[Vocabulary] bake,toast,grill

[areev]

Hi?
I'd like to ask you something
just a simple question

are these bake,toast,grill interchangeable?

Thanks.......:lol:

 

[Barb_D]

Not at all.

You bake something in an oven. It's a box that's heated.

A toaster has heated elements very close to what is being toasted. You toast bread in a toaster to make toast.

You grill by placing your food on a metal rack over heat. It can be a gas grill or a charcoal grill. You do this outside, usually, though a few fancy cook stoves have small indoor grills.

 

[sarat_106]

Hi?
I'd like to ask you something
just a simple question

are these bake,toast,grill interchangeable?

Thanks.......:lol:

No, Each refers to a cooking process completely different from the other..

 

[emsr2d2]

Not at all.

You bake something in an oven. It's a box that's heated.

A toaster has heated elements very close to what is being toasted. You toast bread in a toaster to make toast.

You grill by placing your food on a metal rack over heat. It can be a gas grill or a charcoal grill. You do this outside, usually, though a few fancy cook stoves have small indoor grills.

In the UK, in order to grill something, you put it under heated elements! Most British ovens have a grill element placed at the top (on the "ceiling") of the oven. Cooking something over heat, especially outside, would be considered barbecueing it.

You can also "toast" something by putting it under the grill. If you don't have a toaster, you would make toast by putting it under the grill's heated elements.

And (!) if you want to toast something like pine nuts, you can place them in a frying pan without oil, and put the pan over the heat (on the hob) for a little while.

At least "to bake" seems to mean the same thing in both BrE and AmE.

 

[Barb_D]

Under the heating elements would be broiling here.

(I agree on the toasted nuts thing - it just means subjecting them to dry heat, which you can do in a frying pan on top of the stove.)

 

[emsr2d2]

Under the heating elements would be broiling here.

(I agree on the toasted nuts thing - it just means subjecting them to dry heat, which you can do in a frying pan on top of the stove.)

Aaaaaah, I always wondered what broiling was! Not just a misspelling of boiling then! :-D

 

[Barb_D]

No, our ovens usually have a small area under them with a broiling pan. It's a suitable alternative to grilling - the heat comes from one side, just like in a grill, and you flip the meat so get the heat to both sides, just like a grill. I've broiled hamburgers, fish, pork chops, the so-called "London broil" etc in my broiler.

Also, my little toaster oven - basically a small oven that you can either heat up like an oven, or turn on the elements just on top to broil - is prefect for melting the cheese on top of a piece of bread you've already toasted.

(So while we're on the subject, what is Welsh Rarebit?)

 

[emsr2d2]

No, our ovens usually have a small area under them with a broiling pan. It's a suitable alternative to grilling - the heat comes from one side, just like in a grill, and you flip the meat so get the heat to both sides, just like a grill. I've broiled hamburgers, fish, pork chops, the so-called "London broil" etc in my broiler.

Also, my little toaster oven - basically a small oven that you can either heat up like an oven, or turn on the elements just on top to broil - is prefect for melting the cheese on top of a piece of bread you've already toasted.

(So while we're on the subject, what is Welsh Rarebit?)

Aha! Thanks for the USA kitchen lesson.

Welsh Rarebit is just (cheddar) cheese on toast! It's frequently written as "Welsh Rabbit" and I believe that name actually came first. There are variations on it, involving adding mustard or other sauces either under or with the cheddar cheese. You can turn it into Buck Rarebit (Rabbit) by adding a poached egg either on top or under the cheese.

 

[Barb_D]

Wow! I've been enjoying Welsh Rabbit my whole life and never knew!!

;-)