food

Question 1

What is sterile

Answer 1

contains no bacteria

Question 2

What are enzymes

Answer 2

-heat sensitive proteins that speed up a chemical reaction in living things

Question 3

What is staple food

Answer 3

• the main food eaten by a population

Question 4

What are subsistence farmers

Answer 4

• farmers who grow crops for their own and family use

- produce small amounts of food so that they can sell stuff to buy other products

Question 5

What is germination

Answer 5

-the point in a seeds growth into a seedling when it first shoot and root break out of the seed case

Question 6

What are the storage conditions

Answer 6

• moisture content of the grain needs to be restricted, this is done by blowing cool air through the grain called aeration
• aeration keeps the temperature constant, a cool temperature limits the growth of fungi and insects, most insects do not breed below 15 C
• the lowest temp also reduce germination of grains

Question 7

with storage equipment what become technical and expensive

Answer 7

therefor the all the containers are kept in one place in the town

Question 8

What is pickling

Answer 8

• to preserve food when certain foods are out of season

- in mixture of brine

Question 9

what are the two types

Answer 9

-piccalilli and atjar

Question 10

What is piccalilli

Answer 10

vegetables made of with curry turmeric and mustard

Question 11

What is atjar

Answer 11

vegetables and mixed fruits with curry and chill

Question 12

What are the tips for pickling

Answer 12

1- chose fresh 
2-only use tried and tasted recipes 
3-sterilise the jars and lids 
4-vegetables into jars 
5-pour mixture of the pickles 
6- cook it

Question 13

how should you cook it

Answer 13

• place jars on false bottom in a pot,pour enough water to cover, boil for 10 min
• the false bottom is used to prevent the jars from cracking, when they are in contact of direct heat
• pickles should be stored for three months prior to use to develop the flavours