Kitchen Safety
Cooking Tools and Equipment
Ingredient ID
Expired or Still Good?
Food and Countries Around the World
100

What is the first thing you should do before touching food or cooking? 

Hint: Keeping the germs away 

Wash your hands

100

What tool do you use to flip pancakes?

A spatula

100

This orange vegetable grows underground and is often eaten in salads or with ranch dip.

Carrots

100

If milk smells sour, you should probably do this.

Throw it away

100

This Italian dish has crust, cheese, and tomato sauce

Pizza

200

This item protects your hands from hot pans

Oven mitts 

200

What kitchen tool is used to measure small amounts of ingredients like salt or spices?

Measuring spoons or cups

200

This ingredient comes from chickens and is used in omelets, baking, and breakfast.

Eggs

200

This label tells you the last day food should be eaten for best quality.

Expiration date or best-by date

200

This Japanese food often includes rice and raw fish rolled in seaweed

Sushi

300

BONUS: Everyone has three minutes to walk around this room and find something related to kitchen or cooking safety. Only touch items that are safe to handle

Every person who finds something gets points. Only touch items that are safe to handle

YAYYYYYY

300

What appliance is best for reheating leftovers quickly?

Microwave

300

This dairy food can be sliced, melted, or shredded on pizza and tacos.

Cheese

300

If bread has this growing on it, it is no longer safe to eat.

Mold

300

These Mexican foods are tortillas filled with meat or vegetables

Tacos

400

If you drop a knife, you should:

A: Try to catch it before it falls

B: Kick it away from you with your foot

C: Step back and away and let it drop to the ground

C: Step back and away, let it drop to the ground

400

You place food on this flat surface before cutting it.

Cutting board

400

This red ingredient is used to make ketchup, pasta sauce, and salsa.

Tomato

400

BONUS: Everybody has 5 minutes to walk around the kitchen and find something expired. Be careful, watch your step, don’t run, and only touch items safely.

YAYYYYY

400

This French pastry is flaky, buttery, and crescent shaped

Croissant

500

If a small grease fire starts in a pan, you should never do this because it makes the fire worse.

Pour water on it

You should: cover it with a lid or use baking soda

500

This flexible tool helps scrape the last bit of batter from a bowl.

Spatula or spoonula

500

This green vegetable looks like a small tree. Can be eaten raw but and is often steamed.

Broccoli

500

Leftovers should usually be eaten within this many days in the fridge.

About 3-4 days

500

This Middle Eastern dish is made from chickpeas and often eaten as a dip

Hummus

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