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Food Safety
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Meat Madness
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100

Name a weather condition that would make a campfire unsafe.

Wind.  Tornado.  Hurricane.  Severe thunderstorm.  Anything that makes it unsafe to be outside or might spread fire.

100

Name 3 things you should make sure are clean before and after you begin grilling.

Your hands, your tools/equipment, cooking and prepping surfaces, your grill, your clothes, plates and silverware. Fruits and vegetables, if you’re using them.

100

Come up with a delicious and creative mountain pie recipe!  Paul’s favorite wins.

Whatever Paul’s favorite is

100

What is the word for a seasoned liquid used to soak meat (and other foods) and give it flavor before cooking?

Marinade

100

What is the 4-H SLOGAN (not the same as our motto)?

Learn by Doing

200

What part of the fire should you cook over?

Coals

200

Should you wash raw meat before cooking it?

No.  You can wash fruits and vegetables, but washing meats can spread contaminates across your serving area unnecessarily (you should be cooking them out anyway!).

200

Which of the grilling techniques that we used allows food to steam in its own juices, keeping it moist?

Foil Packets

200

If you don’t have a meat thermometer, you can use a medical thermometer.  True or False?

False!  Most medical thermometers probably don’t even go high enough to tell whether the meat is safe!  

200

Did they ever catch the people who kidnapped Lady Gaga’s dogs?

Yes!  The dogs were saved, and the dog sitter fully recovered.  The perpetrators were caught and arrested.

300

What is the most popular kind of grill?

Charcoal, Electric, Gas

Gas

300

Maximum recommended time to leave out perishable food

2 hours

300

When using wooden skewers to make kebabs, what should you do to the skewers before grilling?

Soak them in water

300

What is the safe internal temperature for chicken? (Fahrenheit)

165 degrees fahrenheit

300

How much manure does a cow produce in a day?

150 lbs (ish)

400

The tepee is one popular method of fire building.  Name another from our first meeting.

Lean-to, log cabin, or star

400

Whoever comes up with the most good food safety tips in 1 minute wins.

Wash hands, use correct thermometer, separate raw and cooked materials, thaw meat in fridge, refrigerate leftovers, clean surfaces and tools, keep children and pets away from cooking area, use different cutting boards for meat and veggies, cook to safe internal temp, put thermometers in the center of meat, don’t let perishables sit out longer than necessary, careful with knives and hot surfaces, 

400

About how long do beef kebabs usually take to cook?

8-10 minutes 

400

If you are grilling meat that’s been frozen, what should you do before cooking?

Thaw it to room temperature

400

Lainey Wilson’s primary project in 4-H was what?

Horse

500

At what angle should you store propane?

Upside down, standing up, on its side, doesn’t matter

Standing up

500

What is the “danger zone”?

Temperatures between 40-140 degrees Fahrenheit— this allows bacteria to multiply rapidly

500

What fun dessert did we make at our Foil Packet meeting?

Banana boats!

500

A steak that’s red-ish in the middle is usually considered safe.  A burger that’s red-ish in the middle is usually not.  Why?

The inside of a steak has not been exposed to open air and bacteria are likely on the surface and will be killed by searing the outside.  Ground meat has been exposed to open air and may likely have bacteria on the inside.
500

Who is Sven?

The reindeer from Frozen