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Ways of cooking

(There are a few words in French, but I think that you can understand them with the photos)

to bake	to cook in an oven without extra fat, especially bread, cakes, pastries. a baker
	baked potatoes

to roast	to cook, especially meat, in an oven or over a fire. to roast
	to roast coffee beans

to boil

to cook in boiling water (100 °C)

to boil down

To cook pasta put them in boiling water and stir. If you don't stir
during the first moments of cooking they will stick together.

to stir to stick

to fry

to cook food in hot oil, or fat

To cook chips (French fries US) you use a deep fryer.

You fry a steak in a frying-pan.

A steak can be cooked 'rare'
'medium' or 'well done'

to steam

to cook food by heating it in the steam from boiling water

The most healthy way to prepare vegetables is to steam them.

To steam vegetables you can use a steaming basket over boiling water.
(a container with holes on the bottom)

or a steam cooker

To simmer	to cook something slowly in hot liquid kept at or just below the boiling point.(85 °C / 95 ° C)
	to make tea pour simmering water over the tealeaves.

to poach

to cook an item by submerging it in a liquid that is just
bareley simmering.(75 °C / 85 °C)

The easiest way to prepare delicious salmon steaks or fillets is to poach
them in white wine seasoned with fresh dill.

to season dill


to whisk	to stir-fry	to flip over

How to cook an egg ?

According to the legend the 100 folds of the chef's hat (toque) are said to represent
the many different ways he knows to cook an egg.

I don't know if there are really 100 different ways to cook an egg
but you can read below some of these ways.

An egg contains a yolk and a white enclosed in a shell.
yolk shell

A hard-boiled egg	A soft-boiled egg in an eggcup	A poached egg	A scrambled egg

Cook for 10 minutes in boiling water.	Cook for 3 minutes in boiling water.	Crack an egg and cook for 3-5 min. in water at about 80 °C	Fry a whisked egg in a pan. Stir while it is cooking.

A sunny-side up egg	An over-easy egg	An over-hard egg	A shirred egg (or baked egg)

Fry in a pan with yolk left runny. (le jaune reste liquide)	Flip the egg over and fry the other side for a few seconds.	Flip the egg over and fry the second side until the yolk is solid.	Bake the egg into a greased ramekin until the yolk begins to thicken.

How to poach an egg.

1. Bring a pan of water to the boil
and add a dash of vinegar.

2. Turn the heat down. Crack each egg
into a small bowl or cup.

3. Gently immerse the bowl as you tilt
the egg into water.

4. Turn heat back up and poach
for 5-6 minutes.

5. Use a slotted spoon to remove the
poached egg and serve.

* dash = small amount (un filet)
* plonger doucement le bol dans l'eau
pour verser l'œuf.
* slotted spoon = écumoire

The eggs must be fresh. The fresher they are, the better they will poach. Take the eggs out of the fridge for at least 20 min.
before poaching them.
Vinegar is optional, it will help the egg white to congeal more easily, but if you don't like the taste, omit.

In the recipe above the water is boiling. It's better to bring the water to a simmer and then to cool it down a little (80 °C)

To poach an egg you can use an egg ring

egg ring	Put the ring into the pan.	Pour the egg into the ring.

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1.
Grandma was a very nice person. I loved her a lot.
She was a wonderful , everybody knew her skills.
She had an antique wood fired .
A very old book with torn pages was always open on the kitchen table.
The most memorable dish she made were pancakes in bacon fat.
I can still remember the smell of those delicious cakes.

2.
Mum! Will you my favourite chocolate cake for my birthday?

Tom is a marshmallow over a campfire.

To maple sap into maple syrup takes a long time.

3.
The difference between poaching, simmering, and boiling is just a matter of temperature degrees.
In which case is the temperature around 90° C ?

At Easter, eggs can be painted and used for decoration.

Which of the following is not a method of preparing eggs?

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