cooking utensils by kat palazo

Cooking Utensil

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Baster

it is handy for returning some of the meat or poultry juices from the fan back to the food.

Basting brushes can be used for the same porpuse, but they are also convenient for buttering the tops of breads & baked goods after they come out of the oven

Can Opener

use to open a food tin, preferably with a smooth operation, & comfortable grip & turning knob

Colander

also called as a vegetable strainer;

essential for various task from cleaning vegetables to straining pasta or thin contents

Cutting Boards

a wooden or plastic board where meats & vegetables can be cut

Dredgers

used to shake flour, salt & pepper on meat poultry & fish

DoubleBoiler

used when temperatures must be kept below boiling, such as for egg sauces, puddings, and to keep food warm without overcooking

SharpeningSteel

used to sharpen long knives

Flipper

used for turning hamburgers and other food items

Funnel

used to fill jars, made of various sizes of stainless steel, aluminun, or of plastic

Garlic Press

is a kitchen tool which specifically designed for the purpose of pulping garlic for cooking

Graters

uses to grate, shred, slice & separate foods such as carrots, cabbage & cheese.

Handy Poultry & Roasting tools

Make it easier to lift a hot roasted turkey from the roaster to the serving platter without it falling apart

Kitchen Knives

often referred to as cook’s or chef’s tools, knives are must a all types of kitchen tasks,

from feeling an onion and slicing carrots, to carving a roast or turkey

Kitchen Shears

Are practical for opening food packages, cutting tape or string the package foods or to simply remove labels or tags from the items

Measuring Cups

Measuring tools are among the most important items

found in any kitchen since, consistently good cooking depends upon accurate

measurements.

Measuring tools should be

standardized, and must only be in the

home kitchen.

Measuring cups for dry ingredients

It is use to measure solid & Dry

ingredients, such as flour, fat and sugar.

There are cups that are made of plastic and come with different colors, but could only be used

for cold ingredients. They could wrap, causing inaccurate

measurements.

Measuring Cups for liquid ingredients.

commonly made - up of heat proof glass and transparent so

that liquid can be seen.the quantity of measure of

liquid ingredients is different in a dry measuring cups.

Portion Scale

use to weigh serving portions

from one ounce to one pound

Scope or Dippers

used to measure serving of soft foods, such as fillings, ice cream and mashed

potato.

Pasta Spoon or

server

is used to transfer a little or much cooked

pasta to a waiting plate, without mess.

Potato Masher

used for mashing cooked potatoes, turnips, carrots or other soft cooked

begetables.

Rotary Egg

Beater

used for beating small amount of eggs or batter.

The beater should be made up of stainless steel, and

gear driven for ease rotating.

Scraper / Spatula

A rubber or silicone tools to blend or scrape the food from the bowl

Seafood Serving Tools

make the task of cleaning seafood & removing the shell

much easier

Serving spoons

a utensils consisting of a small shallow bowl on a

handle, used in preparing, serving or

eating food

Serving Tongs

enables you to more easily grab and transfer larger food

items, poultry or meat portions to a serving platter, to a hot skillet or deep fryer

or to a plate

It gives you a better grip and the longer the tongs, the better especially when used with a deep fyer, a large stock pot or at the

barbecue.

Soup Ladle

is used for serving soup or stews, but can also

be use for gravy, dessert sauces or other

foods.

Spoons

solid, slotted, or perforated. Made of stainless steel or

plastic. The solid ones are used to spoon liquids over foods and to lift foods, including the liquid

out of the pot.

Temperature Scales

-used to measure the intensity.-different thermometers are used for different purposes in food preparation.

Two - tine fork

used to hold meats while slicing & to turn solid pieces of meat while browning or cooking made of stainless steel & with heat-proof handle

Vegetable peeler

-use to scrape vegetables - the best one are made of stainless steel with sharp double blade that swivels

whisks for blending &

mixing

-used for whipping eggs or batter, & for blending gravies, sauces & soups-the beaters are made of looped steel piano wires which are twisted together to form the handle

Wooden Spoon

Continue to be kitchen essentials because of their usefulness for used for creaming, stirring, & mixing. They should be made of hardwood.

Kinds of Knives

1.Butcher Knife

-used to section raw meat, poultry and fish

-It can be used as cleaver to separate small joints or to cut bones

-Butcher knives are made with heavy blade with a saber or flat grind

2.French Knife

-used to chop, dice or mice food. -Heavy knives have a saber of flat grind

3.Roast beef Slicer

-used to slice roast, ham, & thick, solid cuts of meats

4.Boning Knife

-used to fillet fish & to remove raw meat from the bone

5. Fruit &

Salad Knife

-use to prepare salad greens, vegetables and fruits

6. Spatula

-used to level off ingredients when

measuring and to spread frosting & sandwich

filling

7. Citrus Knife

-use to section citrus fruits.-the blade has a two-sided serrated edgde

8. Paring Knife

-used to core, peel, section fruits & vegetables-blades are short concave with hollow ground