume of an ingredient in a specific amount of space. Lower density foods cook quicker than dense foods. Ex.-ground meat cooks quicker than a roast |
Dried beans | Legumes or beans that are dehydrated and must be sorted, washed, soaked, drained, recovered with water, boiled, and simmered to prepare for eating |
Flatware | Forks, knives and spoons used for eating. Also called silverware and eating utensils |
Grandulated | Refers to white sugar that has the texture of loose sand |
High quality | Characteristics of products that meet or exceed minimum requirements for a given product |
Homogenized | A substance that has been mechanically mixed to prevent separation of solids and liquids such as milk |
Kefir | Fermented milk similar ik taste to yogurt, popular in middle eastern cuisine |
Kitchen centers | Areas in the kitchen where particular activity occurs such as the cooking and serving center, cleaning center, food storage and preparation centers. |
Leavening agent | An ingredient that causes a baked product to rise. Ex.-yeast steam, baking soda, baking powder |
Linens | The various cloths used in preparing foods, cleaning, and eating. Ex.- dish towels, dish rags, napkins |
Measuring terms | Directions used to convey the amounts of ingredients in a recipe and/or procedures and equipment required to accomplish measuring |
Milk scum | The coagulation of proteins that form when milk is heated in an uncovered pan |
Mixing terms | Directions in a recipe that explain the method/process of mixing to be used to produce a food |
Pasteurized | A heat process used to kill bacteria in a food for food safety. Ex.-milk, eggs |
Precise/accurate | The EXACT amount or procedure required to prepare time and baking time |
Quick bread | A bread that requires a short amount of preparation time and baking time |
Radiation | Food cooked by waves of energy. Ex.- broiling in the oven or grilling |
Ripened cheese | Cheeses that have had bacteria mold or yeast to add flavor and is aged in a controlled environment before they are ready to be sold |
Roux | Equal amounts of fat and flour mixed and cooked to produce the base of a sauce or gravy |
Scorch | Food that has been cooked at too high a temperature or too long a period of time and has an off flavor. Ex.-milk, cheese, grains |
Serrated | The edge of a knife that has scalloped edges. Ex.-bread knife |
Solid | An ingredient that must be packed into a measuring cup |
Spout | A cupped edge on a liquid measuring cup or any other container meant to pour liquids |
Tang | The part of a knife that is inserted into the handle and in a high quality knife uses |
Unripened cheese | Soft cheese ready for sale as soon as they are manufactured |
Volume | The amount of space an ingredient or food takes up |
Waxed paper | A food preparation wrap with a waxy coating to prevent sticking. It is used for many purposes including wrapping food and resting ingredients on between food preparation steps |
Weight | An amount of ingredient determined by scale. Ex-1/2 pound of chocolate chips |