You just make a tent out of aluminum foil.
Sometimes the meaning is clear from the name, but just to keep you on your toes they'll then talk about creaming butter or a bain-marie for melting chocolate.
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the term usually also implies you don't want the foil to touch the food. i stick toothpicks in there for the foil to rest on if it doesn't wanna work well on its own.
Some phrases don’t age well, that’s for sure. There’s a few cookbooks out there that specifically tackle common cooking terms in the intro section and I found more use of that than I expected over time. Cookbooks can be so much easier to use than blog recipes, too.
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Cover the pot with a damp cloth. Simpler, less wasteful, same effect. You often do that with yeast dough for example.
Funny that your most recent comment is suggesting someone else doesn't cook much.
I have seen it in a few recipes over the years, though I feel like it really depends on the kind of meals you're making. To a certain extent I understand it feeling like unnecessary jargon, but now that you've seen it, it's part of your cooking vocabulary forever. I think it's fine for online recipes to use that kind of language, especially since the answer to what it means is pretty easy to find.
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I prefer to use a large stainless bowl, but obviously that doesn't work with a big rectangle.
You can skip that and just eat it. I promise.
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