Cooking

📖 In short

Cooking means preparing food so it's tasty, easy to digest and safe to eat. Most cooking uses heat on the stove or in the oven, but some foods are made without heat, like salads and cold sandwiches.

🤩 Did you know?

Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
For browning food, the oven temperature is between 150 and 180 degrees.
The first practical coal-burning stove was patented in 1833.
People learned to cook when they discovered fire, a very, very long time ago.

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🌟 Many ways to cook

We can boil food in water, fry it in oil, grill it over coals, bake it in the oven or steam it. Each way gives a different taste.

🔍 Why do we cook food?

Heat kills harmful germs in meat and eggs, makes rice, potatoes and bread soft and easy to eat, and gives food a delicious smell.

💡 Dishes from every country

Every country has its famous dishes: couscous in the Maghreb, mansaf in Jordan, kabsa in the Gulf, molokhia in Egypt and stuffed vegetables in the Levant.

🎯 Kitchen safety

The kitchen is a fun place, but it has fire, knives and hot things. So always cook with a grown-up, wash your hands before touching food, and keep your hands away from hot pans.