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