As its name implies, steaming
is the cooking of food by the application of steam. In this cooking
process,
the food is put into a steamer, which is a cooking utensil that
consists of a vessel with a perforated bottom placed over one
containing
water. As the water boils, steam rises and cooks the food in the upper,
or perforated, vessel.
Steamers are sometimes arranged with a number of
perforated vessels, one on top of the other. Such a steamer permits of
the cooking of several foods at the same time without the need of
additional
fuel, because a different food may be placed in each vessel.
Steaming is preferable to
boiling in some cases, because by it there is no loss of mineral salts
nor food substances; besides, the flavor is not so likely to be lost as
when food is boiled.
Vegetables prepared in this way prove very palatable,
and very often variety is added to the diet by steaming bread, cake,
and
pudding mixtures and then, provided a crisp outside is desired, placing
them in a hot oven to dry out the moist surface.
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