COOKING
COOKING What is cooking? Cooking is the application of heat to food for the purpose of making it more digestible, safer to eat, more palatable and to change its appearance. In the cooking processes heat breaks down the cellulose in plant foods, softens some of the connective tissues of meat, breaks down and gels starches present, changes and blends flavors within the food, destroys bacteria and makes food more acceptable to humans and human digestion. Cooking may include a process of extraction, leaching and steeping by which soluble materials are removed from a food for use as flavouring medium. When bones are simmered to produce stock for e.g. the soluble compounds in the bones are extracted and passed into simmering water. Stock can then be used in soup and sauce making. While the application of heat to food materials is the principal action taking place in cooking, other things are done to enhance the flavour, and spices, seasoning and sauces are added. The food may be m...

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