18/01/2018
Lets Talk About Kitchen Safety (Part 2)
COOKING
You may fall prey to some terrible accidents during cooking. We sometimes do something really silly like wearing torn mitts (oven gloves) to remove a hot tray from the oven.
Let us see some simple things that you can do to have a safe cooking environment.
1) Cook slowly.
There's no rush at all. They didn't coin the phrase 'haste makes waste' for no reason. A simple thing like making an omelet can result in disaster if you overheat the egg or add too much oil to the pan in a hurry.
2) Keep your face away while adding ingredients into hot oil. Keep the flame of the stove low while adding anything into hot oil.
3) Also, while lifting a lid, don't take your face very close to the food that is cooking. There is bound to be a lot of steam coming out of the hot vessel, which can scald as badly as hot food itself.
4) The handles of pots and pans should face away from the body of the person cooking. This will prevent accidental contact with the handle, which could result in a serious scalding.
5) While cooking, give it your full attention. Don't be distracted and never, for any reason, leave food that is on the stove unattended.
6) Cook the food thoroughly. Uncooked food can lead to serious health problems.
7) Use dry tongs and mitts to lift hot pots and pans. Water conducts heat very quickly, so you do the math.
8) When you take a lid off a hot vessel, make sure that you lift it away from the body. The lid is likely to be hot and you don't want to scald yourself.
Thank you for today.
(culled from the internet)
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