Preparing Poultry
What is poultry?
Chicken, turkey, hens, geese, ducks
Aka birds
What is the name of the bacteria you can get from undercooked or raw beef?
EColi
What color would best describe fats on animal products?
White
What do you call it if you mix raw vegetables and raw meat on the same food preparation station
Cross Contamination
What is the bacteria that you can get from raw chicken?
Salmonella
What temperature should you cook raw ground beef to?
160 degrees F
Give me two strategies to make food preparation safe when using raw protein
Clear/Clean station after done with raw chicken
Wash hands after touching raw food
Use different pieces of equipment for raw and cooked food
Make sure food is cooked fully
Use gloves when touching raw protein
What are the three things that kill bacteria?
Extreme Heat, Extreme Cold and Chemicals
What temperature do you cook poultry to so it's fully cooked?
165 degrees F
What is the white part of beef called on raw steaks? (Not what is it)
Marbling
What makes a piece of protein considered better or tastier?
Higher fat content
If you are cutting raw beef and raw vegetables on the same cutting board is that bad?
Yes
No
Depends on what you're making
Depends on what you're making
After cooking chicken/poultry why do you let it rest?
To let the juices come back in
Why do you have to have ground beef cooked to 160 degrees when you can have steaks cooked to below that?
Ground beef has more surface area and is more likely contaminated, steak is one solid piece of meat, less processing
What is a way you can tell if Salmon is cooked when you look at it?
There are white lines that appear on the piece of salmon
Fattier the fish, the more white
What is the best way to tell if meat has gone bad?
Smell it
Asides from checking the internal temperature what are two other ways you can check if chicken is done?
2 of these
Look at the chicken and see if you can see the muscle fibers (strings)
If the juices run clear when you squeeze the chicken
If you touch the chicken and it is very firm
What cut of beef is considered best?
Top Sirloin
Striploin
Eye of Round
Tenderloin
Tenderloin
What type of salmon is the most expensive to buy?
Chinook
If you are smelling raw, uncooked fresh fish what should it smell like?
Nothing
Fish
Vinegar
Garbage
Nothing