Step 1 : Introduction to the question "4. On "Saturday Night Live", Cheri Oteri played Nadine, a cashier at Burger Castle who repeatedly told her customers to "simmer down." Simmering has a very specific meaning in culinary terms. What does it mean?"
...1. To cook food in a perforated pan or basket above boiling water 2. To cook food in a liquid at a temperature just lower than the boiling point 3. To cook food in a liquid at a rapid boil 4. To cook food inside a sealed plastic bag suspended in boiling water Simmering is a method which is gentle on food, often done to prevent foods from toughening or breaking up during cooking. Chefs debate the "perfect" temperature for simmering but it is generally held to be somewhere between 185 degrees Fahrenheit (85 degrees Celsius) and 205 degrees Fahrenheit (96 degrees Celsius). A simmering liquid is just below the boiling point such that tiny bubbles rise gently to the surface.
