Methods of cooking

There many methods of cooking , most of which have been known sice antiquity.These include baking, roasting, frying grilling, bar barcecuing, smoking, boiling, steaming and braising. A more recent innnovation in microwaving, various methods use differing levels of heat and moisture and vary in cooking time.The method chosen greatly affects the end results because some foods are more appropriate to some methods than offers.Some major hot cooking techniques include; Roasting-barbecuing,grilling,broiling,rotisserie scaring baking-baking blind,flash baking Boiling-boling, blanching, braising,coddling,double steaming,infusion,poaching.pressure cooking,simmering,smothering Frying-deep frying,hotsalt frying, hot sand frying,pan frying,pressure frying,sautering,stir frying. Steaming works by boiling water continusioly,causing it to vaporite into steam, the steam then carries heat to the nearby food, thus cooking the food.By many it is considered a healthy form of cooking, holding nutrients within the vegetable or meat being cooked. Smoking is the process of flavouring,cooking or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering materials, most often wood.