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It is then added to scalded milk, as in a baked custard, or boiling water is added to the melted sugar and the whole simmered to a syrup.ĬOATS: “Coating the spoon,” a term many cooks understand but some do not, is the only way to tell when a boiled custard or cream is cooked to exactly the right point. We do this by constantly stirring the sugar in a frying pan over a low flame until the sugar is entirely melted.

It serves as a first course at luncheon or dinner, or is often served with the cocktail before a meal.ĬARAMELIZE: To melt sugar to a liquid. It is usually round and the base may be bread, crackers, or a specially designed wafer-like shell that comes ready to fill with any desired appetizer, such as caviar, relish, fish, or vegetable. Fruits, tomatoes and some vegetables are often blanched to aid in removal of the skin.ĬANAPÉ: Simply a small open appetizer. And we also blanch nuts to make it easier to remove the skins.

An example is the blanching of sweetbreads. Binding is simply a holding together to prevent curdling or separation of the sauce and to complete the texture.īLANCH: We use this term to denote the process of plunging food into hot water and then into cold to produce firmness and preserve the color. The object is to add succulence to the food.īIND: This is to bind together the ingredients and complete the making of a sauce. Fruits are basted with syrups or the juices in the pan. Poultry and meats are basted with fat and drippings. At least by me.īASTE: To dip liquid upon a food in cooking. And it is used to denote fruit juice jellies, too. Let’s start, then, with a word I often use.ĪSPIC: This is a savory jelly made from stock, broth, consommé or tomato juice with gelatine. And there’ll come a day when I shall “take up my parable” again and tell you more. Great cookery terms listed, article below:ĭO YOU sometimes wonder what we mean when we use certain cookery terms? And do you often wish a word or a process might be made more explicit and save you bother and confusion? If such is the case, you’ll get light on the path from this page of meanings. Here’s a 3 column magazine clipping, date unknown.