Contest| "Tools to Spark Culinary Inspiration #14" by @rossnenye

Hello everyone, good evening to you all. Hope you all had a wonderful day today? It's week 14 and I'm so glad to participate again.

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• Explain your understanding about "Baking."

Baking is a type of cooking food done with dry heat in an enclosed space. It's usually done with an Oven or with a pot and stove at a controlled heat. To bake a finished product, you have to do alot like sieving flour, mixing and combining different Ingredients like Flour, milk, Sugar, baking powder, butter, milk flour e.t.c.

During baking, the dry ingredients is mixed together while the same applies to the wet Ingredients and after which the both of them is combined together until a consistent is formed then it's then added to a baking pan and baked.

During baking, the starch in the flour undergoes a Maillard reaction in which a Chemical reaction occurs between the reducing sugar and amino acid from the eggs and results to the brown Color in the final product.

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Unique things about Baking

• It's usually done with an Oven or improvised with a pot or pan with a stove.

• Each baked product has its unique ingredients, timing, measurements and preparation this means you can't use the measurements of cake for meat pie.

• It's an art of combining different Ingredients in order to create something. It requires lots of attention and details because any mistake usually have a significant impact on the final product.

• It's known to be the oldest method of cooking as far back as the prehistoric time when flatbread was baked on hot stone.

• We have various types of baking methods, ensure to explain 3 types.

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• Whisking method

This method involves whisking the egg and Sugar together Inorder to incorporate air into the mixture to make it fluffy and also to make it have a better structure.

• Creaming method

This method involves creaming the butter and Sugar together to introduce air into the mixture. It usually gives a tender and moisture final product.

• All-in-one method

This method involves mixing the dry and wet Ingredients together at once to get the batter.

• Have you ever baked before?, what is your best method of baking?

Yes I have baked before and my best method of baking is Creaming. I like it because It makes the ingredients properly mixed and evenly distributed and this gives me the best finished baking result.

• Baked goods are see almost everywhere and we eat them mostly everyday. What do you think are the health benefits of baked food? Explain 4 benefits

Some of the side effects of eating baked food includes.

• Weight gain

If you want to add weight, baked food is your go to go. The Carbohydrate, Protein and fat content will increase your weight in just few weeks of eating them consistently.

• Energy

Baked food contain high amount of calories, which gives high energy to the body.

• Mental health

The aroma from baked food is enough to make a sad man happy, it's capable of releasing endorphins which helps to improve mood.

• Healthy bones

It's filled with calcium which is good for the bones.

• What are the side effects of baked food? Explain 4 effects.

Some of the benefits of eating baked food includes.

• Weight gain

Constant consumption of baked food can cause one to gain unhealthy weight.

• High risk of Chronic ailments

Constant consumption can equally increase the risk of developing Chronic disease like Diabetes, Heart diseases e.t.c.

• Difficulty in digestion

During digestion, it takes the body a whole lot of time to digest baked food.

• Inflammation

Baked food has high Carbohydrate which can cause inflammation in the body.

Thanks for reading through my post, I invite @ogechukwu-martha, @ukpono and @adachukwu the participate in this contest.

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