Chapter 13 Study Guide

A set of instructions for preparing a specific food?

• List

• Recipe

• Menu

A recipe should state the ___________, which is the number of average servings the recipe makes

• Yield

• Facts

• Watts

The amounts of ingredients listed in recipes are often given as ___________, which you need to interpret to measure properly

• Watts

• Altitudes

• Abbreviations

• Arching

What is the cooking power for a microwave oven is measured in?

• Watts

• Inches

• Centimeters

• Table Spoons

Just a few minutes of overcooking in a microwave can cause _______, or drying out.

• Air Pockets

• Elevating

• Scorching

• Dehydration

The time during which foods finish cooking by internal heat after being removed from a microwave oven is called ________?

• Standing Time

• Cooking Time

• Rotating

• Preparation

Many microwave recipes recommend ________ foods one-quater or one-half turn at intervals during the cooking period to promote even cooking.

• Dehydration

• Rotating

• Air Pockets

• Substitution

Uneven distribution of microwaves may cause some foods cooked in a microwave oven to develop ______ ____.

• Hot Spots

• Air Pockets

• Watts

• Dehydration

When metal meets the walls of a microwave oven, ______, or sparking, can occur.

• Convert

• Arching

• Substitution

_________ means lifting food off the floor of a microwave oven.

• Elevating

• Carrying

• Rotating

• Altitudes