Phrase Book

Convert Cup (US) to Deciliter

Tbsp. or Tbs. (Tablespoon) | Tsp. (Teaspoon)

Oz. (Ounces) | 1 Oz. = 28.34952 gram (g. or gr.)

4 Oz. (Quarter Pounder)

Bud | Knop

Bulb | Onion bulb

Msk | Swedish, tbsp.

Pinch | Knivspids

Package (Pkg.) | Pakke (Pk.)

Pieces (Pcs.) | Stykker (Stk.)

Sprigs | Kviste

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​Utensils

​1. Cookware

2. Bakeware​

3. Dishware

4. Kitchenware

5. Tableware

6. Glassware

7. Silverware

8. Flatware

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Burgers △

1. Coated Aluminium Skillet (Medium Heat)

2. Iron Cast Grill Pan (High Temperature)

3. Griddle Pan (High Quantity Industry)

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Art of cooking △

1. Creation

2. Experimentation

3. Improvisation

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Dishes △

1. Starter

2. Main course

3. Dessert

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Minced Meat △​

1. Svinekød (krebinetter, karbonader paneret)

Krebinetter. En rørt fars af hakket kalv/flæsk, æg, fløde, ristet brødkrummer.

Karbonader. Mere bare en fars, der kun bliver paneret.

2. Gris/Kalv (frikadeller, fx. med en dansk eller tysk kartoffelsalat og syltet agurkesalat evt. pyntet med radiser. Frikadellerne kan steges på panden for at give dem en sprød skorpe og bages færdig i ovn for at bevare deres saftighed. Evt. kan der tilsættes porrer til frikadellefarsen, se farserede porrer)

3. Oksekød (hakkebøffer)

4. Medister (ikke bulderkoge i 10-15 min ved middel-lav varme, og derefter 10-15 min på en støbejerns grillpande ved middel-høj varme, for at undgå fedt-sprutteri på komfuret og afskyeligt stege-os i emhætten. Skindet bliver godt nok ikke så klassisk brun, men med grillstriber og spiseligt sprød nok. Hvis du vil grille den udendørs på gas/kul, så skal det være med indirekte varme. Det vigtigste er, at skindet ikke sprækker, så saften siver ud undervejs i tilberedningen)

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Spilkoge (koge vand i 2 min. ved 100°C for at dræbe bakterier i vandet)

Skratkoge (eller skrutkoge, gamle udtryk for bulderkoge)

Bulderkoge (eller boblekoge, koge stærkt under lydelig sprutten, typisk hårdkogte æg og for at undgå at spaghetti klistrer sammen under kogning)​​​​

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Pronunciation (not spelled pronounciation like in pronounced): You have dinner in a diner (a dining restaurant)​

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Accordion potato | Hasselback kartofler

Agave | A type of syrup

Aioli | Mayonnaise seasoned with garlic (Spain, Italy, France, Mediterranean cuisine)

Almond | Mandel

Apron | Forklæde

Arancini | Also known as arancine, are Italian rice balls that are filled, coated in breadcrumbs, and deep-fried. They are a staple of Sicilian cuisine. See also Arancine salsiccia.

Arrowroot | Pilerod (bruges som smagsneutral jævning til supper og saucer)

Arugula salad | Rucola salat

Baby onions | Also known as button onions or pearl onions (perleløg)

Bagel | A dense bread roll in the shape of a ring, made by boiling dough and then baking it.

Baking sheet (metal tray) | Bageplade til ovn

Basil | Basilikum

Batter | A mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water used, for making cakes or for coating food before frying

Bay leaves | Laurbærblade (used during simmering, but are inedible, must be removed before serving)

Beech smoked | Bøgerøget (eg. bacon)

Beetroot | Rødbeder

Bell Pepper | Peberfrugt

Bistro | A small, relatively simple restaurant, especially one offering French or French-style food. See also cafes vs. Bistros

Blackcurrants | Solbær

Bland dish | Intetsigende, kedelig ret (food for thought, unforgivable vs. unforgettable)

Bold flavors | Dristige smage

Bread roll | Rundstykker, boller, flûtes o.l.

Breadcrumbs | Rasp

Breaded (breadcrumb coating) | Panade (panering)

Brisket | Bryst

Broccoli florets | Broccoli buketter. The stem is edible.

Broccolini | Resembles broccoli, but with smaller florets and longer, thinner stems.

Broiling | Grillning

Broth | Bouillon

Butter curler | Smørkrøller

Buttermilk | Kærnemælk

Cannoli | Sicilian pastries/dessert consisting of a tube-shaped shell of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling containing ricotta.

Caprese salad | A simple Italian salad of slices of fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and sweet basil seasoned with salt and olive oil and often topped with arugula. It is served on a plate in restaurants. Like pizza margherita, it is green, white and red like the Italian flag.

Cast iron grill pan | Støbejern grill pande

Caster sugar (superfine sugar) | Strøsukker

Cauliflower (a cabbage) | Blomkål

Celeriac also called celery root, knob celery, and turnip-rooted celery | Knoldselleri vs. Bladselleri vs. Blegselleri

Celery root | Knoldselleri

Celery stalk | selleristængel

Ceps | A mushroom with a smooth brown cap, a stout white stalk, and pores rather than gills

Ceviche | Origin Peru. A cold fish salad that often consists of fresh sole, shrimp or squid marinated with Worcestershire sauce, lime, coriander and onion.

Chowder | A rich soup typically containing fish, clams, or corn with potatoes and onions

Chutney | A spicy condiment made of fruits or vegetables with vinegar, spices, and sugar, originating in India

Cilantro | Koriander

Coarse salt | Groft salt

Coarsely chopped | Grofthakket

Consommé | En type klar suppe lavet af rigt aromatiseret bouillon eller bouillon, der er blevet klaret, en proces, der traditionelt bruger æggehvider til at fjerne fedt og bundfald. En senere teknik til klaring anvender gelatinefiltrering.

Couvert | Fransk for kuvert, der betyder en opdækning til én person bestående af bestik, service osv. Ved nogle begivenheder er der et bordkort ved hver kuvert.

Colander | Dørslag

Coleslaw | Sliced raw cabbage mixed with mayonnaise and other vegetables, eaten as a salad.

Concoction | Sammenkogt

Condiment | Tilbehør eller Krydderi

Confit | Duck or other meat cooked slowly in its own fat

Cottage cheese | Hytteost (fx. Ricotta, men ikke Mascarpone)

Courgette | Squash

Crinkle-cut fries | Bølge skåret pommes frites (for oven use)

Crocante | Crunchy, crisp

Crudité | French appetizers consisting of sliced ​​or whole raw vegetables, typically dipped in a vinaigrette or other dipping sauce. Examples of crudités include celery sticks, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, bell pepper strips, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, fennel, baby corn, and asparagus.

Cruet | A small container for salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar for use at a dining table

Cuisine | A style or method of cooking, especially as characteristic of a particular country, region, or establishment.

Culotte or Cuvette | The large muscle going from the rump to the knee of the back leg.

Cumin | Spidskommen

Curd | Ostemasse

Custard | A dessert or sweet sauce made with milk, eggs, and sugar

Cutting board | Also called a chopping board

Dekonstrueret | Afmontere, adskille eller opløse noget i dets bestanddele for at undersøge det nærmere.

Diced onions | Løg skåret i tern

Level of doneness: Rare | Medium Rare | Medium | Medium Well | Well Done

Dainty | Fastidious or difficult to please, typically concerning food.

Dairy | Mejeriprodukter (flødeost, creme fraiche, etc.) 

Double cream | En fuld-fed fløde på 48% (forbidden tech). Mere tilbøjeligt til at skille pga. den højere fedtprocent.

Dough | Dej

Dredge | Sprinkle food with a powdered substance, typically flour or sugar.

eg. "Dredge the bananas with sugar and cinnamon."

Dressings vs. Dippings

Drizzle | sprinkle, stænke

Eba | in West African cuisine a dough made with boiled cassava meal and typically shaped into round or oval mounds.

Elderberries | Hyldebær

Embers | Gløder fra grillkul

Farm-to-table | Fra jord til bord

Feast | Festmåltid

Five-spice | Kinesisk krydderiblanding, der typisk består af stjerne anis, fennikel, kanel, nelliker og szechuan-peber.

Flabby flesh | Soft, loose, and fleshy. About poultry's skin not being crisp

Foie gras | A delicacy in French cuisine made of the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage (force feeding). The production of it is illegal in Denmark.

Fronds | Blade

Game meat | Wild animals and birds that are hunted and eaten

Ganache | A whipped filling of chocolate and cream, used in desserts such as cakes and truffles

Garlic cloves | Hvidløgsfed | Knoblauchzehen

Garnish | Garniture. Decorate or embellish food

Gherkins | Cornichoner

Gnocchi | Italian cuisine. Small dumplings made from potato, semolina, or flour, usually served with a sauce.

Grated cheese | Revet ost

Gravy | A sauce made from cooked meat juices together with stock and other ingredients

Griddle pan | Stegeplade

Grill grate | Grillrist

Grits | Gryn

Ground beef | Hakket oksekød

Haggis | A Scottish cuisine

Haricots verts | French, thin, green beans, also called "snakes"

Hasselback potatoes | A Swedish version of a jacket potato scored and baked in the oven 

Heirloom Tomato (US) | Heritage Tomato (UK) | Beefsteak Tomato | Bøftomat (DK)

Horseradish | Peberrod

Icing | Glasur

Jerked beef | Lean beef cut into strips and dried in the sun

Jerk seasoning | The technique of poking holes in the meat to allow the spices to permeate.

Juice groove | Saftrille. A feature on some cutting boards making it more difficult to clean after use.

Juicy | Saftig

Julienne | Fransk. Fx. en Julienneskære-kniv til carrots julienne, celery julienne, julienne fries julienne cucumbers, etc.

Lard | Svinefedt

Lasagna | Lasagne

Lentil | Linser

Loin | The part of the body on both sides of the spine between the lowest ribs and the hipbones

Lukewarm water | Lunken, håndvarmt vand

Lumpy | Klumpet

Marinated veal steak | Marineret kalvesteak

Meat loaf | Farsbrød (Forloren hare)

Nutmeg | Muskatnød

Oblater | Dansk. Møntformet udpresning på størrelse med katolske alterbrød.

Pan seared | Fried quickly at a high temperature so as to retain its juices in subsequent cooking

Panna cotta | Italiensk dessert, som betyder kogt fløde.

Pantry (food pantry) | Spisekammer

Peanuts/Peanut butter | Typically used in Asian cuisine

Peeled potatoes | Skrællede kartofler

Parsley | Persille

Patty | Hakket oksekød burger bøf

Pearl onions | Perleløg

Peri-peri mayo | A mayonnaise with four ingredients (peri-peri sauce, mayo, garlic powder and smoked paprika)

Pestle and mortar | Morter med støder

Pickled | Syltede eller lage

Plantain | A firmer sort of banana, less sweet and more unripe and harder to cut, used for cooking.

Poached eggs | Pocherede æg (vandbad med eddike for at undgå at de bliver for tynde)

Porridge | Grød

Potato masher | Presse-purée| Kartoffelmoser/Kartoffelstamper (nyt: kartoffel riser/kartoffelrøser)

Potato wedges | Kartoffelbåde

Poultry | Fjerkræ

Pressure cooker | Trykkoger 120°C/248°F.

Produce | 1. Verb: To produce | 2. Noun: Agricultural and other natural products collectively

Pumpkin | Græskar

Puree | Puré

Relish | A condiment eaten with plain food to add flavor eg. use salsa as a relish with grilled meat or fish

Ratatouille | A vegetable dish made of onions, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant & peppers. Fried and stewed in oil, sometimes served cold.

Reduced red wine | A sauce made by simmering and thickening red wine in cooking

Rennet | Osteløbe (enzym)

Ribeye | A cut of beef from the outer side of the ribs

Ricer | Riser, eg. a potato ricer

Rind | Skorpe

Rising time (dough ball) | Hævetid (dej)

Rolling boil | Bulderkoge

Rolling pin | Kagerulle

Rump steak | Rumpen af tyksteg, cuvette og culotte

Salsa roja (Spanish pronounced roha) | A red salsa sauce (could also be green, white or brown)

Savory | Velsmagende (salty or spicy rather than sweet, eg. the use of salted caramel in pastry)

Scallions | Forårsløg

Schmear (Germanic) or smear | Eg. to smear or spread butter or a low-fat cream cheese

Scotch bonnet | A variety of chili pepper

Scrambled eggs | Røræg

Scrumptiously | Lækkert

Shallots | Bananformet skalotteløg, anvendes i Bearnaise sauce

Shiso leaves | Bladmynte (Perilla), typisk anvendt i Kinesisk/Koreansk køkken.

Simmer | Simre (of water or food) stay just below the boiling point while being heated

Sirloin | Mørbrad

Skewer | Spyd

Skillet | Stegepande (Aluminium)​

Slivered onions | Hakkede løg

Soy milk | Plant-based made from soybeans and water that is used as an alternative to cow's milk.

Spatchcock | Split open a poultry or game bird to prepare it for grilling

Spinach | Contains a high-level amount of water, so chefs recommend an extra grind of salt and pepper.

Splitting | Skiller. Cook at the lowest temp. (60° C) to avoid eg. bearnaise sauce from splitting.

Spring rolls | A Vietnamese variant of China rolls.

Strained | Siet, fx. er vallen siet væk i græsk yoghurt for en tykkere konsistens.

Stew | Gryderet

Stir fry | fry (meat, fish, or vegetables) rapidly over a high heat while stirring briskly

Stuvning | Simre-ret med jævning som fx mel og smør (béchamel) eller fløde i en tæt, sauce-lignende konsistens, ofte med kød, fisk og/eller grøntsager.

Soggy (soup) | Gennemblødt, anti-crisp

Stock | Fond (eg. a fish or chicken stock)

Succulent | Tender, juicy, and tasty

Svineslag | Et stykke fedt kød fra grisens bryst eller bug, som er velegnet til langtidstilberedning som braisering, kogning eller langtidsstegning, da det indeholder meget bindevæv. Det bruges ofte til rullesteg eller rullepølse og kan desuden laves til den italienske ret porchetta.

Taco | A traditional Mexican taco made of a rolled and folded, filled corn served on a flat tortilla. Another traditional variation is the taco dorado (deep-fried taco), where a filled tortilla is rolled up and fried until crispy. When you eat taco/tortilla you don't turn it with your hands, you turn your neck/head to take a bite sideways.

Tangy pickles | Syrlige syltede agurker

Tamarind | Asian cuisine. Used to make sauces like tamarind chutney.

Tarragon | Estragon

Thyme | Timian

Tinfoil (Aluminum foil) | Stanniol, alu-foilie, sølvpapir (one side is shiny, and the other is matte)

Tortilla | A flatbread, traditionally made from cornmeal or wheat flour (modern). In Spanish, "tortilla" means "little cake".

Turkey | Kalkun

Turmeric (plant of the ginger family) | Gurkemeje

Turnips | Majroer

Veal steak | Kalvesteak

Venison | Vildtkød. Meat from a deer

Vinaigrette | Salad dressing of oil, wine vinegar, and seasoning

Whey | Valle. The watery part of milk that remains after the formation of curds (ostemasse).

Whisked egg | Pisket æg

White onions | Salatløg​

Yellow onions | Gule Zittauerløg

Zest | Only the colored thin outer peel of citrus, orange and lemon, since the white part under it taste bitter.

Zester | A utensil to scrab the zest off with

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Expert timing (Preheating) △

1. Mini oven to 200°C/392°f (11-12 min.)

2. A middle-sized stainless-steel pot of water for potatoes, rice or pasta @max. temp. before middle temp. (8-9 min.)

3. cast iron grill pan @max. temp. before middle temp. (2-3 min.)

4. A coated aluminium skillet.

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The embossed edges on a coffee filter should be folded, after brewing coffee every day for over 35 years. A fresh coffee filter can also be used to clean your television without scratching the screen. The coffee grounds can also be used to scrub your pots and pans clean.