Kitchen Safety

What should you do when a frying pan of food catches on fire?

• Pour water onto the flames

• Grab the pan and run outside with it

• Throw it on the floor and stomp out the flames

• Carefully cover the pan with a lid and turn off the burner

You should not use this on grease fires:

• water
• flour
• salt
• baking soda

When using knives, you should always cut

• towards yourself
• away from yourself
• either
• neither

"It's best to use ___________ when removing hot items from the oven."

• a dry dish towel
• a wad of paper towels
• insulated oven mitts
• baseball gloves

Always ___________ an electrical appliance before trying to remove an obstruction.

• pick up
• unplug
• examine
• turn off

What must you do to the handles on pans prevent spilling hot contents on you or someone else? Select all that apply.

• turn the handles in
• keep the handles sticking out
• remove the handles when cooking

• use the back burners if possible

Is it a good idea to leave drawers and doors to the kitchen cabinets open while you are cooking so it is easy and fast to find things?

• No

• Yes

What should you do when using a knife?

• Make sure the knife is a bit dull so it is harder to cut yourself

• Use a sharp knife and keep your fingers curled away from the blade

• Cut toward yourself because you have more control this way

• Put your index finger on the top of the metal blade to help you cut more effectively.

When removing hot foods from the oven...

• Make sure to have a cooling rack, hot pad or cool stove top near you to avoid bumping into others

• Use oven mitts or pot holders

• Never reach into the oven, instead pull out the rack first

• All of these answers

When a knife is falling..

• never try and catch it

• try and catch it by the handle