Food I food and kitchen safety

The main reason that spills should be cleaned up immediately is because:

• Spills are harder to clean the longer they sit

• Somebody could slip and fall

• They look messy

• They make the kitchen smell funny

Saucepans and frying pans should be placed on the stove top with the handles facing:

• Inward

• Any which way. It doesn’t matter!

• Toward the person cooking

• Over a burner

How long should you wash your hands for?

• 10 seconds

• 15 seconds

• 20 seconds

• 60 seconds

The temperature danger zone is between _______ degrees Fahrenheit and _______ degrees Fahrenheit.

• 50 and 100

• 300 and 100

• 41 and 135

• 100 and 200

If you are peeling an apple, it should be rinsed.

• True
• False

What is the best way to defrost frozen meats, poultry and seafood?

• In the refrigerator, microwave or submersion in cold water
• On the counter
• Under your arm
• I don't know

Before handling any food, what is the first thing a person should do?

• Clean the cutting board
• Sharpen the knife
• Call friends over
• Wash your hands

You must wear latex gloves when cooking if you have an open wound.

• true
• false

Always cut/chop food on a __?

• Chair
• Counter
• Stove Top
• Cutting Board

If you get a kitchen BURN what do you do?

• doing nothing.

• telling an adult

• run out off class

• yelling as loud as you can.