FOOD PREPARATION Flashcards
Work productions help
- Tell the menu for the day.
- Individual job task.
- What time to start your item.
- How much to cook
Measurements are very important in preparation of the food.
- Improves taste and appearance.
- It’s an assurance that you will have a good product.
- Same outcome every time.
The advantages to following recipes are
- To help quality.
- There is no guess work.
- Everyone does it the same way.
- Worker knows what to do.
When you care about your work it
- Shows and product.
- Shows in your attitude.
- Makes a better workday.
- Gives you pride.
- If you care, others around will care about their items.
Managers play a key role in food preparation.
- Need to make sure your workers know what they are doing and how to work everything in the kitchen and know their measurements.
- The food should be out and waiting on the ladies they should not have to wait on you to come and get it.
- Have the correct ingredients and amounts to follow the recipe.
- Have a recipe for them to follow.
- The most important thing is you need to know how to follow a recipe, know the measurements, how to work everything in the kitchen, and how to treat a worker.
tsp or t
teaspoon
Tbsp or T
tablespoon
c
cup
pt
pint
qt
quart
gal
gallon
wt
weight
oz
ounce
lb or #
pound
g
gran
kg
kilogram
vol
volume
mL
milliliter
L
liter
fl oz
fluid ounce
No. or #
number
in. or “
inches
1 tbsp =
3 teaspoons
1/2 cup =
8 Tbsp
1 cup =
16 Tbsp
1 pint =
2 cups
1 quart =
2 pints
1 gallon =
4 qts
16 oz =
1 lb
6 scoop =
2/3 cup
8 scoop =
1/2 cup
12 scoop =
1/3 cup
16 scoop =
1/4 cup
2 oz =
1/4 cup
6 oz =
3/4 cup
8 oz =
1 cup
Capacity of 12” X 20” X 2 1/2”
2 gallon.
Capacity of 12” X 20” X 4”
3 1/2 gallon
Capacity of 12” X 20” X 6”
5 gallon