History of Howick - Part 2 - Food Preservation

History of Howick - Part 2 - Food Preservation

By Ushanthi Leaver

Multiple Choice

How many microwaves did you see in the last photo?

• 1

• 2

• 0

Multiple Choice

Why did they have to keep butter, cheese and meat in buckets with cold water?

• To keep them cool

• To warm them up

• To keep them away from theives

• The fridge was too full

Multiple Choice

Families were often hungry. Where did children look for oysters for their snacks?

• In the fridge

• In the microwave

• At Countdown or Pak n Save

• Off the rocks in the garden

• Off the rocks at the beach

Multiple Select

Why did the ships have to have canned food, dried food and salted meats (rather than fresh food)?

Choose 3 answers

• Pak n Save ran out of food

• You can't grow food on a ship

• It took a ship a long time and there are no shops in the middle of the ocean

• There's no fridge or electricity on the ship, so the food had to last a long time without rotting

• People didn't like to eat vegetables because they thought it was yuck

Multiple Select

Why did they have to cook the fruit and put them in jars for the rest of the year?

Choose 3 answers

• Fruit had worms on it

• Fruit only grows at certain times of the year

• Sometimes there was no fruit growing

• If you didn't preserve the fruit or eat it quickly after picking it, the fruit would go rotten

• The farm animals only eat cooked apples and pears

Multiple Choice

Why don't some fruits grow on the trees for the whole year, every single week or every single month? Why do they only grow at certain times of the year?

• The tree is too tired

• The tree couldn't decide which fruit to grow

• Some fruits only grow in summer or winter

• They do grow all year round, but they're invisible fruit - so people can't see them

Multiple Choice

Why were there a lot of rats around Howick?

• Howick was the home of the 3 blind mice

• Rats lived near people because it was easy to find food near the rubbish cans

• People made too much cheese

• The cats were too busy to chase them away

Multiple Choice

Why did people have to put their food in rat proof tins?

• Because rats can't open tins

• Because rats are good at opening tins

• Because rats like their food to be kept in tins

• Because rats didn't like to eat food kept in jars

Multiple Choice

Why did the potatoes and kumara have to be kept dry and in the dark?

• They are scared of the sunlight

• They are not good swimmers

• Light and water helps leaves and roots to grow on the potato and kumara, so you can't eat it

• So it was always a surprise when people found them

Multiple Choice

Why did some families make butter?

• They had to sell the butter to make money

• They had too much butter

• The cow told them to

Multiple Choice

Why was meat very difficult to get?

• The animals kept running faster than the people

• Everyone else was a vegetarian

• You couldn't keep it fresh long enough without a fridge or freezer