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cooking

[ kook-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

used in preparing foods:
All of my cooking utensils are packed, so I had to order pizza.
suited for use in cooked food: Compare baking ( def 5 ), eating ( def 4 ).
The Golden Delicious is our favorite cooking apple, especially for applesauce.

Origin of cooking¹

First recorded in 1635–45; cook ¹ + -ing ¹ for the noun senses; cook ¹ + -ing ² for the adjective senses

And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, Bacon says to try things like batch cooking.

Turn the heat down to 325°F and continue cooking until internal temperature reads 140°F on a thermometer.

Drain immediately and immerse the beans in ice water to stop the cooking.

There, she and other mothers can take ministry-sponsored courses, including on cooking and avoiding marital conflict.

She had a twice-weekly cooking show on the NCB affiliate, WDSU TV in 1949-50.

The tea was all laid on tables in the garden, and the sausages were cooking over a fire made on the grounds.

She thought the idol would consume them, for bachelor cooking was never intended for bachelor invalids.

Hicks was puttering around the fire, evidently cooking supper, and Gregory was moving the picket rope of his horse to fresh grass.

As he walked back, he stopped to gather some green bamboos of medium size, for he knew they would be needed in cooking the dinner.

"If slightly cut before cooking, potatoes slip out of their skins easily," says a home journal.

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