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brine. To soak a food item in salted water. broasting. A method of cooking chicken and other foods using a pressure fryer and condiments. browning. The process of partially cooking the surface of meat to help remove excessive fat and to give the meat a brown color crust and flavor through various browning reactions.
Depending on the preparation and cooking methods, the nutritional value of potatoes can vary greatly. In particular, its energy content, moderate in comparison with other starchy foods , can increase considerably when cooked with fat, and its vitamin content is affected to a greater or lesser extent depending on the cooking method.
A typical Midwestern breakfast might have included meat, eggs, potatoes, fruit preserves, and pie or doughnuts. [7] At harvest time, families ate mostly home-produced foods. [9] More settlers began to arrive in the rural Midwest after the Erie Canal was completed in the 1820s.
Salmon being poached with onion and bay leaves. Poaching is a cooking technique that involves heating food submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk, stock or wine.Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it uses a relatively lower temperature (about 70–80 °C or 158–176 °F). [1]
The Boston Cooking School magazine of culinary science and domestic economics. The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896) by Fannie Farmer is a 19th-century general reference cookbook which is still available both in reprint and in updated form. It was particularly notable for a more rigorous approach to recipe writing than had been common up ...
Roasting is a cooking method that uses dry heat where hot air covers the food, cooking it evenly on all sides with temperatures of at least 150 °C (300 °F) from an open flame, oven, or other heat source. Roasting can enhance the flavor through caramelization and Maillard browning on the surface of the food. Roasting uses indirect, diffused ...
Skewered foods (2 C, 21 P) Smoked food (3 C, 18 P) Spit-cooked foods (1 C, 18 P) Steamed foods (4 C, 136 P)
Smothering (cooking) Smothering meat, seafood or vegetables is a cooking technique used in both Cajun and Creole cuisines of Louisiana. The technique involves cooking in a covered pan over low heat with a moderate amount of liquid, [1] and can be regarded as a form of stove-top braising. The meat dishes cooked in this fashion are typically ...