Food Preservation

The milk is boiled to kill the microbes and preserve it longer.

We _____ the milk to preserve it longer.

It is one and a half-day journey by bus from Imphal to Guwahati. If you are to go on this trip, what food items would you carry with you? How would you pack them? What food would you eat first?

What things are needed to make any kind of pickle in your house? How is the pickles made?

Is there any kind of pickle made in your house? What kind of pickle is it? Who makes it? From whom did they learn to make the pickle?

Why do we need to preserve food?

Make a list of preserved food that you eat.

Why are fishes kept in ice in the special container?

When you buy some food item from market or shop, what will you look for on the packet?

What are the manufacturing and expiry dates written on the packets?

What can we know from what is written on the packet of food?

List out the food items that you preserve at homes for long period.

What questions would you ask a farmer about how they can keep food grans safe from rats, mice and insects?

How can we preserve pickles for a long period without getting spoiled?

Ask your mother about the methods used for food preservation and write them in the following manner.

Making pickles is a form of food preservation.

Fill in the blank using the words given below.

(winter, digestive, sea, preservation, spin)

The process of treating food such that the spoilage of the food is delayed is called _____ of food.

What cause the changes in preserved food item?

What are the reason for the spoiling of food? What measures are to be taken to keeping food safe and clean?

Write measures are to be taken for prevention of rotting of food and wastage of food at your home?