uncooked

Everyday

Not cooked; raw: "uncooked rice", "uncooked chicken". tree →

In the lessons

In cooking lessons and everyday safety, pupils learn that some uncooked foods are fine (many fruits, salad) but uncooked meat, eggs and flour can carry germs. In maths and cooking, uncooked rice grows bigger when cooked. Phrases: uncooked meat, uncooked rice, uncooked dough.

Examples

• Do not eat uncooked chicken. tree →
• Wash your hands after touching uncooked meat. tree →
• Uncooked pasta is hard. tree →
• We weighed the uncooked rice. tree →
• Keep uncooked meat away from salad. tree →
• Eating uncooked cookie dough can make you ill. tree →

Note

The prefix "un-" means not. "Raw" means the same and is more common for meat and vegetables. Safety: always cook meat until it is hot all the way through, and use separate chopping boards. In maths: 100 grams of uncooked rice becomes about 250 to 300 grams once cooked, because it soaks up water.