Difference between Cooked and Poached

What is the difference between Cooked and Poached?

Cooked as a verb is to prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. while Poached as a verb is to cook something in simmering liquid.

Cooked

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of food, that has been prepared by cooking. Corrupted by conversion through a text format, requiring uncooking to be properly listenable.

Example sentence: I cooked a little bit in my first movie; I did a movie called 'Made.' For the little kid in the movie, I do a scene where I'm preparing a pasta puttanesca. I always loved watching that scene.

Poached

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cook something in simmering liquid.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Cooked, or obtained by poaching

We hope you now know whether to use Cooked or Poached in your sentence.

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