TLE10 Lesson 1

Small handheld tool used for food preparation

• Kitchen utensils

• Kitchen equipment

Is use for salad making and dessert but not practical for top or surface cooking. Great care is needed to ensure for long shelf life

• Aluminum

• Stainless Steel

• Glass

• Cast Iron

Is mostly used in the kitchen and most popular because it is lightweight, attractive and less expensive. It requires care to keep it shiny and clean. It also gives even heat distribution no matter what heat temperature you have.

• Aluminum

• Stainless Steel

• Glass

• Cast Iron

Is a special coating applied inside aluminum or steel pots and pans. It prevents food from sticking to the pan.

• Aluminum

• Teflon

• Double boiler

• Cast Iron

Is durable but must be kept oiled to avoid rusting.

• Aluminum

• Teflon

• Double boiler

• Cast Iron

Also called a vegetable strainer which are essential for various tasks from cleaning vegetables, straining pasta.

• Can opener

• Colander

• Cutting boards

• Funnels

Are used to fill jars, made of various sizes of stainless steel, aluminum, or of plastic.

• Scraper

• Kitchen shears

• Grater

• Funnels

They are practical for opening food packages, cutting tape or string or simply remove labels or tags from items. Other cutting tools such as box cutters are also handy for opening packages

• Scraper

• Kitchen shears

• Grater

• Funnels

It is used for blending, mixing, whipping eggs or batter, and for blending gravies, sauces, and soups. The beaters are made of looped, steel piano wires which are twisted together to form the handle.

• Serving tongs

• Spatula

• Whisks

• Temperature scales

Come in variety of sizes, shapes, materials and colors. These are used to measure smaller quantities of ingredients called for in the recipe like: 1 tablespoon of butter or 1⁄4 teaspoon of salt.

• Kitchen knives

• French knife

• Measuring spoons

• Measuring glass