Food Tech

3 ways you can be hygenic in the kitchen

When placing meats in the fridge, make sure to cover them up with saran wrap and put it on a lower self to avoid drippage onto other foods.
Make sure to thoroughly wash your hands before handling any kind of food, with soap.
Make sure to swap out your cutting boards between meat and other fruit so cross contamination doesn’t occur, so you can avoid food poisoning.

3 ways to be safe in the kitchen

When handling a knife, be extra careful when using it to not cut yourself or the people around you, also being careful not to drop it on the floor
Try to be careful with liquids as to not spill them on the floor, as that could later cause someone to slip.
When handling hot items such as baking trays or pots, make sure to use oven mitts to avoid burning your hands.

Steps to washing hands

Lather your hands with soap, and wash under water for 20 seconds, or singing happy birthday 2 times in your head

Steps to washing dishes

Fill the sink with hot, soapy water, making sure to not waste water

What is bacteria?

Bacteria is a single celled organism, and when consumed in large amounts can make you incredibly sick

Describe how cross contamination can occur

If you cut raw meat with a knife, and without washing that knife, immediately use it on other food.

What is a teaspoon (tsp) in grams?

5g

What is a tablespoon (tbsp) in grams?

20g

Describe the aroma, mouthfeel, taste and appearence of a lemon

Aroma - Smells sweet and sour
Mouthfeel - Cripsy and Juicy
Taste - Sour and Bitter
Appearence - Bright and Shiny

Difference between Vegetables and fruits

Fruits - Contain Seeds
Vegetables - No seeds, and an edible part of a plant

What are the 8 classifications of vegetables, and an example for each?

Tuber - Potato
Root - Parsnip
Leaves - Spinach
Bulb - Onion
Stem - Aspargus
Fungi - Mushroom
Flower - Broccoli
Sprout - Radish

What sugar is in fruit?

Fructose (Simple, easy to digest)

What sugar is in vegetable?

Stratch (Complex, difficult to digest)

What is the protein in Milk?

Casien

What is the sugar in milk?

Lactose

Milk is a Colliod. What does that mean?

A mixture of water and fat that combine and seperate without assitance

What is pasteration?

When you heat milk above 70 degrees to kill of bacteria

List 6 different Cereals and there uses in food

Rye - Bread
Wheat - Bread
Quinoa - Salad
Oats - Prodige
Rice - Stiry Fry
Barley - Soup

Why would you cook grains?

To soften and make them more edible

What are the 3 different parts of a grain, what are there purposes, and what nutrients do they supply

Germ - Nourishment of the seed - Minerals V A + E
Bran - Protects the seed - Minerals/ V B/Fibre
Endosperm - Energy - Carbs, Protien / V B

What is the difference between whole and refined grain regarding the parts and their nutrients.

Whole - Contains Germ, Bran and Endosperm.
Refined - Only endosperm, which removes vitamins and minerals

What does fibre assist with?

Fibre helps with digestion, and pushes food through the bowel to the small intestine. Lowers risk of heart failure and bowel cancer

Different weights of eggs

Small - 42 - 49.9 g
Large 50 - 58.2 g
Extra Large - 58.3 - 66.6 g
Jumbo - 66.7 - 70g
Extra Jumbo 70 - 78g

Difference between caged, free range and barn laid eggs

Caged - Laid by chickens kept in cages
Free range - Laid by chicken that are free in a paddock
Barn - Laid by chicken kept in a barn with many other chickens

How would check if an egg has gone bad?

Put it in water, if it sinks, it's fine. If it floats, it's stale.

What are the 5 different uses of eggs in cooking?

Aeration - Meringues, give volume to food
Binding - Holds food together (Cake)
Grazing - Using egg to get a golden coating (Sausage Roll)
Emultion - Using in dressing, holds food that don't usually mix
Garnishing - Topping on food (Stir Fry)

Label an egg

Egg yolk
Egg white
Shell
Air shell
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