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Essential Kitchen Tools and Equipment Guide

This document provides descriptions of various kitchen tools, utensils, knives, and equipment. It lists over 30 common items used in food preparation including basters, can openers, cutting boards, dredgers, sharpening steels, flippers, funnels, garlic presses, graters, colanders, potato mashers, rotary egg beaters, serving tongs, soup ladles, vegetable peelers, wooden spoons, whisks, chef's knives, paring knives, cleavers, meat slicers, bread knives, dinner knives, mass scales, measuring cups, and measuring spoons. It also describes kitchen appliances like hand mixers, microwave ovens, refrigerators, blenders,

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Essential Kitchen Tools and Equipment Guide

This document provides descriptions of various kitchen tools, utensils, knives, and equipment. It lists over 30 common items used in food preparation including basters, can openers, cutting boards, dredgers, sharpening steels, flippers, funnels, garlic presses, graters, colanders, potato mashers, rotary egg beaters, serving tongs, soup ladles, vegetable peelers, wooden spoons, whisks, chef's knives, paring knives, cleavers, meat slicers, bread knives, dinner knives, mass scales, measuring cups, and measuring spoons. It also describes kitchen appliances like hand mixers, microwave ovens, refrigerators, blenders,

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TLE REVIEWER

Baster – This is handy for returning some of the meat or poultry juices
from the pan , back to the food.
Cans & Bottles opener – this is used to open a food tin,
Cutting boards – This is a wooden or plastic board where meats and
vegetables can be cut
Dredgers – This is used to shake flour, salt , and pepper on meat,
poultry and fish
Sharpening steel – This is used to sharpen long knives
Flipper – this is used for turning hamburgers and other food items.
Funnels-This is used to fill jars, made of various sized of stainless
steel,aluminum,or of plastic.
Garlic Press- This is a kitchen tool which is specifically designed for
the purpose of pulping garlic for cooking
Graters- This is used to grate, shred,slice and separate foods such as
carrots, cabbage and cheese.
Colander- A colander is a kitchen utensil that is primarily used to rinse
vegetables or strain foods such as pasta
Potato masher- This is used for mashing cooked potatoes , turnips,
carrots or other soft cooked vegetables
Rotary egg beater- This is used for beating small amount of eggs or
batter
Serving Tongs – This is used for transferring food.
Soup ladle – This is used for serving soup or stews, but can also be
used for gravy, dessert sauces or other foods.
Vegetable peeler – This is used to scrape vegetables, such as carrtos
and potatoes and to peel fruits.
Wooden spoons - This is continue to be kitchen essentials because of
their usefulness for used for creaming, stirring, and mixing.
Whisks-This is used for whipping eggs or batter, and for blending
gravies, sauces, and soups.
KNIFE SET
Chefs knife – is an all purpose knife used for chopping, slicing and
mincing
Paring knife – Is used for peeling and paring fruits and vegetables.
Cleaver- is somewhat eavy and has rectangular shape
Meat slicer- used to slice roasted meats, ham and thick solid cuts of
meat
Bread knife – used to slice or divide breads and pastries.
Dinner knife-knife used during meal.
MEASURING TOOLS
Mass scale – use to measure the mass of an ingredient, can be
operated manually or digitally.
Measuring cups – use to measure wet and dry ingredients
Measuring spoons – are used to hold specific amounts of dry wet
ingedients;varying in sizez from a dash to 1 tablespoons or 15 ml.

Why do we need to be familiarized with the different tools and utensils


in the kitchen?
THE TOOLS, UTENSILS AND EQUIPMENT ARE MADE OF
DIFFERENT MATERIALS.
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
Hand mixer – this is a hand-help mixing device
Microwave oven – this is a kitchen appliances that combines the
cooking with ease and speed of a microwave .
Refrigerator- this is a cooling appliances for the storage and
preservation of perishable food.
Blender- this is a kitchen and laboratory appliance used to mix,puree
and other substances
Food processor- this is a electric kitchen appliances that utilizes
several different blades and high speed motor to handle several
different common cooking task .
Burner gas range with oven-this is an appliances with a chamber or
compartment used for cooking
Pressure cooker- that allows to prepare certain foods in less time than
required by conventional methods
Griddle- this is a cooking device consisting of a broad flat surface that
can be heated using a variety of means.

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