Today was our first tech session at Tamaki College this term, our new tech teachers name is Mrs Heka. Mrs Heka is apart of the food department of technology. Today the yr 7s made colorful fruit jars/cups. During the session we learnt how to use a knife properly while cutting your fruits. We also talked about hygiene and why we have to be hygenic.
Making the fruit jars:
We were split into groups of three, one person was assigned to wash the dishes and the other two were making the food. We first got out our measuring spoons and measuring cups. We had gotten one bowl of fruit for each group. In the bowl there were Kiwis, Oranges, and Grapes. Mrs Heka showed us how to cut the fruits properly.
Cutting an orange: To cut an orange you cut both the ends and lay the orange up flat. Then you cut the sides of the orange where the skin is. We started by cutting from where the white parts of the orange were and went down. Once we were finishing cutting our orange we find the lines on the side where the orange pieces are and cut them out one by one. Then we cut our orange pieces in half.
Cutting a kiwi: To cut a kiwi we cut both of the ends of the kiwi, we then lay it up flat. Then you cut the sides of the kiwi where the skin is going down. After removing the skin off the kiwi you cut the kiwi in pieces. You first cut the kiwi in half then cut those halves into half creating quaters. Then you cut them in half again making smaller pieces.
After preparing our fruits we used our measuring spoons and cups to get one cup of yoghurt. Then we started on creating our fruit jars. We were customizing our cups with the fruits and yoghurt. We first added the fruot of our choice and then added a layer of yoghurt on top before adding another fruit. Each layer of fruit added we added a layer of yoghurt.
Then when we were finish with our fruit jars we cleaned our area with spray and wipe. Then we were ready to eat.
