Eighth Grade Life Skills

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Dry Measuring Cups

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Measure dry ingredients such as flour and sugar, usually comes in sets: 1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/2 cup and 1 cup.

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Measuring Spoons

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measuring small amounts of liquid and dry ingredients. The most common sizes are 1/4 teaspoon, 1/2 teaspoon, 1 teaspoon, and 1 tablespoon.

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Liquid Measuring Cups

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Have a spout for pouring and measurements marked on the side in cups, ounces, and milliliters. Common sizes are 4 cups, 2 cups, and 1 cup.

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Mixing Bowls

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Hold the ingredients that you mix and come in graduated sizes

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Pastry Blenders

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Cut shortening into flour for piecrusts and biscuits.

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Wire Whisks

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Are used for beating and blending. Whisks are especially efficient to stir sauces and beat egg white mixtures

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Mixing Spoons

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Have long handles and are used to combine ingredients. They're made of metal, plastic, or wood.

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Plastic or Rubber Scrapers

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Are used to scrape bowls and mix ingredients together. They have a wide, flexible blade.

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Sifters

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Sift and mix ingredients together as they pas through a mesh screen. They come in various sizes.

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Rotary Beaters

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Are also known as hand beaters. You use it to beat eggs amd mix thin batters, such as pancake batter.

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Paring Knife

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Are good for pealing fruits and vegetables.

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Utility Knife

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Are all-purpose knives for cutting and slicing foods.

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Chef's Knife

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Are used for cutting, mincing, and dicing.

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Bread Knife

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Come in handy for slicing bread or baked goods.

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Cutting Boards

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Serve as base for your cutting work, keeping kinfe blades sharp and counters in good shape.

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Graters

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Are used to shred and grate vegetables and cheeses.

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Kitchen Shears

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Are sturdy scissors used for cutting vegetables, pastry, poultry, and meat. Always wash shears thoroughly after use with raw meator poultry.

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Peelers

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Are used to peel vegetables and fruits. The blade swivels.

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Colanders

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Are bowls with holes for draining foods, such as cooked pasta.

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Strainers

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Are wire mesh baskets with handles, used to strain liquids from solid foods, such as water from steamed vegetables.

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Slotted Spoons

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Are helpful for lifting solid food from liquid like pasta from water.

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Spatulas

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Have dull, narrow metal blades. They're useful in leveling dry ingredients, such as flour, in measuring cups.

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Turners

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Or wide spatulas, are used to lift and turn foods, such as pancakes or hamburgers.

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Tongs

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Grasp or hold foods, such as chicken drumstick or a corncob.

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Ladles

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Are helpful when serving hot soup and stews.

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Cooling Racks

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are made of wire and allow air to circulate around hot baked products.

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Cookware

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Includes pots, pans, and other containers for use on top of the range, in the conventional oven, or in the microwave oven. Cookware items are made of metal, glass, or plastic.

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Saucepans and stockpots

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Are deeper than skillets. They come in a variety of sizes, usually measured in quarts or liters. Some have covers. Saucepans have one handle, while stockpots have two, one on each side.

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Cake pans

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Are round, square, or rectangular. They can be used for baking many foods in addition to cakes.

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Loaf pans

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Come in different sizes and are used for breads and meat loaves.

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Casseroles

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Or baking dishes, come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They're deep enough to hold a main-dish mixture and often have covers.

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Skillets

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Are shallow and have long handles. They come in assorted sizes and sometimes have covers.

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Baking sheets

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Are rectangular, low-sided pans.They're most often used for baking cookies.

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Pie pans

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Are round with sloping sides and come in different sizes.

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Muffin pans

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Have from six to twelve individual cups to hold muffins and cupcakes.

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Custard cups

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Are made from heatproof glass. You might use them to bake custard or microwave eggs.

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Toaster

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Holds slices of bread for toasting. Some can adjust for thicker breads.

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Blender

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Has push-button speed controls for a variety of mixing and chopping tasks, such as blending fruit drinks.

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Hand-held Mixer

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Can be used for whipping cream, mixing cake batter, or even whipping potatoes. Its light-weight, easy to manage, and convenient to store. Safety rule:insert beaters before plugging in, unplug first then eject your beaters, clean the body of the mixer and the cord with a damp towel.

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Food Processor

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Different blades and disks can be used to perform a number of cutting and mixing tasks.

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Electric Skillet

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Electric skillets have a thermostatic control on the handle to regulate cooking temperatures. Use it to fry, roast, simmer, or bake.

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Rolling Pin (Roller)

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For flattening dough such as pizza and pie crust or cookie dough

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Prep Cups

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Pre-measuring small amounts of dry/liquid ingredients while following a recipe

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Paper Bake Cups (Cupcake liners)

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For lining muffin/cupcake pan to prevent sticking

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Apple Corers

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To slice apples into eight even pieces while removing the core

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Eating Utensils (knife, spoon, fork)

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Eating utensils are only used for eating. Do not use in place of cutting, measuring, and mixing.

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Pasta Fork

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For lifting and serving pasta.

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Two Tined Fork

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To hold a food item in place while slicing, carving, or cutting

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Aluminum Foil-regular

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Is used for covering any type of food after baking and for storing in refridgerator

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Non-stick release aluminum foil

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To cover or line cookie or baking sheet to prevent sticking