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Salad Preparation Tools and Mise en Place

hello everyone welcome back to our tle9 cookie class second quarter lesson one learning outcome number one perform miss and plus after going through this module you are expected to identify tools equipment and utensils needed in preparing salad and dressing clean sanitize and prepare tools utensils and equipment based on the required tasks prepare ingredients based on the required form and time frame before we start let me share to you these quotes a salad ain't just a meal it's a way of life then every bowl of salad is an opportunity to see fruits and vegetables in a new light indeed each salad has a soul a soul that is fueled by freshness creativity and taste for us it's a reminder of spring and creeps freshness it brings with it nothing tastes as good as healthy as salad healthy food satisfies you for life are you ready now class so let's get started let's have a little review before we start with performing miss and plus on the previous quarter we have learned that the kitchen tools and equipment using cookie are classified according to its uses such as for cutting measuring mixing baking and top of the range equipment let me define the word misenclass it is a french term which means setting everything in place and organizing all the materials and ingredients before preparing foods salad is a combination of vegetables fruits and other ingredients served with the dressing salad are easy to make and require little of any special equipment a basic understanding of tools used in preparation will help achieve better results preparing salad can be simple it is a mixture of raw usually green leafy vegetables combined with other vegetables and serve with a dressing mix salad a mix salad is a mixture of raw or cold foods such as lettuce cucumber and tomatoes combination salad containing meat or chicken or cheese in addition to greens and vegetables let us now identify the tools equipment utensils needed in preparing salads first is knives good quality knives with sharp sturdy stainless steel blades and with handles that are securely attached and that feel perfectly comfortable in your hand cutting boards choices of cutting boards are the wooden or blocks and acrylic cutting boards when preparing a recipe that contains both meat and vegetables requiring cutting use one board exclusively the vegetables and the other exclusively for the raw meat to avoid cross contamination peelers kitchen tool consisting of a slotted metal blade attached to a handle that is used to remove the outer skin or peel off certain vegetables frequently potatoes and carrots and fruits such as apples pears and others the next one citrus zesters a kitchen zester is approximately four inches long and with a handle and a curved metal end the top of which is perforated with a row of round holes with sharpened rims to operate the zester is pressed with moderate force against the fruit and drawn across its peel the rims cut the zest from the piece underneath grater or shredder a grater also known as shredder is a kitchen you can still use to grate foods into fine pieces grill pan it is used for salad toppings to be broiled or grilled the next one salad spinners it whole just wash salad leave in a slotted basket that is made to spin by hand and thus fling all the water off the leaves into the outer container mixing bowls used to mix dressings marinate ingredients hold separate elements if a salad before assembling and use the toast and mix all the ingredients together use bowls made of sturdy heavy glasswares or ceramic so as to react with acidic ingredients the last one salad servers salad sets with big salad bowls serving bowls and servers select materials having enough surfaces to really grabs the ingredients of salad no matter how slippery and thus making toasting easier okay class let's dig in aside from the given examples in the discussion give 10 examples of tools equipment youth and seals needed in preparing salads found in your own kitchen at home anybody okay very good before we end our discussion for today let me share to you this quote a salad is not a meal it is a style once again this is ella sivaldes thank you for listening