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What is the color change that occurs in food when the sugars on the surface turn brown from heat?

Caramelize

What cooking method is used for items like muffins, breads, when they are in the oven?

baking

What is the term commonly used when referring to meat cooked in the oven? Dry method

Roasting

What combination method is when you sear a large piece of meat and then cook it in liquid in the oven at a low temp?

Braise

What is the term when you cook food in water at 212 degrees?

boiling

What term is used for food briefly cooked in boiling water and then submerged into ice water?

Blanching

What is the term used for the time it takes for a pan to heat backup after food has been added?

recovery time

What cooking method takes place when food is completely submerged in fat or oil?

deep frying

What cooking method takes place in a pan that is half filled with oil?

Pan frying

What cooking method involves searing small pieces of meat and then covering in liquid and cooking.

stewing

What cooking method involved heat (flame or coal) that comes from below the food?

grilling

What is it called when veggies are cooked in a small amount of fat, uncovered, until moisture is released.

sweating

What is the cooking method when water is heated from 185-200?

simmering

What is the best method for cooking veggies and retaining nutrients. Hint: vapor

steaming

What method involves tiny bubbles of water. Temp is 160-170

Poaching

What is it to cook food at high heat with a small amount of fat (not stiry-fry)

sauté

What process causes proteins to turn brown?

Maillard reaction

What cooking method involves placing the food below a direct flame?

broiling

What is the cooking that occurs after food has been removed from the heat source called?

carryover cooking