words for cooking

Bake is typically used for pastries and pasty-like dishes: baked ham, lasagna, mac and cheese, pizza, etc.

Roast is typically used for large cuts of meat cooked slowly.

Grill is usually used for party or snack-type dishes: hot dogs, steaks, grilled cheese sandwiches, hamburgers, etc.

Broil is a cooking technique that is not often used. The heat is above the food, whic

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So is it appropriate to use 'roast' when you cook vegetables and meat on an iron plate?

How can you distinguish when you use 'roast' or 'grill'.
Are there any difference in the way of cooking?

There are regional differences too. In the UK, I never hear the word "broil". I don't even know what it means without looking it up. We use "grill" to mean cook using heat from above (usually a gas flame or electric element). In the UK this is a fairly common method of cooking, and many cookers come equipped with a device ("a grill") to do it.

Anonymousbake, roast, grill, broil

Most American usage goes like this:

bake / roast: To cook in an oven, i.e., in an enclosed space surrounded by dry heat.

'bake' is used with cakes, cookies, and pies; 'roast' is used with meats and vegetables: to bake an apple pie; to bake a batch of cookies; to roast a chicken; roasted potatoes. Exc

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So is it better to use 'fry' when you cook vegetables and meat on an iron plate indoors?
Which word do you use when you cook a egg / a steak meat using a frying pan indoors?

AnonymousSo is it better to use 'fry' when you cook vegetables and meat on an iron plate indoors? Which word do you use when you cook a egg / a steak meat using a frying pan indoors?

I would say "fry" for both of those. We certainly "fry an egg", "fry eggs", "eat fried eggs".

CJ

Thank you! How about when you cook vegetables and meat on an iron plate indoors?

AnonymousThank you! How about when you cook vegetables and meat on an iron plate indoors?

As I said, "fry". If you are moving them around quite a bit as they cook, you can say "stir-fry".

CJ

Thank you! It was very helpful!

CalifJimMost American usage goes like this:

These are exactly my distinctions, CJ. My mother also used to "broast" chicken by browning it quickly on top of the stove in a little fat or oil and then finishing it up in the oven. Seems it should have been "froast", but there it is.