Nutrition & Wellness Ch. 25 Vocab
Across
- 1. Gently mix a light, fluffy mixture into. Into a heavier one.
- 4. Put a thin layer of food onto another food. Helps food brown better, keep its moisture, and adds flavor and texture.
- 5. Grind or mash cooked fruits or vegetables until they are smooth.
- 8. To briefly dip a food in boiling water, and then into cold water to stop the cooking process. Commonly used in canning foods.
- 9. Crush food into a smooth mixture with a masher or beater.
- 10. Cut food into small pieces with kitchen shears.
- 13. Coat a food with three different layers; flour, liquid, and bread or cornmeal.
- 14. Dividing food into smaller parts with a sharp blade, usually a knife.
- 15. Cut off a very thin layer of peel with a paring knife.
- 16. Coating food heavily with flour, bread crumbs, or cornmeal.
- 17. To make straight, shallow cuts with a slicing knife in the surface of a food.
- 18. Use a grinder to break up a food into coarse, medium, or fine particles, usually meat and coffee beans.
- 20. Tearing or breaking off small layers of food, often cooked fish, with a fork.
- 21. Mix with a spoon or wire whisk in a circular motion.
- 23. Use a pastry brush to coat food with a liquid.
Down
- 2. Lightly sprinkle food with flour or confectioner’s sugar.
- 3. Pulverize food into crumbs, powder, or paste with a rolling pin, blender, or food processor.
- 4. Beat ingredients, such as shortening and sugar, combining until soft and creamy.
- 6. Subtracting the weight of the container to find the weight of the food alone.
- 7. Beating quickly and vigorously to incorporate air into the mixture, making it light and fluffy.
- 10. To cut a food, such as almonds, into very thin strips.
- 11. Cooking a food in a sugar syrup.
- 12. Divide food into four equal pieces.
- 13. Pour liquid over a food as it cooks.
- 17. Cut food into large thin pieces with a slicing knife.
- 18. Coat food with a liquid that forms a glossy finish.
- 19. Putting small pieces of food on the surface of another food.
- 20. Coating a food, such as fish or chicken, with flour.
- 22. Mix ingredients, such as a salad, by tumbling them with tongs or a large spoon and fork.
- 23. Mix food thoroughly and add airs to foods. Vigorous over-and-over motion with a spoon, or use a mixer.