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==1. Know how to properly operate the kind of stove you have in your home. Know how to put out an oil or grease fire on your stove. Know how to prevent such a fire. Know safety precautions while cooking, including consideration of small children.== | ==1. Know how to properly operate the kind of stove you have in your home. Know how to put out an oil or grease fire on your stove. Know how to prevent such a fire. Know safety precautions while cooking, including consideration of small children.== | ||
| + | There are two major classes of stoves in common use in the United States today, the gas stove and the electric stove. Gas stoves burn either propane or natural gas and cook with an exposed flame. Most have automatic ignition so you do not need to strike a match to light a burner. Simply turn the knob and set the flame to the desired level. Electric stoves cook with a heating element which converts eletrical energy into heat. Like gas stoves, the cook must turn a knob, but unlike gas stoves, there is no flame, so its level cannot be directly observed. Instead, the knobs are marked with numbers generally ranging from 1 to 9 or 10. The settings 1-3 corresponds to low heat, 4-6 correspond to medium heat, and 7-10 correspond to high heat. | ||
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| + | In case of a grease fire in a pan, cover the pan with its lid. This will deprive the fire from oxygen and it will go out. If the cover is already on the pan, you may need to use a fire extinguisher. | ||
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| + | Stoves with knobs along the back of the unit are more appropriate in households with small children because the children cannot reach the knobs and turn the stove on. This does present a lesser danger to the cook, as he or she must reach across the burners to adjust the knobs - don't wear loose clothing when cooking with such a stove. | ||
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| + | Another hazard to children involving stoves are pot handles. These should always be turned such that they to not overhand the edge of the stove where a child could grab it or run into it. An overturned pot of boiling water can cause severe burns. | ||
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==2. Know how to properly use measuring spoons, measuring cups, and if available an electric mixer, a blender, and a food processor.== | ==2. Know how to properly use measuring spoons, measuring cups, and if available an electric mixer, a blender, and a food processor.== | ||
==3. What is meant by boiling, broiling, frying, baking, simmering, waterless cooking, and if available microwave cooking? Which are the most healthful ways of preparing common foods? Which are the most unhealthful ways?== | ==3. What is meant by boiling, broiling, frying, baking, simmering, waterless cooking, and if available microwave cooking? Which are the most healthful ways of preparing common foods? Which are the most unhealthful ways?== | ||
Revision as of 01:08, 1 June 2006
Cooking
1. Know how to properly operate the kind of stove you have in your home. Know how to put out an oil or grease fire on your stove. Know how to prevent such a fire. Know safety precautions while cooking, including consideration of small children.
There are two major classes of stoves in common use in the United States today, the gas stove and the electric stove. Gas stoves burn either propane or natural gas and cook with an exposed flame. Most have automatic ignition so you do not need to strike a match to light a burner. Simply turn the knob and set the flame to the desired level. Electric stoves cook with a heating element which converts eletrical energy into heat. Like gas stoves, the cook must turn a knob, but unlike gas stoves, there is no flame, so its level cannot be directly observed. Instead, the knobs are marked with numbers generally ranging from 1 to 9 or 10. The settings 1-3 corresponds to low heat, 4-6 correspond to medium heat, and 7-10 correspond to high heat.
In case of a grease fire in a pan, cover the pan with its lid. This will deprive the fire from oxygen and it will go out. If the cover is already on the pan, you may need to use a fire extinguisher.
Stoves with knobs along the back of the unit are more appropriate in households with small children because the children cannot reach the knobs and turn the stove on. This does present a lesser danger to the cook, as he or she must reach across the burners to adjust the knobs - don't wear loose clothing when cooking with such a stove.
Another hazard to children involving stoves are pot handles. These should always be turned such that they to not overhand the edge of the stove where a child could grab it or run into it. An overturned pot of boiling water can cause severe burns.
2. Know how to properly use measuring spoons, measuring cups, and if available an electric mixer, a blender, and a food processor.
3. What is meant by boiling, broiling, frying, baking, simmering, waterless cooking, and if available microwave cooking? Which are the most healthful ways of preparing common foods? Which are the most unhealthful ways?
Cooking Methods
- Boiling
- Broiling
- Frying
- Baking
- Simmering
- Waterless cooking
- Microwave cooking
