Hi everybody!
I'm an Italian freelance translator and recently, translating two cookbooks
into Italian, I had a terrible doubt...
What do you (in USA, but also in UK) mean *exactly* when you say "just
cooked through"?
Sometimes it seems "only lightly cooked" (as we say "al dente" or "appena
cotto all'interno"); but other times it seems to mean "well cooked in the
inside" ("ben cotto all'interno")...
And if there's only "cooked through"? Is this "well cooked" or only "cooked
in the inside"?
Thanks a lot.
Cris

"Ciumbino" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>
> Hi everybody!
> I'm an Italian freelance translator and recently, translating two
> cookbooks into Italian, I had a terrible doubt...
> What do you (in USA, but also in UK) mean *exactly* when you say "just
> cooked through"?
> Sometimes it seems "only lightly cooked" (as we say "al dente" or "appena
> cotto all'interno"); but other times it seems to mean "well cooked in the
> inside" ("ben cotto all'interno")...
> And if there's only "cooked through"? Is this "well cooked" or only
> "cooked in the inside"?
> Thanks a lot.
> Cris

It means that the center is just barely cooked, the appena phrase is best
applied. If you say cooked through only you mean ben cotto, but just cooked
through implies avoiding overcooking.

I would think of fish, pancakes, etc.

Sorry to divert the route here, but I am wondering why they didn't hire
someone like me who both cooks and translates? Anyway, I have given you a
native tongue cook's translation, so in bocca a'lupo.

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:39:46 +0200, "Ciumbino" >
wrote:

>
>Hi everybody!
>I'm an Italian freelance translator and recently, translating two cookbooks
>into Italian, I had a terrible doubt...
>What do you (in USA, but also in UK) mean *exactly* when you say "just
>cooked through"?
>Sometimes it seems "only lightly cooked" (as we say "al dente" or "appena
>cotto all'interno"); but other times it seems to mean "well cooked in the
>inside" ("ben cotto all'interno")...
>And if there's only "cooked through"? Is this "well cooked" or only "cooked
>in the inside"?
>Thanks a lot.

'Just cooked through' means lightly cooked. It's cooked all the way,
not rare or raw in the center, but it's still moist and juicy and not
dried out.

'Cooked through' means more thoroughly cooked. More like well-done.

Kajikit wrote:
>
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:39:46 +0200, "Ciumbino" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Hi everybody!
> >I'm an Italian freelance translator and recently, translating two cookbooks
> >into Italian, I had a terrible doubt...
> >What do you (in USA, but also in UK) mean *exactly* when you say "just
> >cooked through"?
> >Sometimes it seems "only lightly cooked" (as we say "al dente" or "appena
> >cotto all'interno"); but other times it seems to mean "well cooked in the
> >inside" ("ben cotto all'interno")...
> >And if there's only "cooked through"? Is this "well cooked" or only "cooked
> >in the inside"?
> >Thanks a lot.
>
> 'Just cooked through' means lightly cooked. It's cooked all the way,
> not rare or raw in the center, but it's still moist and juicy and not
> dried out.
>
> 'Cooked through' means more thoroughly cooked. More like well-done.

Unfortunately, I don't speak/read Italian. But to me (USA), "just
cooked through" means to the point where the food is heated through.
For example, crabmeat is always already cooked (unless one caught the
crab from the waters on their own), so "just cooked through" would mean
to the point where the crabmeat has gotten warm/hot, approx. 3 or 4
minutes at the most before serving. I don't think I'd ever use the term
"just cooked through" for meats. For fish, I would assume "just cooked
through" means until the fish is no longer raw.

Sky, who's not a professional chef/cook

--
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Sky wrote

> Unfortunately, I don't speak/read Italian. But to me (USA), "just
> cooked through" means to the point where the food is heated through.
> For example, crabmeat is always already cooked (unless one caught
the
> crab from the waters on their own), so "just cooked through" would
> mean to the point where the crabmeat has gotten warm/hot, approx. 3
> or 4 minutes at the most before serving. I don't think I'd ever use
> the term "just cooked through" for meats. For fish, I would assume
> "just cooked through" means until the fish is no longer raw.
>
> Sky, who's not a professional chef/cook

You brought in an important issue: the sentence "just cooked through"
has a different meaning if you're talking about raw and pre-cooked
foods.
--
Vilco
Think pink, drink rose'

"Vilco" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Sky wrote
>
>> Unfortunately, I don't speak/read Italian. But to me (USA), "just
>> cooked through" means to the point where the food is heated through.
>> For example, crabmeat is always already cooked (unless one caught
> the
>> crab from the waters on their own), so "just cooked through" would
>> mean to the point where the crabmeat has gotten warm/hot, approx. 3
>> or 4 minutes at the most before serving. I don't think I'd ever use
>> the term "just cooked through" for meats. For fish, I would assume
>> "just cooked through" means until the fish is no longer raw.
>>
>> Sky, who's not a professional chef/cook
>
> You brought in an important issue: the sentence "just cooked through"
> has a different meaning if you're talking about raw and pre-cooked
> foods.
> --
> Vilco

Except for cooked food the term used would be just heated through, not
cooked through.

Giusi > wrote:

>Except for cooked food the term used would be just heated through, not
>cooked through.

Yes. The phrase "just cooked through" is ill-defined because
of its resemblance to the more common phrase "just heated through".
I would avoid it.

Steve

"Ciumbino" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi everybody!
> I'm an Italian freelance translator and recently, translating two
> cookbooks into Italian, I had a terrible doubt...
> What do you (in USA, but also in UK) mean *exactly* when you say "just
> cooked through"?
> Sometimes it seems "only lightly cooked" (as we say "al dente" or "appena
> cotto all'interno"); but other times it seems to mean "well cooked in the
> inside" ("ben cotto all'interno")...
> And if there's only "cooked through"? Is this "well cooked" or only
> "cooked in the inside"?
> Thanks a lot.
> Cris

What is the recipe for - meat, baked goods, fish, grain, pasta it makes a
difference.

Dimitri