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2.4 Cooking Food

Agriculture · Grade 7 · 9 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Why different methods of cooking food
  • Safety of self and others when using fuels, hot equipment and sharp tools
  • Grilling: meaning, suitable foods and practise
  • Roasting: meaning, suitable foods and practise
  • Steaming: meaning, suitable foods and practise
  • Serving grilled, roasted and steamed foods

What you will be able to do

  • describe methods of cooking different types of foods
  • cook food using various methods
  • appreciate the use of varied methods of cooking food

Key questions

“Why should we use different methods of cooking food?”

Lessons

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  1. Why different cooking methods
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Grade 7 cooks by grilling, roasting and steaming because foods, fuel, time and flavour are not all the same.
  2. Safety when cooking
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Fuels, steam, hot grids and knives need space, adult help and responsibility for the equipment.
  3. Grilling foods
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Grilling cooks food on a grid over direct heat. Pieces of meat, maize and similar foods grill well; watery stews do not.
  4. Practise grilling
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Light, wait for embers, oil the grid, grill and turn with tongs, rest the food, put the fire out.
  5. Roasting foods
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Roasting surrounds food with dry heat: hot ashes, a husk by the fire, a closed pot or an oven.
  6. Practise roasting
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Prepare food, set it in surrounding dry heat, turn and test, rest, and put the fire out.
  7. Steaming foods
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Steaming cooks food in trapped steam above boiling water. Nduma, fish in banana leaf and greens steam well.
  8. Practise steaming
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Boil a little water, set food above it, lid on, keep a simmer, open the lid away from the face.
  9. Serve and compare methods
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Serve grilled, roasted and steamed foods, compare them, and appreciate why kitchens use more than one method.