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• Cooking is preparing food with the use of heat for consumption
• Cutting involves cleaving, dividing, paring, shaping, or trimming
• A kitchen is a place where tools and utensils for cooking are found
• Mixing is evenly combining ingredients
• Preparing involves making ingredients ready for cooking
• Utensils are vessels or tools for cooking
• Measuring tools:

  • Measuring cups for dry ingredients: nested cups that come in various sizes
  • Measuring cups for liquids: standardized cups for liquid ingredients like fruit juice, milk, oil, and water
  • Measuring spoons: used to measure smaller quantities of ingredients, standardized and in different sizes
  • Thermometer: measures the temperature of substances or food
  • Timer: measures the cooking period for a recipe
  • Weighing scale: measures large quantities of ingredients
• • Peeler: sharp-edged tool to remove the skin or outer covering of root crops, fruits, and vegetables
  • Pizza cutter: divides pizza before serving
• Cutting tools and equipment:

  • Chopping or cutting board: made of hard plastic or wood, used to chop, cut, and slice food
  • Dough cutter or scraper: cuts and cleans dough for yeast breads
  • Egg slicer: slices boiled eggs
  • Food processor: multitasking device with different attachments for making dips, spreads, puree soups and sauces, shred cheese, grind meat, cereals, nuts
  • Grater or shredder: turns food into fine pieces
  • Kitchen knives: have one sharp edge or pointed blade set in a handle
  • Kitchen shears: trim fins and tail of a fish
• Bowl:

  • Container or vessel used to mix food
• Blender:

  • Used to mix and blend, especially in preparing shakes
• Electric mixer:

  • Used to mix ingredients by beating, stirring, or whipping
• Pastry blender:

  • Used to cut in shortening into flour
• Rotary egg beater:

  • Used to beat eggs or cream
• Utility fork and spoon:

  • Used to mix small quantities of ingredients and for other purposes
• Wire whisk:

  • Used to beat eggs, butter, and cream with sugar
• Wooden spoon:

  • Made of wood, used to cream fats and mix and stir foods
• Apple corer:

  • Used to remove the innermost part or core of an apple containing its seeds
• Can opener:

  • Used to open thin cans
• Colander:

  • Used to wash vegetables and drain cooked noodles after rinsing with cold or tap water
• Dipper:

  • Used to transfer liquids from one container to another
• Dredger:

  • Used to hold a mixture of dry ingredients like flour, salt, pepper to coat fish or poultry while being shaken to coat them with the mixture
• Egg separator:

  • Used to separate the egg yolk from the albumen
• Funnel:

  • Cone-shaped tool with a tube or pipe at the end, used to pour liquids and granulated ingredients into narrow-mouthed containers
• Juice extractor:

  • Used to squeeze out the juice of fruits and vegetables
• Knife rack:

  • Used to hold knives and kitchen shears
• Knife sharpener:

  • Used to maintain the cutting condition of a knife
• Mortar and pestle:

  • Inseparable utensils used to pulverize peppercorns, pound garlic, crush nuts, and similar tasks
• Pasta spoon and server:

  • Used to transfer cooked noodles to a serving plate without a mess
• Potato masher:

  • Used to mash cooked potatoes, turnips, carrots, or other soft-cooked vegetables
• Rubber scraper:

  • Used to scrape the food that sticks to the bowl during mixing or after pouring into the cooking vessel
• Spatula:

  • Flexible bladed tool used for various purposes
  • Large spatula: used to apply icing or frosting cakes
  • Small spatula: used to remove cookies from pans
• Strainer:

  • Used to remove dirt or lumps from dry ingredients
• Tongs:

  • Used to hold food items when cooking
• Two-tined fork:

  • Used to hold meat while slicing and to turn the bigger pieces while browning or cooking
• Utility tray:

  • Used to assemble ingredients during the preparation stage