Kitchen Safety Quiz

Never leave the kitchen when items are cooking on the stove.

• True
• False

Always pull out the oven rack when removing foods from the oven.

• True
• False

It is ok to wear loose clothing while cooking during the winter.

• True
• False

Foods left out to thaw to room temperature can be returned to the refrigerator.

• True
• False

When washing dishes, knives should be set to the side of the sink until ready to wash.

• True
• False

What is the first thing you should do before you start working with food?

• wash your hands
• preheat the oven
• measure ingrediants
• clean the kitchen

If you are cooking fried chicken in the kitchen and the frying pan catches on fire, how should you put it out?

• Throw water on it
• smother it with flour
• throw a towel over it
• smother it with baking soda

If you spill something on the floor, you should do what?

• clean it up
• leave it
• tell the teacher
• pretend not to know.

What procedure will help prevent burns in the kitchen?

• use oven mitts
• stand to the side when opening the oven
• pull the oven racks instead of reaching in
• all of the above

What is the one thing that will ensure you will not cook in the kitchens at school.

• accidentally burning yourself
• not washing your dishes
• goofing off in the kitchens
• being absent on the first day of cooking.