Question

experts agree that increasing economic pressures on the health care segment will require operators to try more high-tech methods of food preparation to cut costs including the use of cook - chill and _________, a process of vacuum sealing food in a plastic pouch to reheat in a hot water bath later.

o sous vide
o liquid nitrogen bath
o vacuum flask
o hot smoking

Explanation:

Sous vide is a cooking method where food is vacuum - sealed in a plastic pouch and then reheated in a hot water bath. A liquid nitrogen bath is used for extremely cold temperatures (not for reheating in a hot water bath as described). A vacuum flask is for keeping liquids hot or cold, not a food - preparation process as described. Hot smoking is a different food - preparation method (involving smoke, not vacuum - sealing and hot water bath reheating).

Answer:

sous vide