Cooking terms that make us panic

I can cook. Hooray, hooray, it seems to be more and more of a skill. The proof: houses without kitchens, the healthy version of Thuisbezorgd, and a salad bar in the local supermarket. But sometimes there are terms in recipes that make me slightly hyperventilate. Like...

1. Blanching

As soon as I have to blanch,, I check out. Our dear Emma from FavorFlav looks at me a bit confused: “But Adeline, that's just putting your vegetables in and out of boiling water.” See, then you make things sound more complicated than they are.

2. Steam oven

Who has this? Can the first person who thought it was a good idea to install a steam oven in the kitchen please step forward? I don't know anyone. And I think I want to know someone with a steam oven.

3. Straining

Sounds gross, sounds like something you do very wrong;
let's skip those recipes for now.

4. Poaching

Where can I sign up for the poaching-you-can-learn course?

5. Just with the burner over it

You know, the one for crème brûlée. As if that is the first thing lined up on your counter because you take the burner out every evening to burn something.

6. Anything that needs to

simmer, in the oven, set, harden, rise for more than an hour. PANIC.

7. Au bain marie

Marie who? I really know how to prepare something au bain marie, but all my bowls are too small to hook into the pot and where do you find the time?

8. Degreasing

Honestly, I didn't even know it existed, but it's the skimming of foam. I've done it before, but in my world, that's just called ‘skimming foam’.

9. Caramelizing

That you have to caramelize an onion for a little while. But how? And with what? And when is something like that done? I find it tasty, but tricky.

10. Sautéing

Frying. In a pan. With a bit of butter. If you call it sautéing, no one dares to make a steak anymore. And now I'm wondering if you actually sauté a steak or if that's not possible.

11. Breading

I check out. Coating in this, dipping in that, back in this, and then letting it burn in the pan.