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Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain.


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Kitchen Survival Recipe Guide
By Bjorn T., Tue Jan 10th

You open the cookbook and see a recipe title or a photo thattempts your tastebuds. Then you start to read the recipe,realize the preparation is more difficult than you firstthought, and put the book back on the shelf.

SoundFamiliar? Well here's a simple guide to help get you started:

1. Abbreviations for Measuring


Tsp. = teaspoon

Tbsp. = tablespoon, which equals 3 teaspoons C = cup.

Tip: Get a set of measuring spoons. The set will usuallyhave 1/4 tsp., 1/3 tsp., 1/2 tsp., 1 teaspoon and 1 tablespoon.

Dry measure cups look like little saucepans and can beleveled off with a knife or other straight-edged tool. They comein sets like the measuring spoons. Liquid measuring cups haveounce marking lines so you can measure however many ounces youneed.

Tip: Some recipes require exact measurements toturn out right so learn to measure correctly.

2. CommonIngredients

Make sure you know what you need.

Tips:

- Baking powder and baking soda are notthe same.

- Ask the produce manager at the market aboutfruits and vegetables, the meat manager about cuts of meat.

- When trying something new, buy ONE. You can always goback for more if it turns out well.

3. CommonTerminology

- Bake: Dry heat in the oven. Set ovencontrol to the desired temperature while you're preparing thedish to be baked. Once the light that says

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it's heating turnsoff, the oven is at the proper temperature. Then put in thefood--for best results, center it in the oven.

- Boil:Heat a liquid until it bubbles. The faster the bubbles rise andthe more bubbles you get, the hotter the liquid. Some recipescall for a gentle boil--barely bubbling--or a rolling boil--justshort of boiling over. Watch so it doesn't boil over.

-Braise: A moist cooking method using a little liquid that barelybubbles on the top of the stove or in the oven. This is a goodway to tenderize cheaper cuts of meat. The pan should be heavyand shallow with a tight-fitting lid to keep the liquid fromboiling away. There's a lot that can be done for flavoring inyour choice of liquid and of vegetables to cook with the meat.

- Broil: Turn the oven to its highest setting. Put thefood on broiler pan--a 2 piece pan that allows the grease todrain away from the food. In an electric oven on the broilsetting only the upper element heats, and you can regulate howfast the food cooks by how close to the element you place it.Watch your cooking time--it's easy to overcook food in thebroiler. - Brown: Cook until the food gets light brown.Usually used for frying or baking. Ground beef should usually bebrowned (use a frying pan) and have the grease drained beforeadding it to a casserole or meat sauce.

- Fold: A gentlemixing method that moves the spoon down to the bottom of thebowl and then sweeps up, folding what was on the bottom up overthe top. This is used to mix delicate ingredients such aswhipped cream or beaten egg whites. These ingredients just hadair whipped into them, so you don't want to reverse that processby mixing too vigorously.

- Simmer: Heat to just thestart of a boil and keep it at that point for as long as therecipe requires. The recipe will usually call for eitherconstant stirring or stirring at certain intervals.

Nowyou are ready to do the shopping and prepare that recipe thatyou've always wanted to try!

Happy cooking...

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