Introduction

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2. Introduction • Most cooks use recipes. A recipe is a list of ingredients that gives you directions for preparing a specific food. If you know how to follow recipes, then you will be successful in the kitchen. Who knows! You may become a famous chef!

3. Introduction • Successful cooks know: • How to read a recipe • Abbreviations • Measuring Techniques • Equivalents • How to Change a Recipe

4. What’s in a recipe? • A formula! • Read the recipe before you cook. The parts of the recipe tell you: • Name • Ingredients • Equipment • Directions • Yield (number of servings) • Sometimes - Nutritional Analysis

5. Quesadillas (Serves 4 - 2 per person) 8 flour tortillas 1 cup grated cheese 1. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. 2. Place a tortilla in the pan. 3. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese on the tortilla. 4. Cover the cheese with another tortilla. 5. Cook about 1 minute, until brown and crisp. Then turn the quesadilla over. Cook until the cheese melts. 6. Place on a serving plate. Cut into pie shaped wedges. 7. Repeat process with remaining ingredients. Parts of a Recipe NameWhat the recipe is called. • A recipe usually includes: YieldNumber of servings the recipe makes. IngredientsFood products you need to make the recipe. Equipment DirectionsSteps you follow to make the recipe.

6. Name the Abbreviations • The U.S. uses the English system: • Teaspoon tsp. or t. • Tablespoon Tbsp. or T. • Cup c. • Pint pt. • Quart qt. • Gallon gal. • Ounce/fluid ounce oz./ fl. oz. • Pound lb.

7. Name the Abbreviations • More abbreviations: • Few grains, dash, pinch f.g. • Dozen doz. • Pound lb. • Inch in. • Second sec. • Minute min. • Hour hr. • Degree  • Fahrenheit/Celsius F. / C

8. Measuring Right!Fill in your worksheet from the video clip below

9. Measuring Dry Ingredients • For dry ingredients includingflour, sugar, and salt, use dry measuring cups & spoons. • Heap • Level • Empty dry measuring cups measuring spoons

10. Measuring Solid Ingredients • For solid ingredients including peanut butter, shortening and brown sugar use dry measuring cups. • Pack • Level • Empty

11. Measuring Liquids • For liquid ingredients including milk, water, oil, and juice, use liquid measuring cups. • Set cup on a flat surface. • Bend down to eye level and pour until the desired mark is reached. liquid measuring cup

12. Using Measuring Spoons • Use measuring spoons to measure small amounts of dry and liquid ingredients. Do not use kitchen spoons, they are not accurate. • How to measure the following: • 3/4 tsp. Salt • 3 tsp. Vanilla

13. Measuring Dry Ingredients • Measuring flour: • Do not pack the flour into themeasuring cup or spoon because you will end up with more flour. Instead, scoop flour into the cup and level with a spatula or knife. • Measuring brown sugar: • Pack the brown sugar tightly into the measuring cup or spoon. Once it is packed down, level it with a straight edge or knife. • Measuring granulated sugar: • Fill the cup with sugar. Level with the back of a spatula or knife so that sugar is even with top of measuring cup or spoon.

14. Equivalents From small to large measurements: • 1 Tbsp. = 3 tsp. • 1 c. = 16 Tbsp. • 1 c. = 48 tsp. • 2 c. = 1 pt. • 4 c. = 1 qt. • 16 c. = 1 gal. • 2 pt. = 1 qt. • 4 qt. = 1 gal. • 1 stick butter = 1/2 cup = 8 Tbsp. • 1 box butter = 4 sticks • 8 fluid ounces = 1 cup

15. Pass the Cup • Dry/solid measure check-up: • Which of these amounts is greater? Write the amount. 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup 1/4 cup or 1/3 cup 1/4 cup or 2 Tbsp. 1/2 cup or 1/4 cup 1/4 cup or 3 tsp. 1 1/3 cup or 1 1/4 cup

16. Equivalents at the Store • Answer the following questions with one of these amounts: 1/2 pint 1 pint 1 quart 1 Pt ½ Pt 1 Qt 1 pt 1/2 pt What size container will you buy if. . . 1. A recipe for salad calls for 2 cups of cottage cheese.? 2. A recipe for a fruit dessert calls for 1 cup of whipping cream? 3. You need 4 cups of milk for a pudding? 4. You need 2 cups of sour cream to make a dip? 5. A recipe for fruit salad says to mix 8 ounces of yogurt with fruit?