Kitchen Utensils and Appliances

In this chapter, you will learn about

 Kitchen utensils
 Cookware and bakeware
 Small appliances
 Large appliances

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 Kitchen Utensils and Appliances
Objectives
 Identify basic kitchen utensils and pieces of
cookware and bakeware and explain their uses.
 Describe the purposes of common kitchen
appliances.

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 Words to Know
 utensil  bakeware
 spatula  double boiler
 serrated blade  skillet
 tongs  appliance
 ladle  portable appliance
 colander  major appliance
 cookware

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 Kitchen Utensils
 Utensil: a hand-held,
hand-powered tool used
to prepare food.

What is the most

commonly used
utensil in your
kitchen?

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 Measuring Utensils
 Spatula: a narrow
utensil used to level
dry ingredients in dry
measuring cups and
measuring spoons.

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 Measuring Utensils
 Dry measuring cups: Used to measure dry
ingredients such as flour or sugar.

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 Measuring Utensils
 Liquid measuring cups

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 Measuring Utensils
 measuring spoons: used to measure ingredients in
smaller numbers

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 Cutting Utensils
 Serrated blade: a blade with a sawtooth edge.

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 Cutting Utensils
 Paring knife: Used for smaller foods

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 Cutting Utensils
 Chef’s knife: All purpose knife, used for cutting or
dicing

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 Cutting Utensils
 cutting board: Surface to cut on

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 Cutting Utensils
 peeler

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 Cutting Utensils
 kitchen shears

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 Cutting Utensils
 can opener

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 Cutting Utensils
 grater

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 Mixing Utensils
 mixing bowls: To combine ingredients

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 Mixing Utensils
 large spoons: Used to stir

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 Mixing Utensils
 rubber spatulas: To stir and mix

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 Mixing Utensils
 pastry blenders

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 Mixing Utensils
 Sifters: To take the lumps out of flour

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 Mixing Utensils
 Rotary beaters: To mix ingredients

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 Cooking Utensils
 Tongs: used to turn or lift foods.

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 Cooking Utensils
 Ladles: large, deep spoon used to serve punches,
soups, and stews.

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 Cooking Utensils
 kitchen fork

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 Cooking Utensils
 wide spatula or turner

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 Other Kitchen Utensils
 Colander: a bowl with many holes used for draining
liquid from foods.

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 Other Kitchen Utensils
 strainer and slotted spoon

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 Other Kitchen Utensils
 bottle opener

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 Other Kitchen Utensils
 Rolling pin: used to flatten dough

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 Other Kitchen Utensils
 timer

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 Other Kitchen Utensils
 thermometer

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 Cookware and Bakeware
 Cookware: pots and pans used on top of the range
to cook foods.

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 Cookware and Bakeware
 Bakeware: items that are used in an oven.

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 Cookware and Bakeware
 Double boiler: a small pan that fits inside a larger
pan.

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 Cookware and Bakeware
 Skillets: pans that have wide bottoms and fairly
low sides and are used mainly for frying and
panbroiling foods.

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 Discuss
 What is the most commonly used piece of
cookware in your house?
 From what material is this piece of cookware
made?

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 Small Appliances
 Appliance: a piece of kitchen equipment run by
gas or electricity.

 Portable appliances: small kitchen appliances that

can be easily moved from one place to another.

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 Discuss
 List some small appliances
you might find in a kitchen.
toasters
electric skillets
blenders
electric mixers

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 Large Appliances
 Major appliances: the main
cooking and food storage
appliances in the kitchen, as well
as dishwashers and trash
compactors.
Name the large appliances in
your home.
What appliances do you
envision in the kitchen of the
future?

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