Food - Drying
Overview
This honor teaches youth the basic principles and practical skills of food dehydration and preservation. Participants learn how removing moisture from foods helps extend their shelf life while maintaining useful nutritional and culinary qualities. It develops practical skills in food preservation, dehydration, food safety, storage, and preparation, while encouraging Pathfinders to become more resourceful and knowledgeable about preserving food for later use.
Requirements
1. List at least three different ways to dry foods.
2. Why and how do you sulphur fruits?
3. How is dried fruit stored and protected from insects?
4. How are dried foods reconstituted?
5. What is important in selecting fruit to be used in making fruit leather?
6. How are dried nuts stored?
7. Dry the following and provide samples for testing:
- a. Bread. Make crumbs and use in a recipe for sampling.
- b. Fruit leather
- c. Vegetable leather
- d. Fruit slices
- e. Vegetable slices (such as carrots) or pieces (such as peas)
- f. Vegetarian jerky
- g. Parsley or some other herb
8. Reconstitute a vegetable and cook for sampling.
Answer key & resources
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