COOKING TECHNIQUES - BARBEQUE AND BASTING

COOKING TECHNIQUES-
BARBEQUE
BASTING

1.BARBEQUE OR BARBECUE:- (common spelling variant) (with abbreviations BBQ, Bar-B-Q and diminutive form used in Canada; Barbie, used chiefly in Australia and New Zealand, is a method and apparatus for cooking meat or poultry with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of charcoal, cooking gas or even electricity. The apparatus itself (the "Barbecue grill") Barbecue is usually done outdoor by cooking and smoking the meat over wood or charcoal..

2. BASTING is a cooking technique that involves cooking meat with either its own juices or some type of preparation such as a sauce or marinade. The meat is left to cook, then periodically coated with the juice.

Prominently used in grilling, rotisserie, roasting, and other meat preparations where the meat is over heat for extended periods of time, basting is used to keep meat moist during the cooking process and also to apply or enhance flavor.
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