Lesson 2: Fun Fry
Welcome back! I hope you’ve had a great time since we were last together. Go put on your witches’ and wizards’ caps because we are going to be making and eating one of my favorite breakfast dishes called “Toad in the Hole.” I’m sure you have eaten it, but it may have been called something like “Sunshine Toast.” But, let’s learn a few cooking terms first and then make Toad in the Holes. Yum!
Cooking Terms
To Bake: when we cook in the oven. Can you think of something a witch would bake?
To Boil: when we make liquid really hot on the stove so there are lots and lots of big bubbles. We boil water for tea. What would a wizard boil?
To Simmer: this is almost boiling. The difference between boiling and simmering is that boiling has big bubbles and simmering has small bubbles. We simmer things that are too delicate to boil. Milk is a good example. We simmer milk when we make hot chocolate. What else might be good to simmer instead of boil?
To Drain: you already know this one. It means to pour the liquid out of a container. What did you drain in the last class?
To Grease: this means to lightly coat a pan with some butter or other grease (get it?) so that after you bake, let’s say cookies, the cookies won’t stick to the pan. Have you ever greased a cookie sheet?
To Melt: to add heat until the stuff no longer is the same shape. What happens to an ice cube when it melts?
To Fry: to cook in grease. For example we fry French fries. Have a parent with you when you fry things. Grease heats up very quickly and it gets super hot.
