This is to beat eggs and cream to fill them with air and make them thick and fluffy.

It is the rubbing of one or two ingredients against a bowl with the help of a wooden spoon or electric mixer.

This is heating below boiling point in a double boiler.

It is working with two ingredients very gently to retain air in the mix.

It involves cutting vertically into the mixture with a rubber scraper or spoon and turning over and over by gliding the spoon across the bottom of the mixing bowl at each turn.

It incorporates air into the mixture by mechanical agitation. It can be done with a fork, whip, egg beater, or electric mixer.

It is mixing fat and flour with the use of a pastry blender or two knives in a scissor-like manner.

It separates coarse particles by passing through a sieve. In the process, air is incorporated.

It is often done by rotating a wooden spoon through a mixture as needed.

This is to manipulate by pressure alternating with folding and stretching.