doneness

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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.
   • Unlike meat cookery, in which doneness is specified by customer order and determined by temperature, ...
   • In this section we look at how to test doneness of baked goods using three methods: observation, touch tests, and internal temperature.
2. 2

   The property of being finished

   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.
   • 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.

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