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BOIL
A painful sore with a hard core filled with pus
BROIL
Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat
BAKE
To cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
ROAST
A piece of meat ___ or for ___ and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
FRY
English painter and art critic
GLAZE
Any of various thin shiny coatings applied to foods
BASTE
A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together
BLANCH
To turn pale, as if in fear
MACEDOINE
Mixed diced fruits or vegetables
JULIENNE
A vegetable cut into thin strips
GRILL
A restaurant where food is cooked on a ___
SEAR
To make very hot and dry
DEGLAZE
To dissolve cooking juices or solid food in by adding liquid and stirring
REDUCE
To make less complex
RENDER
A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
POACH
To hunt illegally
STEAM
Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
MINCE
Food chopped into small bits
SINGE
A surface burn
SIMMER
Temperature just below the boiling point
STRAIN
Deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
PUREE
Food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender

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