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*PhoenixRising* · 06-02-2014, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi

The Gryffindor continued to rock on the back of the chair legs while he waited for the class to start. He had been looking around the room as well and was therefore unaware of the silent spell being casted towards him. The boy gasped as he lost his balance and he fell backwards with a THUD on the ground.

He groaned as he rubbed his back and stood up quickly. No one had seen that, nope. Kevin set his chair upright again and sat back down. On all four legs this time.

The difference between cooking and baking? His head snapped up at this. Were they gonna make delicious food? Pleeeeeeaaaase let it be true! The Gryffindor LOVED food and that reminded him that he still had some toffees in his pocket. He would eat them later when the Professor wasn't facing the class.

" The difference is that....uhm..." Wait! He totally knew this! It was on the tip of his tongue. ................okay he had nothing. He had never cooked or baked before. Nor had he ever watch his mother cook. He was just interested in eating it. The boy had already forgotten that he was in the middle of a sentence and began to rock the chair back on two legs again.

Hearing the chair rocking Gryffindor start to speak up after she briefly caught a glimpse of him falling backwards, Fina waited for him to finish the sentence. Except he never did. Nor did he remember what happened the last time - a moment prior - he rocked in his chair. Frowning and tempted to cast another silent spell, Hadley stopped herself, choosing a different route this time. "Mr Hirase, perhaps a remembrall shall help you in not only class discussions, but not to rock in your chair. You wouldn't want to end up in the Healer's office with a split open head, would you?" She was being totally serious!

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione

The difference between baking and cooking? This should come rather simple to anyone really, but considering Tag had a chef in the 'house' he could give a good answer to this.

"Cooking is more commonly used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You use, usually a frying pan or stove, or pot. And you make meals that can take up to thirty minutes for one single ingredient. Like, pasta can take some time to cook, and soups can too. Now, baking, that's for sweets and desserts. And they are usually served after the main meal. But for baking, its a lot more measured precisely with time and ingredient measurements. Cooking, you can be relaxed about how long you take or what you want to add in or out of the dish. Baking on the other hand, say you accidentally put too much sugar into your treat, it could turn out to be a complete disaster."

That was very bad. Once Tag had baked chocolate chip cookies with his sister, had read the measurements wrong on the ingredients and they had come out the stove flat and stiff, almost felt like he would be breaking a tooth.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

Cooking and baking? Were they...going to be cooking and/or baking in this class? As in they'd be around FOOD? Penelope perked right up at this thought. Merlin, yes, this was awesome. Forget how tired she was, this was really awesome. She was so glad she'd come to this lesson now.

Her hand went up. "I think one difference is that the idea of baking is usually associated with sweets, like cake and cookies and things like that, while cooking's usually more savoury and stuff, like pizza and tacos and lots of other stuff. That's not all that can be baked or cooked, but that's usually someone's first thought when they think of it."

"But baking doesn't have to be for sweets or desserts, as it is simply just heating things up in a closed oven. Pizza or lasagnas, for instance, would be considered baking." Not simply cooking, like Penelope suggested for the pizza thing.

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Originally Posted by Sararara

Hmm. Something else they needed to know? Norah raised her hand and said, "Well, you don't want to take anything out of the oven with your bare hands. That'll hurt." She knew that from experience, yep. Baking cookies with her grandmother hadn't been as fun as she had expected after she had burned herself. But they were going to bake! Cool! That probably meant there'd be some oh-so-yummy treats to eat when they finished class. Oh, food. It's enough to make any class your favorite.

"AH yes, very good to remember. Ovens are HOT pieces of equipment and burns, we'll let's just say an oven burn would be way worse than a simple sunburn." She nodded at the first year. Very good point.

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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline

Ben was glad that she had seemed happy by his welcome back. At least that was someone happy. When the lesson was begun, the third year thought about possible answers though it seemed he couldn't come up with anything his classmates weren't already mentioned. So he remained quiet, taking down the answer Professor Hadley had remarked before raising his hand to answer for her second question.

"You need to make sure that you have every ingredient that you need." Couldn't bake what you wanted without the many parts required.

"Yes. You should probably check this before you begin.... making sure you have everything, similar to potion brewing, in that regards." Fina nodded in concurrence.

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Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88

Cris quickly took down notes as Professor Hadley explained the difference. Yes!! They would be baking today, and Cris' first question was what. But he knew the answer to that question would discovered soon enough.

He had a question though and so he raised his hand,"Professor I've heard mention somewhere that the heat required to bake a specific recipe may have to be taken into account depending on which altitude you are at? What may require 300 degrees Celsius when baked high above sea level may end up being a different heat range at say sea level. Is that true or an old wives tale?"

Cris hoped that was a reasonable question to ask.

...and then he raised his hand again, "Um, Professor can we maybe bake a Chocolate Banana Filled cake too?"

...well it was worth a try.

Fina blinked at this question. Heat required to bake something depending on your altitude? That was weird. "I'm not sure it depends on altitude as the only thing I'm aware of in regards to heat transfer is that it depends on how much material you have. If for instance, you have a small toaster oven, it requires a lower temperature to heat something compared with a traditional oven, as there is less space. Heat transfer is due to the movement of molecules - the molecules change places and take their heat with them. For example, heating a pot of water, the water nearer to the heat source will be warmer than the water far away. However, if you stir the water, than the hotter molecules will move away and be replaced with colder water molecules." Did that answer the question? Not really, but sort of.

...

"No." She said flatly at his next question. "First of all, we don't have the ingredients, but more importantly, I rarely condone baking sweets and consuming them." So baking a cake was out of the question, basically.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Yay! Based on the first question, they would not be going outside. Probably down to the kitchens though. Which was fine with her.

Anyway, this was a easy question. "Baking usually refers to cooking in an oven or making cookies and stuff like that, while cooking usually refers to using other means like a stove or microwave or making soups and things." Oooh, were they making cookies? Because that would be awesome! You know, as long as no one burned anything or set anything on fire.

Oh, so they were baking something. Probably cookies, since those were relatively easy. "Use oven mitts when removing anything from the oven." That was her rather intelligent contribution to the conversation. It was true, though.

"Yes, oven mitts are a very handy muggle invention." Hadley nodded in agreement. Went along with what Norah had said about taking stuff out of the oven with your bare hands; or not to.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel looked at the Professor and then raised her hand. "Baking is where you get your hands dirty and actually do stuff like make the food yourself, were as cooking basically you just go to the shop and buy something and then put it in the cooker." Angel really liked baking.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Angel raised her hands. "Professor I think that you should know what you are making otherwise you are in trouble." Angel sighed.

"Not necessarily correct with the cooking.... cooking is more the general terminology. Baking is a subset of cooking." Fina nodded at twin #1.

"But yes, yes, knowing what you're making is a very good thing to know."

Anything else? Glancing around at the students in anticipation of more questions, she waited another moment or two before speaking once more. "Right then. If there are no further questions, then please, stand up and follow me to the kitchens for some baking experience, as that will be the best way to learn and explain!"

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PhoenixRising Quintaped Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in my head [GMT-6] Posts: 58,907 Hogwarts RPG Name: Amelia Adara Graduated Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Montmorency (#301199) Hufflepuff Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kartik Ishaan Joshi (#3112da) Ravenclaw Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Kara Walsh (#aa1506) Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Tiffany Rose Slytherin Third Year x12 x8	*adds in a few of you from before my last post* YesJess! \| Captain Goggles \| Mama Badger \| Eva's Soul Sister \| An OG™ \| It's all in the Numbers Quote: Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi The Gryffindor continued to rock on the back of the chair legs while he waited for the class to start. He had been looking around the room as well and was therefore unaware of the silent spell being casted towards him. The boy gasped as he lost his balance and he fell backwards with a THUD on the ground. He groaned as he rubbed his back and stood up quickly. No one had seen that, nope. Kevin set his chair upright again and sat back down. On all four legs this time. The difference between cooking and baking? His head snapped up at this. Were they gonna make delicious food? Pleeeeeeaaaase let it be true! The Gryffindor LOVED food and that reminded him that he still had some toffees in his pocket. He would eat them later when the Professor wasn't facing the class. " The difference is that....uhm..." Wait! He totally knew this! It was on the tip of his tongue. ................okay he had nothing. He had never cooked or baked before. Nor had he ever watch his mother cook. He was just interested in eating it. The boy had already forgotten that he was in the middle of a sentence and began to rock the chair back on two legs again. Hearing the chair rocking Gryffindor start to speak up after she briefly caught a glimpse of him falling backwards, Fina waited for him to finish the sentence. Except he never did. Nor did he remember what happened the last time - a moment prior - he rocked in his chair. Frowning and tempted to cast another silent spell, Hadley stopped herself, choosing a different route this time. "Mr Hirase, perhaps a remembrall shall help you in not only class discussions, but not to rock in your chair. You wouldn't want to end up in the Healer's office with a split open head, would you?" She was being totally serious! Quote: Originally Posted by Team ronmione The difference between baking and cooking? This should come rather simple to anyone really, but considering Tag had a chef in the 'house' he could give a good answer to this. "Cooking is more commonly used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. You use, usually a frying pan or stove, or pot. And you make meals that can take up to thirty minutes for one single ingredient. Like, pasta can take some time to cook, and soups can too. Now, baking, that's for sweets and desserts. And they are usually served after the main meal. But for baking, its a lot more measured precisely with time and ingredient measurements. Cooking, you can be relaxed about how long you take or what you want to add in or out of the dish. Baking on the other hand, say you accidentally put too much sugar into your treat, it could turn out to be a complete disaster." That was very bad. Once Tag had baked chocolate chip cookies with his sister, had read the measurements wrong on the ingredients and they had come out the stove flat and stiff, almost felt like he would be breaking a tooth. Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl Cooking and baking? Were they...going to be cooking and/or baking in this class? As in they'd be around FOOD? Penelope perked right up at this thought. Merlin, yes, this was awesome. Forget how tired she was, this was really awesome. She was so glad she'd come to this lesson now. Her hand went up. "I think one difference is that the idea of baking is usually associated with sweets, like cake and cookies and things like that, while cooking's usually more savoury and stuff, like pizza and tacos and lots of other stuff. That's not all that can be baked or cooked, but that's usually someone's first thought when they think of it." *"But baking doesn't have* to be for sweets or desserts, as it is simply just heating things up in a closed oven. Pizza or lasagnas, for instance, would be considered baking." Not simply cooking, like Penelope suggested for the pizza thing. Quote: Originally Posted by Sararara Hmm. Something else they needed to know? Norah raised her hand and said, "Well, you don't want to take anything out of the oven with your bare hands. That'll hurt." She knew that from experience, yep. Baking cookies with her grandmother hadn't been as fun as she had expected after she had burned herself. But they were going to bake! Cool! That probably meant there'd be some oh-so-yummy treats to eat when they finished class. Oh, food. It's enough to make any class your favorite. "AH yes, very good to remember. Ovens are HOT pieces of equipment and burns, we'll let's just say an oven burn would be way worse than a simple sunburn." She nodded at the first year. Very good point. Quote: Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline Ben was glad that she had seemed happy by his welcome back. At least that was someone happy. When the lesson was begun, the third year thought about possible answers though it seemed he couldn't come up with anything his classmates weren't already mentioned. So he remained quiet, taking down the answer Professor Hadley had remarked before raising his hand to answer for her second question. "You need to make sure that you have every ingredient that you need." Couldn't bake what you wanted without the many parts required. "Yes. You should probably check this before you begin.... making sure you have everything, similar to potion brewing, in that regards." Fina nodded in concurrence. Quote: Originally Posted by FireboltAvis88 Cris quickly took down notes as Professor Hadley explained the difference. Yes!! They would be baking today, and Cris' first question was what. But he knew the answer to that question would discovered soon enough. He had a question though and so he raised his hand,"Professor I've heard mention somewhere that the heat required to bake a specific recipe may have to be taken into account depending on which altitude you are at? What may require 300 degrees Celsius when baked high above sea level may end up being a different heat range at say sea level. Is that true or an old wives tale?" Cris hoped that was a reasonable question to ask. ...and then he raised his hand again, "Um, Professor can we maybe bake a Chocolate Banana Filled cake too?" ...well it was worth a try. Fina blinked at this question. Heat required to bake something depending on your altitude? That was weird. "I'm not sure it depends on altitude as the only thing I'm aware of in regards to heat transfer is that it depends on how much material you have. If for instance, you have a small toaster oven, it requires a lower temperature to heat something compared with a traditional oven, as there is less space. Heat transfer is due to the movement of molecules - the molecules change places and take their heat with them. For example, heating a pot of water, the water nearer to the heat source will be warmer than the water far away. However, if you stir the water, than the hotter molecules will move away and be replaced with colder water molecules." Did that answer the question? Not really, but sort of. ... "No." She said flatly at his next question. "First of all, we don't have the ingredients, but more importantly, I rarely condone baking sweets and consuming them." So baking a cake was out of the question, basically. Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Yay! Based on the first question, they would not be going outside. Probably down to the kitchens though. Which was fine with her. Anyway, this was a easy question. "Baking usually refers to cooking in an oven or making cookies and stuff like that, while cooking usually refers to using other means like a stove or microwave or making soups and things." Oooh, were they making cookies? Because that would be awesome! You know, as long as no one burned anything or set anything on fire. Oh, so they were baking something. Probably cookies, since those were relatively easy. "Use oven mitts when removing anything from the oven." That was her rather intelligent contribution to the conversation. It was true, though. "Yes, oven mitts are a very handy muggle invention." Hadley nodded in agreement. Went along with what Norah had said about taking stuff out of the oven with your bare hands; or not to. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel looked at the Professor and then raised her hand. "Baking is where you get your hands dirty and actually do stuff like make the food yourself, were as cooking basically you just go to the shop and buy something and then put it in the cooker." Angel really liked baking. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Angel raised her hands. "Professor I think that you should know what you are making otherwise you are in trouble." Angel sighed. "Not necessarily correct with the cooking.... cooking is more the general terminology. Baking is a subset of cooking." Fina nodded at twin #1. "But yes, yes, knowing what you're making is a very good thing to know." Anything else? Glancing around at the students in anticipation of more questions, she waited another moment or two before speaking once more. "Right then. If there are no further questions, then please, stand up and follow me to the kitchens for some baking experience, as that will be the best way to learn and explain!"** __________________ ___________________You should take your little finger and just point it in the mirror. ________________________________________Baby, maybe you're the problem ✯