doneness
nounEtymology From done + -ness.
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The extent to which a food has been cooked.
- Testing the temperature with a candy thermometer is the most accurate way to determine the doneness of a syrup.2004, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Baking, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 207:
- Unlike meat cookery, in which doneness is specified by customer order and determined by temperature, ...2010, Lou Sackett, Jaclyn Pestka, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Garde Manger: A Comprehensive Guide to Cold Food Preparation, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 91:
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- In this section we look at how to test doneness of baked goods using three methods: observation, touch tests, and internal temperature.2011, McFadden Layton, Linda Larsen, Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 53:
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences The property of being finished; completion.
- You can use a metaphor as a loose form of doneness testing. In one workshop, we used a bull's-eye. I created a poster with a bull's-eye showing concentric circles with the label "100%" in the center.2002, Ellen Gottesdiener, Requirements by Collaboration: Workshops for Defining Needs:
- EVR is intended to give you objective evidence of partial doneness, something that will allow you to draw—and believe in—a picture like this: There will still be a period early in the project when progress is supported only by faith.2013, Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister, Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects, page 125: