The Rookie Cook: Understanding Cooking Terms

Know About Cooking Terminology

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The Rookie Cook: Understanding Cooking Terms

If you want to go from a Rookie Cook to an All Star, you must understand the cooking terms. And if you think blanch is just a character from "The Golden Girls," then this episode is for you.

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Hi, I am Joe Bennett and welcome to the Rookie Cook.

Well, you might notice behind me, I am in my cartoon kitchen, which is a little different. But anyways, trying to understand cooking terms can feel like learning another language, no “Abla” cooking terms. But did you know that in the kitchen, that blanch has nothing to do with dating lots of other single men like Rue McClanahan’s character from the Golden Girls? Live and learn!

Let start blanching. If your cookbook ever calls for this, do not worry. It is actually pretty simple. Blanching is meant for vegetables and fruits. With a pot of boiling water, toast the veggies or fruits in for about one to two minutes then remove them, uncover them in cold water to stop the cooking process. Basically blanching loses the skin of the item and brings out the freshness and color of the food. Next step let us get basin. I am so basted. Basting is the next term.

Basting is simply pouring or brushing some type of liquid like wine or water over meat or poultries it cooks. Basting preserves moistness and adds flavor. Sometimes, you just got to get basted.

Our next term is blend. If you do not know what that means, you might need more than the Rookie Cook. Moving on, caramelize is a cooking term that sounds like you would involve, caramel! Unfortunately, it does not. To caramelize, you cook foods like onions or garlic cloves until the sugar and then browns. This brings up the sweetness in foods and adds some color to your meals.

If you like to bake, you might see the term cream. By combining butter, sugar, egg, and flavoring. In small amounts as you mixed your food becomes light and fluffy.

Our last term of the day is dredge. This sounds like an unpleasant experience but do not worry I will be gentle as I explain. To dredge is to simply coat meat or vegetables in the flour or bread crumbs or some other that dries up at sense. I am such an expert in the art of dredge that many call me Judge Dredge which is in reference to a really bad movie starring Sylvester Stallone. “I am the law!”

Thanks for watching the Rookie Cook. I am Joe Bennett. If you have any questions concerning the kitchen or cooking, let us k now in the comment section. And we might turn it into an episode. And before you leave, do you see that subscribe button? Yes that one, just go ahead and click on that.