Cooking Terms

What does it mean to tumble ingredients with a spoon and a fork?

• flake
• toss
• sear
• score

What does it mean to decorate a food?

• beat
• brown
• rehydrate
• garnish

What does it mean to cut a food into long, thin pieces?

• flake
• rehydrate
• peel
• slice

What does it mean to use high heat to brown meat?

• score
• sear
• peel
• baste

What does it mean to make thin straight cuts in the surface of a food?

• cube
• pare
• score
• sear

What does it mean to soak or cook dried food to restore water lost in drying?

• rehydrate
• brown
• reconstitute
• cream

What does it mean to add water to a concentrated food in order to restore it to its natural state?

• cut in
• reconstitute
• rehydrate
• dice

What does it mean to pull off peel from a fruit?

• whip
• garnish
• drain
• peel

What does it mean to cut a very thin layer of peel from fruits and vegetables?

• pare
• peel
• brush
• dice

What does it mean to cut food into tiny pieces?

• slice
• dice
• flake
• sear