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Title: How many ways to cook?
Post by: digitalandanalog on April 13, 2009, 12:30:16 AM: In an exercise of vocabulary for my children I have been trying to get them (and myself) to think of all of the ways to "cook" food. Any kind of food.

We have a list of several words with at least on questionable.

Here is where we stand... (Sorry if some are misspelled)

Baked
Boiled
Broiled
Sauteed
Fried
Roasted
Jerky...Salted and/or air dried
Pickled
Rotisserie
BBQ
Smoked
Steamed
Slow cooked...ala crock pot type cooking...low heat for a long time
Toasted
?Creamed?
Raw
Blackened
Microwaved...I know it is an "oven", but it isn't the same as a regular oven.
Poached
Canned
Pressure (cooked)
Grilled...flat top or or open flame
Stewed
Braised
Al Dente

Any we are missing? The longer the list, the better.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Azrael256 on April 13, 2009, 01:29:07 AM: Blanched
Simmered
Seared
You might do some variations on certain themes, like pan-fried, deep fried, par-boiled, etc.

I think al dente is more of a degree of cooked like medium rare or well done.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: HankB on April 13, 2009, 08:33:21 AM: Electrocuted. :O

Actually, I remember having a hot dog cooker that cooked the 'dogs by running an electric current through them - their own resistance caused them to heat up and cook.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: mfree on April 13, 2009, 09:43:43 AM: salt-crusting
sous-vide (cooked for very long time at very low temperature under vacuum)
hot dry frying (salt or sand)

Aww heck.... instead of trying to remember everything I've tried or had, go here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cooking_techniques

That should have everything.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on April 13, 2009, 10:45:55 AM: burned
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 13, 2009, 10:48:20 AM: caramelized
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: roo_ster on April 13, 2009, 10:54:28 AM: Soaked in lye.

Salted and left out in the sun to putrefy while capturing the drippings.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 13, 2009, 10:56:58 AM: ferment or fermented

rice or riced- (like potatoes)

dehydrate/rehydrate
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: K Frame on April 13, 2009, 11:07:27 AM: Joan d'Arc'ed.

Also known as destroying a steak by cooking it well done.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 13, 2009, 11:11:59 AM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on April 13, 2009, 11:07:27 AM
Joan d'Arc'ed.

Also known as destroying a steak by cooking it well done.

nice.. I'll have to remember that when my wife complains I don't cook her steak done enough.

She'll buy 1-1.5" steak at the store, then expect me to cook hers well done with out burning it. I keep telling her when you buy steaks that thick you can't expect them to be well done on the grill with out being a mass of charcoal.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: K Frame on April 13, 2009, 11:18:59 AM: Mtnbkr's wife won't eat anything unless it's burned to a crisp.

One day we were cooking on the grill and I dropped a piece of lump hardwood charcoal on her plate and told her her steak was ready...

Mtnbkr laughed, Mrs. Mtnbkr looked around to make sure Abby wasn't watching then gave me the finger. :D
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 13, 2009, 11:21:33 AM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on April 13, 2009, 11:18:59 AM
Mtnbkr's wife won't eat anything unless it's burned to a crisp.

One day we were cooking on the grill and I dropped a piece of lump hardwood charcoal on her plate and told her her steak was ready...

Mtnbkr laughed, Mrs. Mtnbkr looked around to make sure Abby wasn't watching then gave me the finger. :D

Also why do people spend the $$$ on a porterhouse only to cook it well done? Go with a flank steak or round steak if you want a well done steak.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Fly320s on April 13, 2009, 11:32:12 AM: Back to the OP.

Another way to cook is via acid, such as Ceviche. That is fish marinated in lime juice which "cooks" the fish.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on April 13, 2009, 01:49:02 PM: SWMBO make pancakes BSD

burned side down
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Gewehr98 on April 13, 2009, 01:54:30 PM: Mrs. G-98 won't eat a steak until it's ruin't (imitate Texas drawl).

She won't eat hot dogs until they're so charred one can write with them.

I make her cook her own tenderloin and Filet Mignon. I can't stand to watch. =(
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: digitalandanalog on April 13, 2009, 02:21:42 PM: Quote
Soaked in lye.

Wouldn't that be poisonous?

Poison isn't food...unless you feed it to pests =D
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: K Frame on April 13, 2009, 02:22:52 PM: Let's not forget sushi.

Not exactly cooking, but certainly food preparation at its finest.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: K Frame on April 13, 2009, 02:24:22 PM: Quote from: digitalandanalog on April 13, 2009, 02:21:42 PM
Wouldn't that be poisonous?

Poison isn't food...unless you feed it to pests =D

That's actually a way of preparing food, not really cooking it.

Hominy is soaked in lye to loosen the outer hulls so they can be washed off.

Pretzles are soaked in a lye solution to gelatinize the outside layer of starches on the dough. That promotes deep browning and crispness.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: castle key on April 13, 2009, 02:27:52 PM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on April 13, 2009, 11:07:27 AM
Joan d'Arc'ed.

Also known as destroying a steak by cooking it well done.

Just the way I like it!!
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Scout26 on April 13, 2009, 02:45:43 PM: Quote from: castle key on April 13, 2009, 02:27:52 PM
Just the way I like it!!

Mrs. Scout just rolls her eyes when I order steak.....

Waiter: ....and how would you like your steak sir ?

Me: Scared with a Flashlight.

=D =D
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 13, 2009, 02:48:43 PM: Quote from: castle key on April 13, 2009, 02:27:52 PM
Just the way I like it!!

Seriously, why do you hate America?
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: JonnyB on April 13, 2009, 02:59:29 PM: There are but two ways to cook:

Right

Wrong

jb

ps: technically inaccurate. There's one right way and many, many wrong ways.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on April 13, 2009, 03:16:03 PM: grind, chop, puree, liquefy, mix, mince, cream, shred, beat, grate, whip, blend, ice crush
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 13, 2009, 03:26:15 PM: Quote from: Harold Tuttle on April 13, 2009, 03:16:03 PM
grind, chop, puree, liquefy, mix, mince, cream, shred, beat, grate, whip, blend, ice crush

Sounds like an S&M dungeon.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Scout26 on April 13, 2009, 03:52:15 PM: Quote from: Harold Tuttle on April 13, 2009, 03:16:03 PM
grind, chop, puree, liquefy, mix, mince, cream, shred, beat, grate, whip, blend, ice crush

I see HT is reading off his blender...... =D
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on April 13, 2009, 04:08:56 PM: osterizer FTW
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Balog on April 13, 2009, 04:24:13 PM: Fricassed.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 13, 2009, 04:27:48 PM: Quote from: Balog on April 13, 2009, 04:24:13 PM
Fricassed.

Is that how they make hotdogs? Take the frickin' asses and shove them in a intestinal casing.

I think you are looking for fricasseed
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: mtnbkr on April 13, 2009, 04:31:49 PM: Quote from: charby on April 13, 2009, 11:21:33 AM
Also why do people spend the $$$ on a porterhouse only to cook it well done? Go with a flank steak or round steak if you want a well done steak.

Actually, most times, SWMBO is just as happy with flank or round steak. It's not big deal, I put hers on till it's ready to be turned, then I put mine on. By the time hers is ready, so is mine.

Chris
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: BridgeRunner on April 13, 2009, 05:31:47 PM: Fermenting
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: mfree on April 14, 2009, 02:06:31 PM: If I have this right, and I'm not bothering to go look, the whole corn - lye process is called nixtamalization.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Gewehr98 on April 14, 2009, 02:31:00 PM: Fermenting, or mold:

http://www.buriedmirror.com/latest/2007/10/11/huitlacoche/

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Yumm-O!
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: K Frame on April 14, 2009, 04:29:15 PM: I'm making Mom my special macaroni and cheese tonight for dinner.

YUM!

Oh, and no mold... :D
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on April 14, 2009, 04:55:32 PM: what's the term for making balut eggs?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg)
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: charby on April 14, 2009, 05:03:50 PM: To be honest I had no clue what fricasseed ment or how to fricassee something. Little google fu and I found this recipe. Sounds like something to try with an old rooster or laying hen.

Quote
Fricasseed Chicken.
For this the fowls need not be as tender as for roasting. Clean, wash, and cut up, and place for half an hour in salt water. Then put into a pot, with half a pound of salt pork, and cover with cold water. Cover the pot, let them heat very slowly, and then stew for over an hour, or much longer if the chickens are tough. Take care to cook very slowly; rapid boiling toughens them. When tender add a small onion or two, some parsley and pepper. Cover again, bring to a boil, and stir in a cupful of milk, to which are added two beaten eggs and two tablespoonfuls of flour. Boil up, and add a large spoonful of butter. Place the chicken in a deep dish, pour the gravy over it, and serve. In all cases where beaten egg is added to a hot liquid, it is best first to drop a little into the egg, beating while doing so, to heat it gradually, and prevent it curdling, as it will if thrown suddenly into hot liquor.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: BridgeRunner on April 14, 2009, 08:00:20 PM: fermentation =/= mold
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on April 14, 2009, 08:07:06 PM: whats it called when the swedish make that rotten fish stuff?
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Uncle Bubba on April 14, 2009, 08:47:31 PM: Quote from: bluestarlizzard on April 14, 2009, 08:07:06 PM
whats it called when the swedish make that rotten fish stuff?

SurstrÃ¶mming. It's made by fermenting the fish in brine.

I'll pass on it, thanks.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Gewehr98 on April 14, 2009, 11:05:19 PM: Compare that to Lutefisk...
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: K Frame on April 14, 2009, 11:24:44 PM: Garum.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: makattak on April 14, 2009, 11:43:40 PM: You people are just making up words now!
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on April 14, 2009, 11:49:14 PM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on April 13, 2009, 11:07:27 AM
Joan d'Arc'ed.

Also known as destroying a steak by cooking it well done.

In Rouen, France there's a copper cap in the ground marking the location of the stake she was tied to when they burned her. Across the street, in a display of tastelessness uncharacteristic of the French, one may dine at the Joan of Arc Steakhouse.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Uncle Bubba on April 15, 2009, 12:19:53 AM: Quote from: Gewehr98 on April 14, 2009, 11:05:19 PM
Compare that to Lutefisk...

Judging by the description, not quite as nasty as SurstrÃ¶mming, but I'll take a pass on it, too.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: K Frame on April 15, 2009, 01:10:04 AM: Quote from: makattak on April 14, 2009, 11:43:40 PM
You people are just making up words now!

With a vocabulary such as mine, I don't have to make things up. ;)

"Garum

Ga"rum\ (g[=a]"r[u^]m), n. [L., fr. Gr. ga`ros.] A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients. "
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Physics on April 15, 2009, 02:01:22 AM: How about hot-plating your leftovers from earlier, in the lab at 3 am on the night before a deadline?

Also pasteurization is a cooking method I believe.

I can think of multiple ways of vaporizing food. =D
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: Balog on April 15, 2009, 11:32:27 AM: Some of those "cooking methods" fail the basic test of actually producing food.
Title: Re: How many ways to cook?
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on April 15, 2009, 01:07:32 PM: what about freeze drying. like that space ice cream stuff you can get at museums. yum.