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Date:
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Preparing for the Cooking Lab
Reading/Research Guide
Directions: Next week, we will prepare the cooking lab and cook our first class meal. To get ready for that, you will
spend the next few classes learning about different recipes and processes for using the materials in the lab. You must
complete these activities successfully in order to be given permission to work in the lab.
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Crockpot Meals
Use your device to find a crockpot recipe that you think might be a good choice for our class to cook.
Answer the questions below about the recipe.
1.
Read your recipe to yourself and write down at least 5 words that stand out to you below.
2. Why is it difficult to imagine the speaker of this recipe?
3. Review the words you circled. What connotations and images come to mind from these words?
4. Now thinking about the words and connotations, how might you imagine a speaker of this poem and why? What
about the tone?
5.
Is a recipe literal or abstract? Why? What would make it more of the other?
6. Do you think this is a healthy recipe? Why or why not? Refer specifically to the text in your response.
7.
How does the layout help you understand the text?
8. Why is the layout appropriate for this type of text?
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Bread Makers
Use your device to view the tutorial video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-pfJeofqy0)
and complete the storyboard to illustrate the steps of using the bread maker below.
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Food Processors
1.
Go to the following URL address (type it in EXACTLY or retrieve it from my website,
mrslambsinclair.weebly.com): http://pinchofyum.com/twelve-magical-ways-to-use-a-food-processor
2. Read the introduction about the different types of food processors, and summarize it in 3-5 sentences below:
3. Read all 12 options for using the food processor. Choose one that you think is the most interesting, and click on
the link for recipes under that heading. Read the recipe and write the steps for making it below—
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Blenders
Go to the following URL address and complete the assignment.
http://www.wisebread.com/15-creative-delicious-things-you-can-make-in-a-blender
1.
Read all 15 options for using the blender. Choose one that you think is the most interesting, and click on the link
for recipes under that heading. Read the recipe and write the steps for making it below—
Go to the following URL address and complete the assignment.
http://www.wisebread.com/14-cool-uses-for-a-blender?ref=seealso
1.
Read all 14 out of the box options for using the blender. Choose one that you think is the most interesting and
click on the link for information about that idea. Read the process for creating that option and write a summary
below of the purpose and process for making the item (3-5 sentences).
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Toaster Ovens
Go to the following URL address and complete the assignment.
http://www.thekitchn.com/toaster-oven-revival-6-recipes-to-celebrate-the-original-202300
1.
Read the article about revival recipes using the toaster oven. Choose one that you think is the most interesting,
click on it, and complete the table below contrasting the toaster oven version with the original.
Toaster Oven Version
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Original Version
Kitchen Safety
Go to the following URL address and complete the assignment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sWxa1vR0zU
1.
View the video, then create a brochure using Microsoft Word or Publisher that persuades a reader to follow
kitchen safety protocols. Your brochure should have images and print on all of the pages. Staple it to this paper
and turn it in on Friday.