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Technology and Livelihood

Education
Quarter 2 – Module 7
Tools and Equipment Used in Food
Preservation

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Home Economics - Grade 6
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Home Economics
Quarter 2 –Module 7- Week 7

Tools and Equipment Used in Food

Preservation

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 Table of Contents

How to Learn from this Module ............................................................................. ii

Icons of this Module .............................................................................................. ii

Lesson 12:
Tools/Utensils and Equipment Used in Food Preservation .................................... 1
What I Need to Know ..................................................................................... 1
What ‘s New ................................................................................................... 1
What Is It ....................................................................................................... 8
What’s More .................................................................................................. 10
What I Have Learned ..................................................................................... 12
Assessment ................................................................................................... 14

Key to Answers ................................................................................................... 15

Appendices ......................................................................................................... 20
References ......................................................................................................... 30

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How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that

Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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Lesson
Tools and Equipment Used in
12 Food Preservation

Objective:

uses the tools/utensils and equipment and their substitutes in food

preservation/processing. (TLE6HE0g-11)

Look at the pictures below.

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 A kitchen contains different tools and equipment used for food
preservation.
Preservation is a method in which food is kept from spoilage. It is a
way of prolonging the usefulness of food for future use. In preserving,
specialized tools/utensils are used to make preservation successfully done.

Cooking Utensil and mixing tools

Whisk is used in stirring and mixing eggs,

egg white for meringue, oil and vinegar,
ketchup and mayonnaise dressings and
smoothing out lumps in the mayonnaise.

Wooden spoon is used in mixing soft

ingredients like sauces, batter and dough.

Ladles are used to facilitate lifting of liquid

! or solid out of a pot or pan and other vessel
or bowl.

Mixing bowls are used in placing and

mixing the ingredients.

Pot and pan are used in cooking the food

to be preserved .

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 Measuring and Weighing equipment
are used to measure the food to be preserved and the ingredients to be used in
preservation.

Measuring cup are used for solid and dry

ingredients.

Measuring glass is used for liquid

ingredients.

Measuring spoons are used in measuring

dry and liquid ingredients of small quantity.

Weighing scale is used for large pieces of

meat, fish and root crops.

Cutting tools
are used in cutting, peeling and paring which include the kitchen knife, paring
knife, butcher’s knife, peeler, kitchen shears and food processor.

Paring knife is a small, sharp knife used for slicing

ingredients, removing seeds or the core from fruits and
eyes of potato without removing too much skin.

Kitchen knife.is used in slicing, mincing and chopping

vegetables and slicing and disjointing large cuts.

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 Butcher's knife is used for cutting
meat

Peeler is used to peel fruits and

vegetables with thin peelings.

Kitchen Shears are specially

designed, Sturdy scissors for the
kitchen which are used for snipping
herbs, cutting vegetables into strips
and trimming excess fats of meats.

Food processor is also used to cut

and slice fruits and vegetables easily,
fast and conveniently.

There’s More

Colander
•is used to drain fruits and vegetables after washing.

Strainer
• is used to remove lumps, drain foods in small quantity and
separate liquid from its residues.

Chopping board
• is used in cutting or chopping of food.

Containers
•are used to preserve food. It may be in jars, tin cans, bottles or
plastics with covers.

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 Hand towel
• is used to dry bottles and hands.

Grater
• is used for grating fruits and vegetables.

Funnel
• is used when pouring liquid in containers with small
openings.

Tray
•is a shallow containers where ingredients are placed during
preparation.

Activity 12.1
Directions: List 10 kitchen utensils used in food preservation found in your home.

Kitchen
Utensils

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.1 on appendices.

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Activity 12.2
Directions: Identify the tools referred in the statement below. Encircle the correct
answer.

1. It is used in vegetables and fruits with thin peeling

a. Peeler
b. Kitchen shears
c. Food processor
d. Strainer
2. It is where we place and mix the ingredients used in food preservation.
a. Colander
b. Mixing bowl
c. Pots and pans
d. Ladles
3. It is used in measuring small amount of ingredients.
a. mug
b. Measuring cup
c. Measuring glass
d. Measuring spoon

4. It is a shallow container where the ingredients are placed during preparation.

a. Tray
b. Strainer
c. Containers
d. Chopping board
5. It is where we place the preserved foods.
a. Tray
b. Colander
c. Containers
d. Funnel

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.2 on appendices.

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 REMINDERS: Safety Tips in Handling Kitchen Tools/Utensils and
Equipment Used in Food Preservation

1. Always handle knives and other sharp utensils and equipment with
care.
2. Cut ingredients downward on a chopping board to avoid cutting
yourself.
3. Keep all utensils and equipment clean and grease free before and
after using them.
4. Use pot holder or gloves in handling hot pots and pans.
5. Replace hand towel when it is already wet or as needed.
6. All utensils/tools and equipment must be washed clean before and
after using to avoid food contamination.
7. Sterilize containers to be used in storing your preserves and must
have covers.
8. Return tools/utensils and equipment to their proper storage place.
Do not leave them in working place especially sharp objects.

Activity 12.3
Directions: Answer the following questions briefly.
1. How do you handle knife and other sharp utensils?
2. How do you cut the ingredients?
3. What will you do with the utensils before and after using them?
4. What will you do with the containers before using them for preservation?
5. What will you do if you are done using the tools/utensils and equipment?

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.3 on appendices.

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Activity 12.4.
Directions: Identify the utensils/tools used in food preservation presented below.
Choose your answer inside the box.

Cutting utensils Mixing tools Weighing equipment

Measuring tools Draining tools Cooking Utensils

1
. 2
. 3
.

4 5
. .

6
.

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.4 on appendices.

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Activity 12.5.
Directions: Match the tools/utensils in column A to its uses in column B. Draw an
arrow to connect your answers.

Column A Column B
1.

A. It is used in cooking and preserving foods.

2.

B. It is used to separate the liquid from lumps

or coarse particles from dry ingredients.

3.

C. It is used to pour liquid ingredients into

containers with small openings.

4.

D. It is where the ingredients are placed and

mixed.

5.

E. It is where the food is placed and

preserved.

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.5 on appendices.

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Activity 12.6.
Directions: Identify the following tools/utensils used in food preservation.
Arrange the scrambled letters before the number to form the correct
word/s.

FODO ORPORSSEC 1. It is used to cut and slice fruits and

vegetables fast, easily and conveniently.

RINGMEASU SNOOPS 2. It is used in measuring ingredients in small quantity.

DHAN ELTOW________3. It is used for wiping and drying the materials and

hands while working.

GNIGHIEW ALECS____4. It is used to weigh large pieces of meat, fish and root

crops.
NGIPPOCH DARBO___5. It is where the ingredients are placed when cut.

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.6 on appendices.

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Activity 12.7.
Directions: Use the needed tools/utensils and equipment referred to in the situation
below. Choose your answer inside the box.

Choose your answer 1. Mother buys fresh milkfish. She wants

here.
to dry it. What utensils will she use
Knife before she can have it dried?
Chopping board
2. Tina and her friends pick guavas in their
Strainer
Pots farm. They plan to make guava jelly.
Containers
What utensils/tools will they use in
Ladles
Mixing bowl cooking and preserving the guava jelly?
Measuring spoon
3. Alex sells homemade chicken and pork
Grater
Weighing scale toccino. He buys 5 kgs pork. What are
the utensils will he use in cutting and
mixing the ingredients?
4. Ben wants a spicy chicken toccino. He
adds 1 teaspoon fine black pepper.
What utensil will he use in measuring a
teaspoon of fine black pepper?
5. You have fresh calamansi fruits from
your backyard. You want to make a
concentrated juice from it. What utensils
will you use in extracting its juice?

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.7 on appendices.

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Activity 12.8.
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct word/s to complete the paragraph.
Choose
your answer inside the box.

tools equipment peeler

measuring spoon measuring glass weighing scale
ladle wooden spoon whisk
grater knife
hand towel colander

A kitchen contains different 1.__________ and 2. __________

for different preparation and cooking purposes. They also play a vital
role in food preservation.
In preserving food, it uses different tools/utensils and equipment
which includes cutting utensils like knife, 3. ___________
4. ___________. It also uses measuring tools and weighing equipment
such as measuring cups, 5. __________ and 6. __________.
Food preservation is also possible because of the mixing tools
namely whisk, 7. ________ and 8. ________. While working, you also
need a 9. _________ to dry or wipe your hands and the utensils. You
also need pots and pans for cooking and a 10. __________ wherein
you place your product to be preserved..

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.8 on appendices.

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Activity 12.9.
Directions: Complete the graphic organizer given below.

Tools/Utensils/Equipment used in Food Preservation

Cooking and Measuring Weighing

Cutting Tools
mixing tools tools Equipment

Measuring Peeler
spoon

Ladles

Other Utensils

Chopping
board

Grater

Kitchen
Shears

Note: Write your answer on the activity sheet 12.9 on appendices.

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 Directions: Use the needed tools/utensils and equipment referred to in the
situation below. Choose your answer inside the box.
Ladle/wooden spoon mixing bowl knife grater
chopping board container or preserving bottles colander
weighing scale measuring cup measuring glass

1. Shainne buys a kilo of meat. She wants to drain it after

washing. What will she use?
2. Lina needs 100 ml vinegar for her marinated chicken.
What utensil will she use?
3. Mother makes buko jam. She needs 4 cups of sugar.
What tool will she use?
4. Father buys 6 kgs of fish. He needs 3 kgs for making
smoked fish. What equipment will he use?
5. Mrs. Dizon makes pickled papaya for her nanay’s
birthday. She grates them before cooking. What will she
use?
6. Mr. Sanchez wants to cut the pork into his desired
pieces. Where does he place the meat while slicing?
7. What utensils will Mr. Sanchez use in slicing the meat?
8. After making the ube jam, what utensil will mother use
in preserving?
9. While preparing the ingredients for food preservation,
where do you place all your ingredients?
10. When you mix the ingredients for food preservation,
what utensil will you use?

Note: Write your answer on the assessment sheet on appendices.

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What’s New
Activity 12.1 (possible answers in any order)
Whisk wooden spoon ladles mixing bowl
Pots and pans measuring cups measuring spoon
Measuring glass weighing scale knife kitchen shears
food processor colander strainer chopping board
Containers hand towel grater funnel tray
Activity 12.2
1.a
2. b
3. d
4. a
5. c
Activity 12.3 - Reminders:
1. Always handle knife and other sharp utensils/tools and equipment with care.
2. Cut the ingredients downward on the chopping board to avoid cutting yourself.
3. Keep all utensils/tools and equipment clean, grease free, properly washed
and dry before and after use to avoid food contamination.
4. Sterilize containers to be used in storing the food to be preserved.
5. Return all utensils/tools and equipment their proper storage place and do not
leave them in the working place especially the sharp objects.
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What is It
Activity 12.4
1. Draining tools
2. Cutting utensils
3. Mixing tools
4. Measuring tools
5. Weighing scale/weighing equipment
6. Cooking utensils
Activity 12.5
1. C
2. D
3. E
4. B
5. A
What’s More
Activity 12.6
1. Food Processor
2. Measuring spoon
3. Hand towel
4. Weighing scale
5. Chopping board
Activity 12.7
1. Knife, chopping board
2. Knife, chopping board, strainer, pots, containers
3. Knife, ladles, mixing bowl
4. Measuring spoon
5. Strainer, knife, chopping board
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What I have learned
Activity 12.8
1. Tools
2. Equipment
3. Peeler
4. Food processor
5. Measuring spoon
6. Measuring glass
7. Ladle
8. Wooden spoon
9. Hand towel
10. container
Activity 12.9

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Lesson 12 - Assessment
1. Colander
2. Measuring glass
3. Measuring cup
4. Weighing scale
5. Grater
6. Chopping board
7. Knife
8. Container or preserving bottles
9. Mixing bowl
10. Ladle/wooden spoon
Appendices

Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________

School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

What New

Activity 12.1
Directions: List 10 kitchen utensils used in food preservation found in your home.

grater

Kitchen
utensils
used in food
preservation

strainer

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

Activity 12.2
Directions: Identify the tools referred to in the statement below. Encircle the correct
answer.

1. It is used in vegetables and fruits with thin peeling

a. Peeler
b. Kitchen shears
c. Food processor
d. Strainer
2. It is where we place and mix the ingredients used in food preservation.
a. Colander
b. Mixing bowl
c. Pots and pans
d. Ladles
3. It is used in measuring a small amount of ingredients.
a. mug
b. Measuring cup
c. Measuring glass
d. Measuring spoon

4. It is a shallow container where the ingredients are placed during preparation.

a. Tray
b. Strainer
c. Containers
d. Chopping board
5. It is where we place the preserved foods.
a. Tray
b. Colander
c. Containers
d. Funnel

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

Activity 12.3
REMINDERS:
Safety Tips in Handling Kitchen Tools/Utensils and
Equipment Used in Food Preservation

Answer the following questions. Write your answer on the space provided.
1. How do you handle knife and other sharp utensils?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2. How do you cut the ingredients?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
3. What will you do with the utensils before and after using them?
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4. What will you do with the containers before using them for
preservation?
________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5. What will you do if you are done using the tools/utensils and
equipment?
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

Activity 12.4.
Directions: Identify the utensils/tools used in food preservation presented below.
Choose your answer inside the box.

Cutting utensils Mixing tools Weighing equipment

Measuring tools Draining tools Cooking Utensils

1
. 2
. 3
.

4 5
. .

6
.

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

What is It
Activity 12.5.
Directions: Match the tools/utensils in column A to its uses in column B. Draw an
arrow to connect your answers.

A B
e.

F. It is used in cooking and preserving foods.

f.

G. It is used to separate the liquid from lumps or

coarse particles from dry ingredients.

3.

H. It is used to pour liquid ingredients into

containers with small openings.

4.

I. It is where the ingredients are placed and

mixed.

5.

J. It is where the food is placed and preserved.

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

Activity 12.6.
Directions: Identify the following tools/utensils used in food preservation.
Arrange the scrambled letters before the number to form the correct
words.

FODO ORPORSSEC 1. It is used to cut and slice fruits and

vegetables fast, easily and conveniently.

RINGMEASU SNOOPS 2. It is used in measuring ingredients in small quantity.

DHAN ELTOW________3. It is used for wiping and drying the materials and

hands while working.

GNIGHIEW ALECS____4. It is used to weigh large pieces of meat, fish and

root crops.
NGIPPOCH DARBO___5. It is where the ingredients are placed when cut .

1. _____________________________

2. _____________________________

3. _____________________________

4. _____________________________

5. _____________________________

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

Activity 12.7.
Directions: Use the needed tools/utensils and equipment referred to in the situation
below. Choose your answer inside the box. Write your answer on the
space provided below.
1. Mother buys fresh milkfish. She wants to dry
Choose your answer it. What utensils will she use before she can
here.
have it dried?
Knife 2. Tina and her friends pick guavas in their farm.
Chopping board
They plan to make guava jelly. What
Strainer
Pots utensils/tools will they use in cooking and
Containers
preserving the guava jelly?
Ladles
Mixing bowl 3. Alex sells homemade chicken and pork
Measuring spoon
toccino. He buys 5 kgs pork. What are the
Grater
Weighing scale utensils will he use in cutting and mixing the
ingredients?
4. Ben wants a spicy chicken toccino. He adds
1 teaspoon fine black pepper. What utensil
will he use in measuring a teaspoon of fine
black pepper?
5. You have fresh calamansi fruits from your
backyard. You want to make a concentrated
juice from it. What utensils will you use in

1. ______________________________________
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
4. ______________________________________
5. ______________________________________

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

Activity 12.8.
Directions: Fill in the blanks the correct word/s to complete the paragraph. Choose
your answer inside the box.

tools equipment peeler

measuring spoon measuring glass weighing scale
ladle wooden spoon whisk
grater knife
hand towel colander

A kitchen contains different 1.__________ and 2. __________

for different preparation and cooking purposes. They also play a vital
role in food preservation.
In preserving food, it uses different tools/utensils and equipment
which includes cutting utensils like knife, 3. ___________
4. ___________. It also uses measuring tools and weighing equipment
such as measuring cups, 5. __________ and 6. __________.
Food preservation is also possible because of the mixing tools
namely whisk, 7. ________ and 8. ________. While working, you also
need a 9. _________ to dry or wipe your hands and the utensils. You
also need pots and pans for cooking and a 10. __________ wherein
you place your product to be preserved..

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________
What I have learned
Activity 12.9. Complete the graphic organizer given below.

Tools/Utensils/Equipment used in Food Preservation

Cooking/mixing Measuring Weighing

Cutting Tools
tools tools Equipment

Measuring Peeler
spoon

Ladles

Other
Utensils

Chopping
board
Grater

Kitchen
Shears

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Name: _______________________________________ Grade and Section:__________
School: __________________________________________________________________
Teacher: _________________________________________________________________

Directions: Use the needed tools/utensils and equipment referred to in the

situation below. Choose your answer inside the box. Write your
answer on the space provided.

Ladle/wooden spoon mixing bowl knife grater

chopping board container or preserving bottles colander
weighing scale measuring cup measuring glass

1. Shainne buys a kilo of meat. She wants to drain it after washing. What
will she use? ____________________________________________
2. Lina needs 100 ml vinegar for her marinated chicken. What utensil will
she use? ____________________________________________
3. Mother makes buko jam. She needs 4 cups of sugar. What tool will she
use? ____________________________________________
4. Father buys 6 kgs of fish. He need 3 kgs for making smoked fish. What
equipment will he use? ________________________________
5. Mrs. Dizon makes pickled papaya for her nanay’s birthday. She grates
them before cooking. What will she use? _____________________
6. Mr. Sanchez wants to cut the pork into his desired pieces. Where does
he place the meat while slicing? ___________________________
7. What utensils will Mr. Sanchez use in cutting the meat?
____________________________________________
8. After making the ube jam, what utensil will mother use in preserving?
____________________________________________
9. While preparing the ingredients for food preservation, where do you
place all your ingredients? _________________________________
10. When you mix the ingredients for food preservation, what utensil will you
use? ____________________________________________
11.

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References
DepEd LRMDS Portal Home Economics 6, Bantigue, R.M. and Pangilinan, J.P., 2014

K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Technology and Livelihood Education Learning Module

Exploratory Course grade 7 and 8`

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