FOODS Flashcards
Roux
Cooking equal parts of flour and fat
Beurre Manie
Uncooked butter and flour mixed in equal parts to form a soft paste
Ovalbumin
Largest protein content in egg white
Bisque
thick soup - fish stock, thickened with rice
Buttermilk
Fluid left after cream is churned to make butter ( little to fat content)
Half and half
10-18% milk fat; for cereals
Light cream/ coffee cream/ table cream
18-30% MF; for coffee
Medium cream/ whipping cream
30-36% MF
Heavy cream
36-40% MF; for salad dressings
True solution
dispersion with smallest particle size
Tahure
fermented soybean cake but softer than tokwa
Honey/ pulut pukyutan
invert sugar, contains fructose at greatest %
Turrones de Kasuy
Nougat-like from San Miguel, Bulacan and Sta Rita Pampanga; example of divinity
Divinity
light airy crystalline candy; a large amount of egg white is added to the syrup while still very hot
Myotome
layers of short fish muscle fibers, separated by large sheets of very thin connective tissues (mycommata)
Conventional method of mixing flour
shortening is creamed thoroughly before gradual addition of sugar and beating vigorously to aerate; for BUTTER and POUND CAKE
Maja Blanca
also coconut pudding; made from coconut milk, cornstarch or gelatin, corn kernels, milk, and sugar
Mold
microorganisms used for cheese ripening
Psychotrophs
microorgs that can survive cold/chill temperature (refrigeration)
Brix
1 gram of sucrose in 100 grams of solution and represents the strength of the solution as percentage by mass.
Hydrolysis
occurs during cooking or processing where the glycosidic bonds joining glucose molecules of starch are broken
Kelp
A seaweed used to process MSG
Lard
market form of fat from hog/pigs
Suet
market form of fat from beef
Sponge cake
three basic ingredients: egg, sugar, flour; one-bowl mixing method
Hydrolytic rancidity
caused by lipases which breakdown fats into fatty acids
bearnaise sauce
emulsified egg yolk, clarified butter and white wine vinegar; flavored with shallots, chervil, and tarragon
One bowl method
mix all ingredients in one bowl
Pastry method
FILL THIS OUT LATER
Muffin method
combine dry ingredients from the wet ingredients separately
Allemande
veloute + egg yolk + heavy cream + LEMON JUICE
Sterilize
remove all micro-organisms. Nothing survives sterilization. Not yeast, bacteria, or fungus.
Sanitize
to reduce the number of pathogenic microorganisms in equipment and utensils
Large egg size
56-63 g
Pee wee egg size
less than 41 g
Lactose
sugar that crystallizes easily
Cutting in
mixing of flour and fat
emulsion
can be stabilized by flour, protein and lecithin (from egg)
Saturated long chain FAs
Solid fat at room temperature
Aggregate fruit
several ovaries in one flower- blackberries, strawberry
Multiple fruit
Several flowers but 1 fruit only (pineapple, figs)
Berry
single ovary; fleshy meat- banana
Hersperidium/ Sectioned
citrus fruits; sectioned
Strong odor produced by cooking of onions and cabbage
sulfur compounds
Jellies- gel formation
pectin, sugar, acid
Jam
pectin, sugar, acid with fruit pulp
Pigment susceptible to oxidation upon exposure to air
Carotenoid
Bearnaise
Sauce of eggyolk, butter and VINEGAR
Slotted spoon
Used to drain foods when they are lifted from the liquid
Ideal height of highest shelf
6 inches
Psychotrophs
Can survive cold chill temperature
Psychrophiles
Survive extreme cold temperature
Mesophile
Neither warm or cold
Thermophiles
Survive extreme high temperature
Vinegar
Fermented product produced by both yeast and bacteria
Trichinella Spiralis
Parasite found in pork