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Questions about naming and translation of culinary terms and phrases.
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Correct term for "doneness" window?
When talking about cooking, what is the term used to refer to the window of time between undercooked, and overcooked? I've tried googling around and haven't found the correct one. I know some foods ...
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What’s the difference between hazelnuts and filberts, really?
I’m confused about the distinction (if any) between hazelnuts and filberts. I’m interested primarily as a cook and shopper, but trying to look up the difference led down a deeper rabbithole than I ...
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What does "settled" mean when making puddings?
I’m hoping to make Amelia Simmons’s A Cream Almond Pudding from her 1796 American Cookery. The recipe is:
Boil gently a little mace and half a nutmeg (grated) in a quart cream; when cool, beat 8 ...
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What does it mean for a liquid to "crack"?
I'm looking at a recipe for condensed milk, and a couple of the steps say the following:
Do not stir once the mix starts to simmer otherwise it can crack and crystalize.
if there are sugary bits ...
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What do you call the result of passing through a sieve?
Writing down an instruction to add the 'passed ingredient X' to bowl Y, I found the possible referring phrases getting slightly clunky, or else unspecific like 'the result'. With tomatoes it would be ...
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What would (or do) you call komatsuna in English?
What if anything are these greens called in English?
Likely brassica rapa perviridis.
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How many grams is one serving of great northern beans for an average adult?
I was told for my diet one serving of great northern beans, But I do not know how much that is so I bought a gram scale thinking I could measure it but I don't know how much to measure. I don't mean ...
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Old biscuit recipe question - "until the dough blisters"
I'm reading through some old (early 1900's) cookbooks and something that keeps coming up is beating dough "until it blisters" - here's an example.
VIRGINIA BEATEN BISCUIT.
One quart flour. ...
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Hash Brown Terminology
If I order fried eggs for breakfast at a restaurant/diner, there's a pretty standard lexicon to communicate quickly how I want them done-- sunny side up, over easy, over well, etc. Even if I mess up ...
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Does "pastry" mean something different in cooking than in baking?
I was watching Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend today. In the third episode, the theme of the competition was pastry, and the key ingredient they had to use was milk.
This site's pastry tag says ...
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What does it mean for a burger to be "a little pink"?
I ate at Red Robin's recently. Usually, I order a well-done burger because I want my burgers cooked thoroughly. But the waiter suggested that I try "a little pink" burger, which is the ...
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What is it called when you slice meat or fish into small, thin slabs, like sashimi?
Is there a term for when meat (or fish) is sliced into thin pieces that are a mouthful each, similar to sashimi?
So, in other words, if I am writing a recipe and I want to instruct the cook to cut ...
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What is the difference between whole grain wheat and whole wheat?
I am somewhat confused on the concept of whole grain wheat vs whole wheat. The product in question is "Triscuit" biscuits. The manufacturer does not know so I thought I would put it online. ...
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What is sortexed rice?
Here is a link to rice I want to buy. It is quoted as being polished and sortexed. I was wondering exactly that meant? Sortexed is not a word I heard before.
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What is this type of cookware called used for roasting and baking?
I'm looking for the English name for this cooking utensil:
It can be used for roasting on top of the stove, or it can be put in the oven for slow cooking.
I've stumbled upon 'roasting dish', or '...