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In Canada, a teaspoon is historically 1⁄6 imperial fluid ounce (4.74 mL) and a tablespoon is 1⁄2 imperial fl oz (14.21 mL). In both Britain and Canada, cooking utensils come in 5 mL for teaspoons and 15 mL for tablespoons, hence why it is labelled as that on the chart. The volumetric measures here are for comparison only.
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]
Consommé. In cooking, a consommé is a type of clear soup made from richly flavoured stock or broth that has been clarified, a process that uses egg whites to remove fat and sediment. [1] Consommé has three English pronunciations: traditionally in the UK, the stress is on the middle syllable; [2] in modern UK English, the stress is on the ...
Umami (/ uːˈmɑːmi / from Japanese: うま味 Japanese pronunciation: [ɯmami]), or savoriness, is one of the five basic tastes. [1] It is characteristic of broths and cooked meats. [2][3][4][5]: 35–36. People taste umami through taste receptors that typically respond to glutamates and nucleotides, which are widely present in meat broths ...
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Deep frying – food is submerged in hot oil or fat. This is normally performed with a deep fryer or chip pan. Gentle frying. Hot salt frying. Pan frying – cooking food in a pan using a small amount of cooking oil or fat as a heat transfer agent and to keep the food from sticking. Pressure frying.
Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread, but many other types of foods can be baked. [1] Heat is gradually transferred "from the surface of cakes, cookies, and pieces of bread to their center, typically conducted at ...
Mise en place in a professional kitchen. Mise en place (French pronunciation: [mi zɑ̃ ˈplas]) is a French culinary phrase which means "putting in place" or "gather". It refers to the setup required before cooking, and is often used in professional kitchens to refer to organizing and arranging the ingredients (e.g., cuts of meat, relishes, sauces, par-cooked items, spices, freshly chopped ...