Tle 8 Quarter 3 Food Processing Meat-Preservation - Curring
Tle 8 Quarter 3 Food Processing Meat-Preservation - Curring
Tle 8 Quarter 3 Food Processing Meat-Preservation - Curring
CURRING
AFTER GOING THROUGH THIS LESSON,
YOU ARE EXPECTED TO:
1.1 familiarize the curing process;
1.2 prepare poultry for curing in accordance with approved
specifications and standard procedure;
1.3 identify the common measurements in food processing as well as
weight and volume conversions.
1.4 answer honestly the given activities.
CURRING
• the addition to meats of some combination of salt,
sugar, nitrite and/or nitrate for the purposes of
preservation, flavor and color.
Broiler-fryer. This is the most common and most available type of chicken. It
is a young chicken, 9 to 12 weeks of age and weighs from 0.68 to 1.59
kilograms.
CONT.
Capon. This is a large desexed rooster, 7 to 10 months old and
weighs about 1.81 to 3.18 kilograms. This has a large amount of
white tender meat.
Examples:
Examples:
1. 8 fl oz x 30 = 240 ml 2. 2 cups x 8 = 16 fl oz
8 fl oz = 240 ml 16 fl oz x 30 = 480 ml
2 cups = 480 ml