Kitchen Safety: prevent fires, burns, falls

What should you use to put out a grease fire?

• water

• baking powder

• baking soda

• sugar

What should you use to remove pans from the range?

• a dry dish towel

• a damp dish towel

• a damp potholder

• a dry potholder

It's ok to drain grease and oil down the sink

• true

• false

Proper steps to removing a pan lid:

• just lift it up

• tilt the lid away from you and don't hold your face directly over the pan

• lift the lid toward you so you can see what's inside the pot

• ask someone else to do it

If you smell gas . . .

• someone farted

• turn off all range and oven controls and tell the teacher

• get the fire extinguisher

• run out of the classroom

What should NOT be used to remove food from hot liquids?

• fingers

• fork

• spoon

• tongs

To pull something out of the oven . . .

• wear oven mitts on both hands and reach into the oven to remove the pan

• reach into the oven and remove the pan

• wear an oven mitt on one hand, pull the rack out, and remove the pan

• wear oven mitts on both hands, pull the rack out, use 2 hands to remove the pan

Pan handles should be . . .

• turned inward on the range

• turned outward on the range

• placed over another burner on the range

• touching another pan on the range

Flammable materials should be kept near the top of the range and other heat producing appliances.

• True

• False

Spills should . . .

• be left on the floor

• wiped up immediately

• reported to the teacher

• only cleaned by the person who made the spill