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Skimmer

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, skimmer means: A shallow perforated or mesh tool used to lift food or remove material from a liquid's surface.

In Turkish: kevgir, köpük alma kepçesi

How it is used

Common in stock preparation and frying; the holes let liquid drain back.

Example sentences

  1. The cook used a skimmer to remove foam from the stock.

    The broad shallow head gathers material at the surface.

  2. Lift the dumplings from the water with a skimmer.

    The tool lifts solid food while allowing water to drain.

Common collocations

  • mesh skimmer
  • skim with a skimmer
  • stockA flavoured liquid made by simmering bones, vegetables and aromatics in water for a long time, used as the base for soups, sauces and braises.
  • boilTo heat a liquid until it bubbles strongly, or to cook food in such a liquid. Water boils at 100°C at sea level.

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