Cooking Methods Quizizz (Boiling and Poaching)

What is BOILING?

• To quickly cook food directly under a heat source.

• Food cooked in fat

• To cook food in water that has reached its highest possible temperature of 212°F.

• Using radiation and waves of energy that move water and fat molecules in order to cook foods.

Which is a type of cooking method?

• dry heat methods

• moist heat methods

• combination methods

• all of the above

Gentle bubbles rising to surface of the liquid is known as 

• poaching
• simmering
• boiling 
• steaming

Commonly used to cook fish, liquid with no bubbles and showing some motion 

• Poaching 
• Simmering
• Blanching 
• Steaming

Vigorous, rapid bubbles rising to the surface and breaking 

• Poaching 
• Simmering 
• Boiling 
• Steaming 

poaching, simmering, and boiling are all examples of ___method

• dry heat
• moist heat
• combination
• braising

Which of the following is the BEST description of simmering food?

• Cooking in liquid just below boiling
• cooking in liquid at a very low temperature
• cooking in liquid at boiling point
• cooking with pressurized steam

To save nutrients when batch cook vegetables.

• Cook in small amount of water
• Cooked long in  lot of water
• Cooked in a small amount of oil
• Boiled in the microwave

What is the moist heat cooking method?

• Food is cooked uncovered without adding any liquid or fat or cooked in dry heat in an oven

• Food is cooked using a hot liquid, steam, or a combination of both.

• Food cooked in fat

Overcooking food can destroy nutrients in food

• true
• false