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Use pastry blender or two knives and a cutting motion to mix solid fat with dry ingredients, like in making a pie crust
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Cut in
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Beat ingredients very rapidly to bring in air and increase volume
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Whip
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To smooth a mixture, as in mising a cake batter. use quick over and under motion with spoon or wire whisk.
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BEat
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Use spoon to make circular or figure eight motions as in soup when it warms.
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Stir
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Use a spoon to stir two or more ingredients together thoroughly.
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Blend, mix, combine
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Use spoon, beater or mixer to combine ingredients until soft and creamy.
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Cream
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Use rubber scraper to gently combine ingredients in a delicate mixture, such as folding in beaten egg whites.
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Fold
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Rub food over a grater to get fine particles, as in grating cheese
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Grate
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Cut or tear food into long thin pieces. Use knife, forks or grater.
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Shred
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Cut off outside covering of a fruit or vegetable.
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Pare
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Cut evenly shaped pieces 1/2 inch on each side
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Cube
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Cut evely shaped pieces about 1/4 inch on each side
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Dice
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Chop food into pieces that are as small as possible -- like onion.
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Mince
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Cut food inot small irregualr pieces, as in chopping green pepper
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Chop
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Rub lightly with fat, such as butter or shortening
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Grease
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