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Used to tenderize meats in preparation for cooking. Usually shaped like a mallet. Meat thermometer: Thermometer used to measure the internal temperature of meats and other cooked foods. Melon baller: Small scoop used to make smooth balls of melon or other fruit, or potatoes. [5] Mezzaluna: Herb Chopper
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A variety of food colorings, added to beakers of water. Food coloring, color additive or colorant is any dye, pigment, or substance that imparts color when it is added to food or beverages. Colorants can be supplied as liquids, powders, gels, or pastes. Food coloring is commonly used in commercial products and in domestic cooking.
Cooking utensils are tools used in cooking or food preparation. While they may be used during the heating process, they are not usually themselves used to apply heat to the food ingredients, or to contain food as it is being heated.
Kitchen utensils in bronze discovered in Pompeii. Illustration by Hercule Catenacci in 1864. Benjamin Thompson noted at the start of the 19th century that kitchen utensils were commonly made of copper, with various efforts made to prevent the copper from reacting with food (particularly its acidic contents) at the temperatures used for cooking, including tinning, enamelling, and varnishing.
In some cultures, such as Ethiopian and Indian, hands alone are used or bread takes the place of non-edible utensils. In others, such as Japanese and Chinese, where bowls of food are more often raised to the mouth, little modification from the basic pair of chopsticks and a spoon has taken place. Western culture has taken the development and ...
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A mortar and pestle is the classic set of tools for grinding a whole spice. Less labor-intensive tools are more common now: a microplane or fine grater can be used to grind small amounts; a coffee grinder [note 2] is useful for larger amounts. A frequently used spice such as black pepper may merit storage in its own hand grinder or mill.