flipping food
When someone is cooking food in a frying pan, on a barbecue or a stovetop and turns the food on the other side to evenly cook it. When a frying pan is used, a skilled cook uses a flick of the wrist to deftly flip the food in midair. When a spatula is used, expect an over-dramatic toss of the food into the air.
Common foods flipped during cooking include meat, sunny side up eggs, pancakes, noodles, rice, and stir fry.
A mistake in flipping food with a frying pan leads to failure.
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