Guidelines For Cooking Carcass Meat Flashcards
List the guidelines for cooking carcass meat.
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Choose an appropriate cooking method
Ensure oven is preheated
Avoid overcooking
Why should you choose an appropriate cooking method when cooking carcass meat?
Choose an appropriate cooking method, e.g. frying or braising, suited to the type and cut of carcass meat
Explain why you need to ensure the oven is preheated when roasting or baking?
If baking or roasting carcass meat ensure the oven is preheated, so it will cook meat until it reaches a sufficiently high temperature to ensure all pathogenic bacteria are killed
When do you need to ensure the oven is preheated?
When baking or roasting
Why exactly does the oven need to be preheated when baking or roasting?
So meat will be cooked and a high temperature will be reached to ensure all pathogenic bacteria are killed
Why do you need to avoid overcooking meat?
Avoid overcooking carcass meat, as it becomes tough and difficult to digest
What happens to carcass meat when it is overcooked?
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It becomes tough
It becomes difficult to digest