Nutrition Knowledge
Kitchen Fun Facts
Food Safety First
Famous Foods and Flavors
Comer Café Specials
100

This food group provides calcium to keep bones strong.

What is dairy?

100

This appliance is used to keep food cold and safe to eat.

What is a refrigerator? 

100

You should wash your hands for at least this many seconds.

What is 20 seconds? 

100

This popular sandwich comes with two slices of bread and your choice of fillings.

What is a sandwich? 

100

The month we celebrate Dietary Week each year.

What is October?

200

The nutrient found in fruits and veggies that helps with digestion.

What is fiber?

200

The safe cooking temperature for chicken is this many degrees.

What is 165°F?

200

Raw meats should be stored on this shelf in the fridge.

What is the bottom shelf? 

200

This Italian dish is made with dough, sauce, and cheese.

What is pizza?

200

The color of the dietary uniforms at Comer Health and Rehab.

Black. 

300

This vitamin is known as the “sunshine vitamin.”

What is Vitamin D?

300

This utensil is used to measure liquids accurately.

What is a measuring cup?

300

True or False: You can thaw meat at room temperature.

What is False? 

300

The U.S. celebrates this food on Thanksgiving Day.

What is turkey? 

300

The beverage most residents ask for at breakfast.

Coffee.

400

The main nutrient that helps build and repair muscles.

What is protein?

400

This ingredient makes bread rise. 

What is yeast?

400

This type of contamination happens when bacteria from raw meat touches ready-to-eat food.

What is cross-contamination?

400

This sweet treat melts in your mouth and is often given on Valentine’s Day.

What is chocolate? 

400

The cook who has worked at Comer the longest.

Josephine Freeman

500

This mineral helps control blood pressure and is found in bananas.

What is potassium? 

500

This tool is used to check food temperature.

What is a thermometer? 

500

The “danger zone” for food is between these two temperatures.

What are 41°F and 135°F?  

500

This tropical fruit wears a crown and is known for its sweet, tangy flavor.

What is pineapple?

500

How do you spell the Dietary Manager's first name? 

Sherhonda. 

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