Selecting Food to be preserved

Fresh meat should appear __________ rather than soft.

• firm

• rough

• thin

Stale egg floats while __________ egg sink at the bottom of the basin full of water.

• circle

• fresh

• fried

Quality and fresh meat has good lean, fat, and palatability factors such as __________.

• shape and size

• smoothness

• smell and color

4. Selecting the highest product at their peak of freshness is the _________ to consider in buying food to be preserved.

• an option

• first step

• last step

4. A fresh fish should have __________. The scales of a fresh fish are tight on the skin, not lose or falling off or dried out.

• a smell

• no smell

Fresh egg has clean, _________ and don’t have any cracks on its shell.

• smooth

• rough

6. Look for _________ food to make sure that you are buying quality, fresh and inexpensive food.

• rare

• season

6. Food that show _________ of decay or are heavily bruised should NOT be used in food preservation.

• pictures

• signs

Marbling has a _________ effect on juiciness and flavor of meat.

• beneficial

• bad

The _________ must be red to pink, not gray or brown. There should be no slime covering them

• fins

• gills