Bake or roast?

[nq:1]I would like to know the difference between these two words - BAKE and ROAST . can anyone help please? thanks[/nq]
To me roasting includes oil.

They should both be 'dry cooking', but if you add the food to cold oil you get 'wet cooking'; as the moisture is driven out of the food it steams the food.

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[nq:1]I would like to know the difference between these two words - BAKE andROAST . can anyone help please?[/nq]
I think historically to roast meant to cook over an open fire, while to bake meant to cook in an oven. Today there is sometimes little difference chicken can be either baked or roasted, for example, although "baked" usually implies that the chicken is cut up before being put in the

[nq:1]I would like to know the difference between these two words - BAKE and ROAST . can anyone help please? thanks[/nq]
I think it has to do with the food/dish you are talking about.

You use "bake" when dough is involved, cake, pies, minced pie.

You roast meat, a chicken, a piece of beef, or lamb.

Irma.

Irma wrote on 01 May 2004:
[nq:2]I would like to know the difference between these two words - BAKE and ROAST . can anyone help please? thanks[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it has to do with the food/dish you are talking about. You use "bake" when dough is involved, cake, pies, minced pie. You roast meat, a chicken, a piece of beef, or lamb.[/nq]
Yes, but then there is baked salmon.

Fran

On 1 May 2004 08:26:28 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:1]Irma wrote on 01 May 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]You use "bake" when dough is involved, cake, pies, minced pie. You roast meat, a chicken, a piece of beef, or lamb.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, but then there is baked salmon.[/nq]
And baked apples.

[nq:2]Irma wrote on 01 May 2004:[/nq]
Hmm, you are righ but..
[nq:2]Yes, but then there is baked salmon.[/nq]
Isn't salmon smoked? :-)
[nq:1]And baked apples.[/nq]
Yes, you are right ...
So then it really depends on the dish you prepare...

For example, I cake a minced pie, it is meat involved... but I cake it -)
I roast Hackbratten... Sort of big meatball fille

Irma wrote on 01 May 2004:
[nq:1]Hmm, you are righ but.. Isn't salmon smoked? :-)[/nq]
Some salmon is smoked, but the French have a wonderful way of baking fresh salmon.
[nq:2]And baked apples.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, you are right ... So then it really depends on the dish you prepare... For example, I cake a minced pie, it is meat involved... but I cake it[/nq]
In America, mince pies

[nq:1]I would like to know the difference between these two words - BAKE and ROAST . can anyone help please? thanks[/nq]
If food is to be baked, it must be put in an oven. If food is to be roasted, it may be put in an oven or it may be roasted over an open flame. I agree that 'roast' and 'roasting' can be tricky words.
Charles Riggs
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[nq:1]Isn't salmon smoked? :-)[/nq]
No, that's tobacco you're thinking of.

[nq:1]Irma wrote on 01 May 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]What do you think? is it a bit lunatic? :-) or could it have a bit of true?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not at all "lunatic", just a bit difficult to classify things very neatly when there are so many exceptions.[/nq]
But surely, as somebody mentioned above, in modern practice 'roasting' typically means cooking with fat or oil, while 'baking' means cooking wi