The Process of Preparing Simmered Dishes. Simmering is carried out by completely immersing the food inside water, stock or any other cooking liquid which is continuously kept at a temperature just below its boiling point (180-200 degrees Fahrenheit in case of water).
Fire striker. For modern fire strikers, also called artificial flints, see ferrocerium. A fire striker (or fire steel) is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of flint, chert or similar rock. A Fire Striker is a specific tool used in firemaking.
In military science, suppressive fire (commonly called covering fire) is fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force below the level needed to fulfill its mission. Suppression is usually only effective for the duration of the fire. It is one of three types of fire support, which is defined by NATO as the application of fire, coordinated with the manoeuvre of forces, to destroy, neutralize or suppress the enemy..