<正> Basic methods of preparing food show great similaritythroughout the world, but English cooking terms② some-times have special meanings. For example, almost allcultures have devised some means③ of baking④, that iscooking bread or other food in an oven⑤. Boiling⑥, orcooking food in water or some other liquid, is anotheruniversal practice⑦. A related process, stewing⑧, meansto boil slowly or gently a mixture usually of meat, veget-ables, and water. Still another cooking process, roasting⑨,