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Flashcards by Emily Campbell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emily Campbell
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Balance scale/baker's scale | A balance scale weighs dry ingredients in the bake shop area. |
| Balance Scale/ Baker's scale | |
| Bimetallic stemmed thermometer | These thermometers are useful for checking large or thick food. |
| Bimetallic stemmed thermometer | |
| Digital Scale | A precise scale used to measure weight. Provides a digital readout in both U.S. and metric systems. |
| Digital Scale | |
| Scoop | This short-handled measuring utensil scoops out soft food, such as ice cream, butter, and sour cream. These portion scoops come in various sizes. |
| Scoop | |
| Thermocouple | An accurate thermometer that measures temperature in thick or thin food instantly. |
| Thermocouple | |
| Countertop Blender | Used to purée, liquefy, and blend food. The blender consists of a base that houses the motor and a removable lidded jar with a propeller-like blade in the bottom. |
| Countertop Blender | |
| Immersion Blender | Also known as a hand blender, stick blender, or burr mixer. It is a long, stick-like machine that houses a motor on one end of the machine with a blade on the other end. This operates in the same manner as a countertop blender to purée and blend food, except that a cook holds it manually in a container of food, whereas a countertop blender contains the food itself. |
| Immersion Blender | |
| Food Chopper | Chops vegetables, meat, and other food using a vertical rotating blade and a bowl that rotates the food under the blade. This unit is often called a buffalo chopper. |
| Food Chopper | |
| Food Processor | A processing machine that houses the motor separately from the bowl, blades, and lid. Food processors grind, puree, blend, crush, and knead food. |
| Food Processor | |
| Horizontal cutter mixer (HCM) | This mixer cuts, mixes, and blends food quickly with a high-speed horizontal rotating blade that is housed in a large bowl with a tight cover. |
| Horizontal Cutter Mixer (HCM) | |
| Mandoline | A manually operated slicer made of stainless steel with adjustable slicing blades to slice and julienne. Its narrow, rectangular body sits on the work counter at a 45-degree angle. It is useful for slicing small quantities of fruit or vegetables, situations where a large electric slicer isn't necessary. |
| Mandoline | |
| Meat Grinder | A free-standing machine or an attachment for a standing mixer. Food is dropped in through a feed tube, pulled along by a metal worm, and then cut by blades as the food is forced out through the grinder plate. |
| Meat Grinder | |
| Meat Slicer | Most have a slanted circular blade. Food either passes through the machine automatically, or a cook pushes a hopper holding the product along a carriage into the blade. The thickness of the slicer is set by increasing and decreasing the distance between the guide plate and the blade. |
| Meat Slicer | |
| Mixer | Available in 5-quart, 20-quart, 60-quart, and 80-quart sizes. Used to mix and process large amounts of food with any number of specialized attachments, including paddles, wire whips, dough hooks, meat grinders, shredders, slicers, and juicers. |
| Mixer | |
| Flat beater Paddle | Used in a mixer to mix, mash, and cream soft food items. |
| Flat Beater Paddle | |
| Wire Whip | Used in a mixer to beat and add air to light food items, such as egg whites and cake frosting. |
| Wire Whip | |
| Wing Whip | A heavier version of the wire whip; used in a mixer to whip, cream, and mash heavier food items. |
| Wing Whip | |
| Pastry Knife (paddle) | Used in a mixer to mix shortening into dough. |
| Pastry Knife (paddle) | |
| Dough Arm (hook) | A mixture attachment used to mix heavy, thick dough. |
| Dough Arm (hook) |
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