# Slides 1.7: Reading a Recipe

Lesson 1.7, Unit 1, Topic 1.2. One day. Twelve slides.

## Slide 1: Do now

- You get a new recipe.
- What is the first thing you read? What is the last thing?
- One sentence each. Two minutes.
Notes: Hand vote on "I read the steps first." Most will.

## Slide 2: Who is going hungry?

- This recipe makes one mug.
- There are seven of you at a station.
- If you do not read the yield, somebody does not eat.
Image: the Mug Cake recipe with the yield line covered by a black bar, then revealed.

## Slide 3: The seven parts of a recipe

- 1. Title: what it is.
- 2. Yield: how many it feeds.
- 3. Ingredients, in order of use: the shopping list and the order you reach for them.
- 4. Equipment: what you pull from the drawer map.
- 5. Steps: numbered, one action each.
- 6. Time: how long, and when to start.
- 7. Temperature: how hot. Preheat means before.
Image: the Mug Cake recipe with each part colored and numbered.

## Slide 4: Abbreviations, again

- Tbsp = tablespoon. tsp = teaspoon. c = cup.
- oz = ounce. lb = pound. min = minute. sec = second.
- Point to each one in the recipe and say the full word.
Notes: Have the class say each full word as you point.

## Slide 5: Mise en place

- French for "everything in its place."
- Every ingredient measured. Every tool out. Before any heat.
- The drawer map tells you where. The equipment list tells you what.
- Restaurant cooks do this before the first order. So do we.
Image: two photos of a counter: one set up right (tools lined up, ingredients in small bowls), one wrong (bags open, nothing measured, a mug in the sink).

## Slide 6: What is missing?

- Look at the wrong counter. Name three things missing.
- Now write the mise en place list for the Scrambled Egg Tacos on your handout, Part 2.
- Every ingredient: measured into what. Every tool: out.

## Slide 7: Doubling and halving

- 3 Tbsp flour, doubled = 6 Tbsp. Halved = 1 1/2 Tbsp.
- 1/4 tsp baking powder, doubled = 1/2 tsp. Halved = 1/8 tsp. Which spoon?
- 1 egg, halved = a problem. Round to what you can measure.
- Time does not double. A bigger batch needs more time, not twice the time.
Notes: Work the first two lines with the class on whiteboards before releasing Part 3.

## Slide 8: Our station's real math

- The Mug Cake makes 1 mug. Our station makes 4.
- Times 4 on every line. Handout Part 3.
- The Tacos make 8. Cut them to 4. Halve every line.
- Grade 8: scale the Tacos to 7. What cannot be split?

## Slide 9: What could go wrong?

- Six cards. Each one is a mistake somebody has made.
- Find the line in the recipe that warns you. Write what would happen.
- Card 2 first, together: a mug cake in a skillet.
Image: a mug, a skillet, and a sheet pan side by side.
Notes: Hold up the three at the front. Ask what a 90-second microwave does to each.

## Slide 10: The six cards

- 1. Skipped the 2-minute cooling.
- 2. Skillet instead of a mug.
- 3. Packed the flour into the tablespoon.
- 4. Eggs into the skillet on high.
- 5. Forgot the tortillas until the eggs were done.
- 6. Batter in a metal bowl, into the microwave.

## Slide 11: Choose

- Mug Cake with Hand-Whipped Cream: microwave only, no stove, best first lab.
- Scrambled Egg Tacos: two burners, everyone at the station has passed the safety exam.
- Vote, or your teacher decides by grade.
- Write the recipe at the top of your handout.
Notes: [Sal: grade 6 gets the Mug Cake. Decide the rest before class or let them vote.]

## Slide 12: Closure

- Exit card: 3 parts of a recipe, 2 abbreviations and what they mean, 1 thing that could go wrong in Lab 1 that you will watch for.
- Three students read their "1." Those become the safety reminders on the station card.
- Tomorrow: the tools and measuring check, then your role card.