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Refire

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

verbCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, refire means: To cook a dish again, usually as a replacement for one that cannot be served as intended.

In Turkish: yemeği yeniden hazırlamak

How it is used

Used as a kitchen call and verb; it is more than simply reheating the original plate.

Example sentences

  1. Refire the steak because the first one was overcooked.

    The instruction asks for a replacement dish.

  2. The kitchen refired the fish after the plate was returned.

    The returned dish prompts the kitchen to cook a replacement portion during service.

Common collocations

  • refire an order
  • refire the steak
  • fireIn a kitchen, to start cooking a dish or a course for a table, called out by the chef at the pass when the timing is right.
  • ticketA printed or written order sent from the dining room to the kitchen, showing the table, the dishes and any special requests or allergies.

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