Kitchen Safety
What is the first thing you should do before touching food or cooking?
Hint: Keeping the germs away
Wash your hands
What tool do you use to flip pancakes?
A spatula
This orange vegetable grows underground and is often eaten in salads or with ranch dip.
Carrots
If milk smells sour, you should probably do this.
Throw it away
This Italian dish has crust, cheese, and tomato sauce
Pizza
This item protects your hands from hot pans
Oven mitts
What kitchen tool is used to measure small amounts of ingredients like salt or spices?
Measuring spoons or cups
This ingredient comes from chickens and is used in omelets, baking, and breakfast.
Eggs
This label tells you the last day food should be eaten for best quality.
Expiration date or best-by date
This Japanese food often includes rice and raw fish rolled in seaweed
Sushi
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
What appliance is best for reheating leftovers quickly?
Microwave
This dairy food can be sliced, melted, or shredded on pizza and tacos.
Cheese
If bread has this growing on it, it is no longer safe to eat.
Mold
These Mexican foods are tortillas filled with meat or vegetables
Tacos
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
You place food on this flat surface before cutting it.
Cutting board
This red ingredient is used to make ketchup, pasta sauce, and salsa.
Tomato
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
This French pastry is flaky, buttery, and crescent shaped
Croissant
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
This flexible tool helps scrape the last bit of batter from a bowl.
Spatula or spoonula
This green vegetable looks like a small tree. Can be eaten raw but and is often steamed.
Broccoli
Leftovers should usually be eaten within this many days in the fridge.
About 3-4 days
This Middle Eastern dish is made from chickpeas and often eaten as a dip
Hummus