For Cutting, Mixing, and Blending Ingredients

Question 1

a four-sided stainless steel with surface covered with holes with slightly raised cutting edges. It is used for grating, shredding, and slicing ingredients.

Answer 1

Grater

Question 2

a straight, thin, smooth metal, about 3 inches by 5 inches, attached to a handle. It is used to cut dough and scrape leftover dough on working tables.

Answer 2

Dough cutter

Question 3

• a hand tool with several parallel U-shaped wires attached to a handle. It is used to blend shortening and flour together until mixture forms crumbs, about the size of coarse corn meal.

Answer 3

Pastry blender

Question 4

a handheld mixer used to beat, blend, mix, or whip batter, egg white, cream, and the like.

Answer 4

Electric hand mixer

Question 5

a heavy-duty countertop mixer with stainless steel bowl with special attachments, such as hooks for kneading yeast dough, a paddle for creaming butter and sugar, and a whisk for beating batters, egg whites, and cream.

Answer 5

Electric stand mixer

Question 6

a tube-shaped device made of metal, usually aluminum with fine wire sieve at the bottom and a handle. It is used to sift flour, sugar, and other dry ingredients. Use a handheld sieve if you do not have a sifter.

Answer 6

Sifter

Question 7

a long, rounded, wooden device used to roll out dough or crush cracker crumbs. Choose one with ball-bearing handles for smooth rolling and a hardwood surface at least 12 inches (30 cm) long.

Answer 7

Rolling pin

Question 8

• a hand tool with several parallel wires arranged in a pear-shaped body attached to a handle. It is used to blend ingredients or incorporate air into a mixture in a process known as whisking or whipping.

Answer 8

Whisk beater

Question 9

a rectangular-shaped rubber that narrows to the edges attached to a handle. It is used to remove bits of food at the sides of the bowl.

Answer 9

Rubber scraper

Question 10

• made of a spoon-shaped wood with a long handle. It is used for mixing, stirring, and tossing ingredients.

Answer 10

Wooden spoon

Question 11

a type of scissors used in the kitchen for cutting food. It is larger than a standard pair of scissors and has a plastic or rubber-coated handle, allowing for ease in cutting.

Answer 11

Kitchen shears

Question 12

a plastic or metal cutter with sharp edges used for cutting cookie dough into different shapes and sizes.

Answer 12

Cookie cutter

Question 13

come in plastic, ceramic, or glass material and are available in 3 quarts, 2 quarts, and 1½ quarts capacity. They are used to combine, mix, blend, and hold ingredients.

Answer 13

Mixing bowls

Question 14

made of wood or thick, hard plastic for cutting and chopping food or ingredients.

Answer 14

Chopping board

Question 15

a small knife for paring, cutting, and trimming small fruits and vegetables.

Answer 15

Paring knife-

Question 16

come in different sizes and are used for different purposes.

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Knives

Question 17

• an average-sized knife used for general purposes in the kitchen.

Answer 17

Kitchen knife

Question 18

• a large, usually rectangular knife with a heavy, thick blade that narrows to a sharp edge. It is used for cutting meat with bones.

Answer 18

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