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Technology and
Livelihood
Education
(COOKERY)
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Use and maintain kitchen
tools and equipment

What’s In
 Direction: Identify the following pictures.

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What’s New

LO - 1 Utilize kitchen tools and equipment

 Read the Information Sheet 1.1 very well then find out how much you can
remember and how much you learned by doing Self-check 1.1.
Materials of kitchen utensils and equipment commonly found in the kitchen.

Any cook should be familiar with the correct utensils, devices and equipment
in the kitchen. It is important to consider several things and not only the price when
buying them. The job of cooking requires specific tools, utensils, and equipment for
proper and efficient preparation of food. Each piece has been designed to accomplish
a specific job in the kitchen.

The tools, utensils and equipment are made of different materials, each
having certain advantages and disadvantages. The following lists are materials of
kitchen utensils and equipment commonly found in the kitchen.

Aluminum is the best for all-around use. It is the most popular, lightweight,
attractive and less expensive. It requires care to keep it shiny and clean. Much more,
it gives even heat distribution no matter what heat temperature you have. It is
available in sheet or cast aluminum.

Stainless Steel is the most popular material used for tools and equipment,
but is more expensive. It is easier to clean and shine and will not wear out as soon as
aluminum. Choose those with copper, aluminum or laminated steel bottoms to spread
heat and keep the pot from getting heat dark spots

Glass is good for baking but not practical on top or surface cooking. Great
care is needed to make sure for long shelf life.

Cast Iron is sturdy but must be kept seasoned to avoid rust. Salad oil with no
salt or shortening can be rub inside and out and dry. Wash with soap (not detergent)
before using.

Ceramic and heat-proof glass is used especially for baking dishes,

casseroles, and measuring cups. Glass and ceramic conduct the heat slowly and
evenly. Many of these baking dishes are decorated and can go from stove or oven to
the dining table.

Teflon is a special coating applied to the inside of some aluminum or steel

pots and pans. It helps food from not sticking to the pan.

It is easier to wash and clean, however, take care not to scratch the Teflon coating
with sharp instrument such as knife or fork. Use wooden or plastic spatula to turn or
mix food inside.

Plastic and Hard Rubber are used for cutting and chopping boards, table tops,
bowls, trays, garbage pails and canisters. They are much less dulling to knives than metal
and more sanitary than wood. Plastics are greatly durable and cheap but may not last long.

Cooking Utensils List That Every Kitchen Needs

Tools/Utensils Uses/Meaning

A baster is handy for returning some of the meat or

poultry juices from the pan, back to the food.
2. Cans, bottles, cartoons opener use to open a food tin, preferably with a smooth
operation, and comfortable grip and turning knob.

3. Colanders also called a vegetable strainer are essential for various tasks from
cleaning vegetables to straining pasta or tin contents.

4. Cutting Boards a wooden or plastic board where meats and vegetables can be cut.

5. Dredgers – used to shake flour, salt, and pepper on meat, poultry, and fish.

6. Double boiler – used when temperatures must be kept below boiling, such as for egg
sauces, puddings, and to keep foods warm without overcooking.

7. Emery boards/sharpening steel – used to sharpen long knives.

8. Flipper use for turning hamburgers and other food items

9. Funnels – used to fill jars, made of various sizes of stainless steel, aluminum, or of
plastic.

10. Garlic Press is a kitchen tool which is specifically designed for the purpose of
pulping garlic for cooking.

11. Graters used to grate, shred, slice and separate foods such as carrots, cabbage and
cheese.
 12. Handy Poultry & Roasting Tools make it easier to lift a hot roasted turkey from the
roaster to the serving platter, without it falling apart.

13. Kitchen Knives often referred to as cook's or chef's tools, knives are a must for all
types of kitchen tasks, from peeling an onion and slicing carrots, to carving a roast or
turkey

14. Kitchen Shears They are practical for opening food packages, cutting tape or string
to package foods or simply to remove labels or tags from items. Other cutting tools
such as box cutters are just as handy, especially for opening packages.

15. Measuring Cups, Spoons Measuring tools are among the most important items
found in any kitchen, since consistently good cooking depends upon accurate
measurements. Measuring tools should be standardized.

Commonly used measuring tools in home or in commercial kitchens include following:

• Measuring Cup for Dry Ingredients – is used to measure solids and dry ingredients, such as flour, fat and sugar.

• Measuring Cup for Liquid Ingredients - commonly made up of heat-proof glass and transparent so that liquid can
be seen.

• Portion scales - used to weigh serving portions from one ounce to one pound

• Scoops or dippers – used to measure serving of soft foods, such as fillings, ice cream, and mashed potato.

• Spoons come in variety of sizes, shapes, materials and colors. These are used to measure smaller quantities of
ingredients called for in the recipe like: 1 tablespoon of butter or ¼ teaspoon of salt.

• Household Scales are used to weigh large quantity of ingredients in kilos, commonly in rice, flour, sugar, legumes or
vegetables and meat up to 25 pounds.

16. Pasta Spoon or Server is use to transfer a little or much cooked pasta to a waiting
plate, without mess. Pasta spoons are best used with spaghetti-style or other long
pasta noodles; you can use a large slotted serving spoon for short pastas.

17. Potato Masher used for mashing cooked potatoes, turnips, carrots or other soft
cooked vegetables.

18. Rotary eggbeater – used for beating small amount of eggs or batter. The beaters
should be made up of stainless steel, and gear driven for ease in rotating
 19. Scraper- a rubber or silicone tools to blend or scrape the food from the bowl;
metal, silicone or plastic egg turners or flippers

20. Seafood Serving Tools make the task of cleaning seafood and removing the shell
much easier.

21. Serving spoons- a utensil consisting of a small, shallow bowl on a handle, used in
preparing, serving, or eating food.

22. Serving Tongs enables you to more easily grab and transfer larger food items,
poultry or meat portions to a serving platter, to a hot skillet or deep fryer, or to a plate.

23. Soup Ladle is used for serving soup or stews, but can also be used for gravy, dessert
sauces or other foods.

There are many kinds of knives, each with a specialized use

• Butcher knife – used to section raw meat, poultry, and fish. It can be used as a cleaver to separate small joints or to
cut bones. Butcher knives are made with heavy blade with a saber or flat grind

• French knife – used to chop, dice, or mince food. Heavy knives have a saber or flat grind

• Roast beef slicer – used to slice roasts, ham, and thick, solid cuts of meats

• Boning knife – used to fillet fish and to remove raw meat from the bone

• Fruit and salad knife - used to prepare salad greens, vegetables, and fruits

• Spatula – used to level off ingredients when measuring and to spread frostings and sandwich fillings

• Citrus knife – used to section citrus fruits. The blade has a two-sided, serrated edge

• Paring knife – used to core, peel, and section fruits and vegetables. Blades are short, concave with hollow ground.

24. Temperature Scales - used to measure heat intensity. Different thermometers are
used for different purposes in food preparation – for meat, candy or deep-fat frying.
Other small thermometers are hanged or stand in ovens or refrigerators to check the
accuracy of the equipment’s thermostat.

25. Two-tine fork – used to hold meats while slicing, and to turn solid pieces of meat
while browning or cooking Made of stainless steel and with heat-proof handle.
 26. Vegetable peeler. used to scrape vegetables, such as carrots and potatoes and to
peel fruits.

27. Whisks for Blending, Mixing used for whipping eggs or batter, and for blending
gravies, sauces, and soups.

28. Wooden spoons continue to be kitchen essentials because of their usefulness for
used for creaming, stirring, and mixing. They should be made of hard wood.

EQUIPMENT USES/MEANING

Refrigerators/Freezers are necessary in preventing bacterial infections from foods.

Most refrigerators have special compartment for meat, fruits and vegetables to keep
the moisture content of each type of food. Butter compartment holds butter separately
to prevent food odors from spoiling its flavor. Basically, refrigerator or freezer is an
insulated box, equipped with refrigeration unit and a control to maintain the proper
inside temperature for food storage.

Auxiliary equipment like griddles, tilting skillets, broilers/grills, steamers, coffee

makers, deep-fat fryers, wok, crockery, cutting equipment (meat slicer, food choppers,
grinders) mixers and bowls, pots and pans are utilized most commonly in big food
establishments, some with specialized uses and some are optional.

Microwave Ovens have greatly increased their use in the food industry. Foods can be
prepared ahead of time, frozen or refrigerated during the slack periods, and cooked or
heated quickly in microwave ovens

Blenders are used to chop, blend, mix, whip, puree, grate, and liquefy all kinds of food.
A blender is a very useful appliance. They vary in the amount of power
(voltage/wattage). Others vary and do not do the same jobs.
Let us determine how much you already know about utilizing kitchen tools and equipment. Take
this test.

Direction: Identify the word/s that best describes the following statements. Choose the best
answer on the box below the questions. Write your answer on a separate sheet paper.

1. A kitchen essentials used for creaming, stirring, and mixing that made of a hard wood.
2. A more complicated tool that may refer to a small electrical appliance.
3. A kitchen tool which is specifically designed for pulping garlic for cooking.
4. It is used to grate, shred, slice and separate foods.
5. A must for all types of kitchen tasks, from peeling an onion and slicing carrots, to carving a roast
or turkey often referred to as cook's or chef's tools.
6. It is used to measure solids and dry ingredients.
7. These are used to measure smaller quantities of ingredients.
8. A rubber or silicone tools to blend or scrape the food from the bowl
9. A special coating applied to the inside of some aluminum or steel pots and pans that helps food
from not sticking to the pan.
10.It is the most popular, lightweight, attractive and less expensive materials of kitchen utensils
and equipment.
What is It
Wooden spoon kitchen knives Teflon grater Scraper garlic presser

Measuring spoon equipment Measuring cup for dry ingredients aluminum

What’s More!

Directions: List the word/s you can find hidden in the grid. Write as many as
you can.

C O O K E R Y D E D S

O E D G L A S S R T Y E R W R L L

L E R R F U N N E L W R E T A E U

A E S P A T U L A T K B V R T N M

N R D F G H W E R T N E R T E D I

D R E D G E R S F L I P P E R E N

E E R S C R A P E R F E R T Y R U

R V B N H G T O R T E T R F G B M

W E R T F G C O R E R E O V E N E
 E T T E F L O N R G H E W R T V G

What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks.

Directions: Fill each blank with the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate paper.

1. A baster is ____________ for returning some of meat or poultry juices from the pan, back to the
food.

2. ____________________is also called a vegetable strainer are essential for various task from
cleaning vegetables to straining pasta or tin contents.

3. Cutting boards, a wooden or _______________ where meats and vegetables can be cut.

4. ____________________used to shake flour, salt, and pepper on meat, poultry or fish.

5. Graters are used to ______________ shred, slice and separate foods such as carrots, cabbage and
cheese.

6. _____________ used to fill jars, made of various sizes of stainless steel, aluminum, or of plastic.

7. Flipper is used for _________________________ and other food items.

8. Citrus knife is used to section ________________________.

9. __________________is used to level off ingredients when measuring and to spread frosting and
sandwich fillings.

10. __________________a utensil consisting of a small, shallow bowl an a handle, used in preparing,
serving or eating food.

What I Can Do

On your notebook list down all the utensils and equipment you can find in your kitchen.
Identify the materials of your kitchen tools and equipment. Follow the format below

KITCHEN UTENSILS MATERIAL

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Assessment
Let us determine how much you already know about utilizing kitchen tools and equipment. Take
this test.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate paper.

1. A kitchen essential used for creaming, stirring, and mixing that made of a hard wood.
a. Wooden spoon b. aluminum c. knife d. spoon
2. A more complicated tool that may refer to a small electrical appliance.
a. Aluminum b. Equipment c. Grater d. Teflon
3. A kitchen tool which is specifically designed for pulping garlic for cooking.
a. Grater b. garlic presser c. kitchen knives d. scraper
4. It is used to grate, shred, slice and separate foods.
a. Grater b. garlic presser c. kitchen knives d. scraper
5. A must for all types of kitchen tasks, from peeling an onion and slicing carrots, to carving a roast
or turkey often referred to as cook's or chef's tools.
a. Grater b. garlic presser c. kitchen knives d. scraper
6. It is used to measure solids and dry ingredients.
a. Grater b. garlic presser c. kitchen knives d. measuring cup for dry
ingredients
7. These are used to measure smaller quantities of ingredients.
a. Aluminum b. scraper c. wooden spoon d. measuring spoon
8. A rubber or silicone tools to blend or scrape the food from the bowl
a. Scraper b. glass c. oven d. grater

9. A special coating applied to the inside of some aluminum or steel pots and pans that helps food
from not sticking to the pan.
a. Teflon b. knife c. scraper d. measuring cup
10. It is the most popular, lightweight, attractive and less expensive materials of kitchen utensils
and equipment.
a. Aluminum b. Equipment c. Grater d. Teflon
 SHARON M.
PORNASDORO
Subject Teacher
TVE7 - Exploratory
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