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Cooking, a powerful skill to possess

Cooking, a powerful skill to possess. Chef Dennie Veasey Culinary Instructor. Career Center Winston Salem, NC. Culinary Arts / Hospitality Ma nagement. What is cooking : The reaction and results of what happens to food when he a t e d. Why do we cook food: To change the texture

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Cooking, a powerful skill to possess

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  1. Cooking, a powerful skill to possess

  2. Chef Dennie Veasey Culinary Instructor Career Center Winston Salem, NC

  3. Culinary Arts / Hospitality Management • What is cooking : The reaction and results of what happens to food when heated. • Why do we cook food: To change the texture • Why do we need to change the texture ? For ease of chewing & to enhance digestion. • What are the benefits to proper chewing & digestion?

  4. Culinary Arts / Hospitality management Digestion • Makes You Feel Full Faster • Helps Absorb Nutrients • Prevent Heartburn • Promotes Good Oral Hygiene • Reduces Stress

  5. Fun Food Facts • What fruits were crossed to produce the nectarine?A: None.  The nectarine is a smooth skinned variety of the peach • What nation produces two thirds of the world's vanilla?A: Madagascar.

  6. Fun Food Facts • A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime. • What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?A: Houston, Texas. Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers "hot" to the human mouth and rubbing ointments warm to reduce pain. • Cast iron skillets used to be the leading source of iron in the American diet!

  7. Fun food facts • Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love. • Each American eats an average of 51 pounds of chocolate per year • Fried chicken is the most popular meal ordered in sit-down restaurants in the US. The next in popularity are: roast beef, spaghetti, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp. • California's Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was 11-years-ol

  8. Fun Food Facts • In the United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a pound of potatoes. • Carrots Really Can Help You See In The Dark! Vitamin A is known to prevent "night blindness," and carrots are loaded with Vitamin A. • The Word "Salary" Comes From "Salt!" • Salt, our oldest preservative, was extremely rare in the past. So rare, in fact, that it was often used as pay. Imagine...earning a couple of tablespoons of salt for a hard-days work. Today, salt is so common that restaurants give it away for free, and packaged food contains so much that it's far too easy to eat too much salt (salt is also known as "sodium"). 

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