Life Skills Arcade Middle school Family and Consumer Sciences, grades 6 to 8

Handout 6.6

Handout 6.6: Method Match and Demonstration Record

Unit
Unit 6: From Farm to Table
Handout
6.6

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Name: ____________________________________ Date: ______________ Period: ______

Print pages 1 to 3 for every student. Page 4 is the method card set, one per group of four, printed and cut apart.


Part 1. Two families of heat

For each of the nine methods, write what it is and the tool or equipment it needs.

DRY HEAT: no water touching the food. The surface dries out, so it can brown.

MethodWhat it isTool or equipment
Bake
Roast
Broil
Toast
Sauté

MOIST HEAT: water or steam surrounds the food. The surface stays wet, so it cannot brown.

MethodWhat it isTool or equipment
Boil
Simmer
Steam
Poach

Star the three methods you have used yourself.

Note on frying: we do not fry in this room. Frying needs oil at 350 degrees or more. A pot of hot oil is the one danger this course does not take on. An oven or a broiler can get close to what a fryer does.


Part 2. Browning, in your own words

When the surface of food gets hot and dry, _________________________________

Line 2: _____________________________________________________________________________

Water on the surface holds the temperature down, so nothing browns until ____________________________________.

One browned food I like: ______________________

What it tastes like compared to the unbrowned version:

Line 1: _____________________________________________________________________________


Part 3. Match eight foods to a method

For each food, pick one method. Then give a reason that says what the heat does to that food. Two of these have more than one good answer.

FoodBest methodReason: what the heat does
1. A chicken breast
2. A potato you want crisp
3. Broccoli
4. Rice
5. An egg
6. A slice of bread
7. Apple slices
8. A pound of dry pasta

The two we could not agree on: ______ and ______

Why: ________________________________________________________________________


Part 4. The demonstration record

The food: ______________________ Method A: ______________ Method B: ______________

What I observedMethod AMethod B
Color
Texture (how it feels in your mouth, inside and out)
Smell
Taste (only if you chose to taste)

The compare sentence

You must use the words browning and moisture (moisture means water in or on the food).

The ____________ one is ______________________________________ because _______

Line 2: _____________________________________________________________________________

Line 3: _____________________________________________________________________________

Exit card

Dry heat is for ______________________, moist heat is for ______________________, and the food I would cook tomorrow is ______________________ by ______________________.


Page 4: Method cards

Print one set per group of four and cut apart. Each card has the method name and a small picture.

BAKEROASTBROIL
TOASTSAUTÉBOIL
SIMMERSTEAMPOACH

Grade 8 stretch, two extra cards:

GRILLFRY

Grade 8 stretch

  1. Where do grill and fry belong, dry or moist? Write the family and why.

Grill: ______________ Because ______________________________________________

Fry: ______________ Because ________________________________________________

  1. We skip both in this room. Give the real reason for each, not "it is dangerous."

Grill: ______________________________________________________________________

Fry: ________________________________________________________________________

  1. Name one food that uses both families in one recipe. Write the order, then the reason for that order.

Food: ______________________

Order: first ______________, then ______________

Reason: _____________________________________________________________________