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Cooking Methods (moist)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the moist heat cooking method?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

Food cooked in fat

2.

What is BOILING?

a)

To quickly cook food directly under a heat source.

b)

Food cooked in fat

c)

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

d)

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

3.

What is SIMMERING?

a)

Foods cooked by vapors from boiling water.

b)

Food cooked quickly above a heat source in a skillet or on a metal grate.

c)

Food cooked in water that is 180 degrees (just below boiling point) and the bubbles form around the edge of the pan. Food is cooked slowly and gently.

d)

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

4.

What is STEAMING?

a)

Foods cooked by vapors from boiling water.

b)

Food is fried in a small amount of oil at a high temperature, then covered for the last few minutes to steam the food.

c)

Food cooked in an ungreased skillet

d)

Cooking food by hot air in an oven.

5.
Overcooking food can destroy nutrients in food
a)
true
b)
false
6.
The flavors of the ingredients in a stew combine due to the long period of rapid boiling 
a)
true
b)
false
7.
When vegetables are cooked to their appropriate temperature, the fibers that make up the cell structure___
a)
begin to multiply
b)
become tougher
c)
break down
d)
are unaffected
8.
poaching, simmering, and boiling are all examples of ___method
a)
dry heat
b)
moist heat
c)
combination
d)
braising
9.
Which of the following is the BEST description of simmering food?
a)
Cooking in liquid just below boiling
b)
cooking in liquid at a very low temperature
c)
cooking in liquid at boiling point
d)
cooking with pressurized steam
10.
cooking in liquid at its highest temperature
a)
boiling
b)
simmering
c)
frying
d)
sauteing 
11.
cooking in liquid just below the boiling point
a)
simmering
b)
boiling
c)
sauteing
d)
poaching
12.

Water ___________ when cooked

a)

Melts

b)

Coagulates

c)

Evaporates

d)

Gelatinizes

13.

Definition: To add a new taste profile to the food

a)

Season

b)

Glaze

c)

Flavor

d)

Char

14.

Definition: Cooking food in rapidly bubbling water (big bubbles)

a)

Simmer

b)

Boil

c)

Broil

15.

Definition: To brown food whole first then cook covered in an oven with moisture added.

a)

Broil

b)

Braise

c)

Stewing