Assignment: Terms and Ingredients

Do you know what a durian is? Do you know what docking is when making shortbread? If you don't, that's okay because you can always use the internet to find out. There are a lot of different terms in cooking, and below are some basic terms and ingredients that you should understand as a foundation for the course. There are two parts to this assignment. Part One will be showing your understanding of basic terms and ingredients. Part Two will be discussing your cooking experience.

Assignment

Part One (30 marks - 1 mark for the definition and 1 mark for the example)

Pick 15 terms on the list that you are either not familiar with or least familiar with and provide a definition/description for each of them. As well, provide an example of how it is used with a particular food. (2 marks for each term)

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Sample Answer:

Sift

Definition: The procedure of passing a dry ingredient such as flour or sugar through a mesh-bottom sieve. This process combines air with the ingredient being sifted, making it lighter and more uniform in texture. This improves the baking or food preparation process.

Example: When baking a cake, you may need to sift the flour to get out all of the lumps.

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Basic terms and ingredients to choose from:

• • al dente
  • baking
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • béchamel sauce
  • blend
  • boiling
  • braising
  • broiling
  • core
  • cream
  • cube
  • cutting in
  • dice
  • dredge
  • folding
  • food preservation (freezing, drying, canning, jelly-making, drying, dehydrating)
  • frying
  • grilling
  • hot water bath
  • knead
  • marinate
  • measuring
  • metric and imperial conversions
  • microwaving
  • poaching
  • preheat
  • pressure cooking
  • proof
  • reduce
  • roasting
  • roux
  • sauté
  • sautéing
  • separate
  • slow cooking
  • soft peaks
  • steaming
  • stir-frying
  • whip

Part Two (5 marks)

Provide a brief description and examples of your previous cooking experience. Talk about the cooking you have done in school and at home. What have you prepared and what techniques or equipment have you used? What is the most difficult thing you have ever tried cooking? This will provide your teacher with an understanding of where you are starting from.