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Where does food come from?
Kitchen safety
Food temperatures
Eat well guide
A fridge should be 4°C
To make meat safe to eat, it should be 75°C or more
A freezer should be -18°C
Safety rules
Adult supervision
Wear oven gloves.
Wash your hands beforehand.
Use the correct chopping boards.
Don't touch hot things.
Always pay attention to the things that are cooking
Always stir and lift away from you.
Don't set a hot glass dish on a wet or cold surface
Cutting techniques
Claw cut is where you make your hand look like a claw and you tuck the ends of your fingers in
Bridge cut is where you make your hand a bridge over the knife to hold the thing you want to cut
Bread
Milk
Pasta
Potatoes
Beef
Carrots
Pasta is made of flour and water and can sometimes have eggs in it. It is usually made in Italy and then transported to England dry.
Bread is made of wheat, flour and yeast and is baked to let it rise. It is then put in packaging and sent off to supermarkets.
Potatoes are grown on farms and are picked and cleaned, they are then sent off to supermarkets in packaging
Beef is taken from cows and is minced in factories and packaged and kept in cold places to keep it fresh
Carrots are picked from the ground on farms and cleaned, they are then put in packaging and sent to supermarkets
Milk is taken from cows and is then cleaned in a factory and is kept in cold places to keep it fresh
Fruit and vegetables
Dairy
Carbohydrates
Protein
Fats and spreads
At least 5 portions (5 a day)
Good source of energy
DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH!
Keep our bones healthy because of calcium
At least 2 portions of fish every week
Fibers
Helps regulate the body's use of sugars