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Common Kitchen Tools Baking Tools

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Cake Pans Loaf Pan Wire Cooling Rack Skillet Pie Pans Frying Pan Bundt Pan Sauce Pans Tube Pan Stock Pot

Muffin Pan
Roasting Pan

Cookie Sheet

Jelly Roll Pan

Pizza Pan

Casserole Dish

1. ________________ are used to bake special desserts like apple pie and quiches. 2. ________________ are used to bake breads in many shapes and sizes. 3. A __________________ is a specialty pan used for baking cakes and breads with a distinctive circle ridges. 4. A tool that is made from cast iron and can hold heat for long periods of time on the stove top or the oven is called a _____________________. 5. ________________________ is used to cook meats and vegetables by broiling them close to your heat source while catching any liquids dripping from the food. 6. _______________________ will allow you to bake dough and bread products for even browning of the crust. 7. _______________________ come with lids and are made in a variety of sizes. Can be used to boil or simmer foods on high, medium or low heat. 8. A________________________ is the largest kitchen tool for food preparation and is capable of holding more than 2 gallons of food. 9. Use a ______________________ to bake usually a dozen mini sized cakes or breads. 10. __________________ is used to fry, saut, or brown food using a small amount of liquid.

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Common Kitchen Tools Cutting and Spreading Tools

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Wooden Cutting Board Chef Knife Paring Knife Bread Knife

Kitchen Shears
Blender Slicer/Corer

Pizza Cutter
Rolling Pin Plastic Cutting Board

Grater
Spatula

Peeler Pastry
Rubber Scrapers

1. A ____________________ is a very common board used in the kitchen but not recommend for cutting meat because it cannot be properly sanitized. After repeated use, grooves in the board may harbor bacteria. 2. A ____________________ knife is used for chopping, slicing, and dicing meats, fruits and vegetables. 3. _________________ is a handy tool for quickly removing the stem and seeds as well as slicing the fruit into equal parts. 4. Another useful tool in the kitchen that can be used to open food packages and cut fresh herbs into smaller pieces. These __________________________ should only be used for tasks relating to food and the kitchen. 5. A ___________________ is used to shred cheese or vegetables. It can be used upright or flat across a bowl. 6. _____________________ can be washed and sanitized properly used separately for different food items if color coded. 7. A ______________________ has serrated edges and will gently slice through bread products or food items with smooth surfaces such as tomatoes. 8. This special cutting tool blends dry ingredients such as flour with a solid such as butter or shortening to make a crumbly mixture and is called a______________________________. 9. This tool is commonly mistaken and called a turner but is used for spreading icing and lifting cookies form a hot cookie sheet. 10. A______________________________ can help remove food from the sides of the dish and clean out the entire bowl of food product.

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Common Kitchen Tools Measuring Tools

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Liquid Measuring Cups 1/3 cup Dry Measuring Cups Cup Measuring Spoons 2/3 Cup Custard Cups Cup

A pinch

Flat Surface

Teaspoons

Tablespoons

1. A clear glass or plastic cup to measure on a flat surface to obtain the correct measurement at eye level. _______________________________ 2. This measurement is between cup and 3/4 cup measurements. __________________ 3. Use your fingers to measure this amount which is the smallest amount for a recipe. ____________________ 4. When measuring liquids, you want to put the cup on a ______________________. 5. ______________________________ should be used to prevent mistakes and will help with preparation when gathering your cooking ingredients. 6. _______________________________ are tools used for the smallest amounts of measurements in the kitchen. 7. __________________________ are larger than teaspoons and a capital T can be used to describe its measurement. 8. When using ___________________________________, the ingredients need to be leveled to obtain the correct measurement. 9. If my kitchen did not have a 1 cup measuring tool, I can use a _____________ cup twice, or a ___________ cup three times, and/or a ___________ cup four times. 10. Why is measuring accurately so important in the kitchen? ________________________

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Common Kitchen Tools Mixing Tools

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Wire Whisk Rotary Beater Wooden Spoons Large Kitchen Spoons Electric Mixer Mixing Bowls Blender

Metal Mixing Bowls

1. A _____________________ can incorporate air into a product such as cake batter, whipping cream or eggs. 2. When you beat egg whites you can use a hand help tool or an electric mixer.

T or F

3. These natural spoons come in many shapes and sizes. They help prevent non-stick surfaces in sauce pans or frying pans from being damaged or scraped. _______________ 4. ________________________ are used in a variety of ways in the kitchen while cooking on the stove top or mixing and serving food. They come in materials such as metals, rubber, or plastic. 5. I can use a Rotary beater if I do not have an electric mixer.

T or F

6. To gather all my ingredients into a _____________________________ will allow me to stir and blend food together. 7. A _________________________ is an electric upright small appliance that can also perform many functions such as blending, chopping, grating, pureeing, etc. by the push of a button. 8. A (n) ____________________________ has several attachments to whip, stir or fold ingredients in a metal mixing bowl. 9. Mixing bowls can be glass, plastic, or metal.

T of F

10. What should I do if my recipe called for me to use an electric mixer and the extension cord attached to the mixer was wet? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

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Common Kitchen Tools Lifting, Turning and Straining

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Two-tined Fork Turner Ladle Pasta Spoon Spatula Tongs Metal Strainer Slotted Spoons Colander

1. This spoon is used to gently lift different kinds of noodles from sauce or liquids and helps prevent them from slipping off the spoon. _______________________________ 2. A _______________________is the size of a small to large bowl and has tiny opening to rinse or remove liquids from food such as vegetables and fruit. 3. A _______________________ should be used to drain hot liquids from foods.

4. Colanders and strainers allow the cook to soak food in the water for a small amount of time.

T or F

5. I can use a ______________________ to spoon hot soup from a large stock pot. 6. A hamburger or pancake can be lifted from a pan using a set of ___________________. 7. A spatula and a turner are two different tools with different functions.

T or F

8. A spatula is used to spread icing on a cake and a turner is used to lift chicken from the grill.

T or F

9. Turners are mistakenly called spatulas. T or F 10. _______________________ is a metal cooking utensil with double prongs to hold food in place while grilling or cutting. Name ________________________________ Date____________ Period _________

Common Kitchen Tools Special Tools

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Egg Separator Potato Masher Kitchen Funnel Baster Meat Tenderizer Vegetable Steamer Pastry Brush Mellon Baller Garlic Press Can Opener Egg Slicer Zester

Ice Cream Scooper

Juicer

Thermometer

Sifter

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

A tool that allows you to mince fresh garlic into fine pieces is a ___________________. Scoop out food in specific portions to control quantity is a (n) ____________________. Allows you to separate the egg yolk from the egg whites ________________________. This tool helps mash a food into a smooth and creamy texture____________________. Used to brush or coat a sauce or seasoning onto the food ________________________. A garnishing tool used creatively to make small balls of fruit ______________________. Allows moisture to be put back into a food item that has been cooked or baked. By squeezing the handle and collecting the liquid in the bulb, this tool will release the liquid back onto the food________________________________. 8. Helps break down tough fibers in a cut of meat so that the meat will be tender and absorb more of the seasoning and cook in less time. 9. A tool to prevent over cooking of vegetables by allowing only the steam to cook the food _______________________________. 10. Will help you determine the correct temperature of food and check for doneness _____________________________________. 11. Incorporates air into dry foods that has hardened due to sitting on a shelf for an extended period of time such as flour of sugar_________________________. 12. By pressing and turning on this tool, you can use citrus fruit to remove the juice without seeds__________________. 13. To scrap the skin of a citrus fruit for extra flavoring or to garnish, you can use this tool ________________. 14. When you pour liquid into a small opening, use a _______________________ to prevent spillage. 15. This tool can evenly slice olives, mushrooms and eggs for a salad _______________________.