We are all used to cooking various dishes in our kitchens, well, at least, we are happy to eat delicious dishes prepared by our mother, grandmother or other family members who are engaged in cooking. Some people like to go to restaurants and enjoy the delights of a specially designed national or other menu (if only there was enough money for this, then you can afford it). But, most likely, rarely did any of us think about the very meaning of this word, denoting the moment of preparing a varied and tasty food.
Cooking is a multifaceted concept.
What can be said first of all, recalling the culinary? Well, firstly, this concept is quite multifaceted and ambiguous. In modern Russian, the word itself has several meanings. And it came from Latin: cuisine - cooking - culina. And also means the collective name of the dishes and the specialized store where they are sold.
The art of cooking
Cooking is a whole art, how to make food tasty and beautiful. In the world there are a great many diverse recipes, ways and methods of cooking. After all, cooking is such a diverse and exciting experience. And cooking is both creativity and, to some extent, even science. It has many subtleties. Not for nothing that many of us believe that having tried it once, it is already impossible to stop.
Occupation
Cooking is an action unique to man. And this is understandable: not one of the higher animals is able to cook a dish according to the appropriate recipe. This lesson includes a rich set of relevant technologies, recipes and equipment. And the word itself has a generalizing meaning.
Ways and methods
Cooking technology is a set of certain rules by which it is recommended to cook food. These methods and methods can vary quite widely among different peoples, social groups, in different places of the globe. They are associated with the traditions of culture, relationships in society, personal preferences and skills of cooks in some cases.
Cooking technologies are based on the main processing methods, which include: cooking and frying, stewing and baking, drying and smoking, pickling and salting of various products. Each nationality and each country has its own preferences and traditions that come from the depths of centuries. For example, dried meat is common in Asian cuisine, in the Mediterranean countries traditionally engaged in dairy farming - cheese making. The design of dishes occupies a special place in the technology of food production, because a real culinary work should also look beautiful.
Recipe
The abundance of recipes that exist in various cuisines of the peoples of the world, staggers the imagination of a novice cook. No one specifically calculated, but the impression is that there are millions of them. And many of them have their own zest, their own magic.
In some countries, they prefer gourmet first courses, in others, desserts and drinks, and in the third, salads and snacks. In general, if you decide to treat yourself and your guests with something tasty and new, that is, from which to choose. And you can choose, at least every day for a new dish. And there is no chance to repeat itself, since the culinary imagination of both national and author's cuisine is almost limitless. Recipes are constantly updated and new ones are invented: probably every self-respecting hostess has her own brand. Perhaps you can do your bit?
Cooking equipment
Important in the modern art of cooking when turning it into a creative work and food is the presence in the kitchen of the appropriate equipment. According to experts, the cook should have at least fifty items of equipment at the advanced place of work, and in some cases their number can exceed one hundred: pots, pans, bowls and plates of all sizes and suits, a good set of cutting knives, specialized tools, deep fryer or ducklings and more.
Of course, do not forget about the modern, relatively recently appeared in the kitchen space gadgets: mixers, slow cookers, blenders, microwave ovens, bread machines. Many of them are designed to greatly facilitate the work of the cook.
Cooking courses
Today, such studies are more than accessible. With the Internet, what was inaccessible becomes real. And if you want to become a cook, then cooking courses can be taken even for free or at a low cost online. There is also a mass of culinary sites and blogs where professional and amateur chefs, simple housewives tell in great detail about the preparation of many interesting dishes. Step-by-step master classes will help a novice cook create a work of culinary art with virtually no problems. So, go for it, and you will succeed.