Standard And Local Measurements

Bayani Gaba-gaba

Two cooks follow the same jollof recipe, yet one pot comes out perfect every single time and the other is a lottery: today too salty, tomorrow too dry. The difference is rarely talent. It is measurement. A recipe is only a promise that the same amounts, cooked the same way, will give the same result, and that promise holds only when the amounts are measured the same way each time.

This lesson teaches the two languages of quantity a Nigerian caterer must speak. The first is the standard language of grams, litres, degrees Celsius and the level teaspoon, tablespoon and cup, the same anywhere in the world. The second is the market language of the mudu, the congo, the derica, the paint rubber and the milk tin, the measures the trader actually pours with. You will learn to convert between them, to scale a recipe up for a crowd, and to cost a menu to the naira.

Manufura

  1. Distinguish between standard and local units of measurement
  2. Identify the standard units of weight, volume and temperature used in catering
  3. Convert between common standard measurements
  4. Describe local Nigerian measures such as the derica, mudu, congo and paint rubber
  5. Explain the importance of accurate measurement in food preparation and costing

Takardar Darasi

A caterer in Lagos wins a contract to cook for two hundred guests. She has cooked the dish a hundred times for her own family, but always by feel: a handful of this, a tin of that. Now she must tell an assistant exactly what to buy, brief a second cook in another kitchen to match her taste, and quote a price that covers her costs and still leaves a profit. Feel cannot do any of that. Only measurement can. The caterer who can move freely between the gram and the mudu, the litre and the derica, is the one who can scale a recipe, keep a dish consistent, and cost a job without guessing. This lesson gives you that fluency.

Nazarin Darasi

Barka da kammala darasi akan Standard And Local Measurements. Yanzu da kuka bincika mahimman raayoyi da raayoyi, lokaci yayi da zaku gwada ilimin ku. Wannan sashe yana ba da ayyuka iri-iri Tambayoyin da aka tsara don ƙarfafa fahimtar ku da kuma taimaka muku auna fahimtar ku game da kayan.

Za ka gamu da haɗe-haɗen nau'ikan tambayoyi, ciki har da tambayoyin zaɓi da yawa, tambayoyin gajeren amsa, da tambayoyin rubutu. Kowace tambaya an ƙirƙira ta da kyau don auna fannoni daban-daban na iliminka da ƙwarewar tunani mai zurfi.

Yi wannan ɓangaren na kimantawa a matsayin wata dama don ƙarfafa fahimtarka kan batun kuma don gano duk wani yanki da kake buƙatar ƙarin karatu. Kada ka yanke ƙauna da duk wani ƙalubale da ka fuskanta; maimakon haka, ka kallesu a matsayin damar haɓaka da ingantawa.

  1. One tablespoon is equal to about: A. 5 ml B. 10 ml C. 15 ml D. 25 ml Answer: C
  2. Which of the following is a LOCAL measure? A. Litre B. Gram C. Mudu D. Millilitre Answer: C
  3. A standard measuring cup holds about: A. 100 ml B. 150 ml C. 250 ml D. 500 ml Answer: C
  4. A derica is approximately equal to: A. Twice a mudu B. Half a mudu C. A paint rubber D. One litre Answer: B
  5. One litre is equal to: A. 10 millilitres B. 100 millilitres C. 1000 millilitres D. 10000 millilitres Answer: C

Tambayoyin Da Suka Wuce

Kana ka na mamaki yadda tambayoyin baya na wannan batu suke? Ga wasu tambayoyi da suka shafi Standard And Local Measurements daga shekarun baya.

Tambaya 1 Rahoto

TEST OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION


The diagram below are portion control equipment. Study them and answer questions 4(a) and 4(b)

(a) Name the equipment labelled I, II, III and IV.

(b) State one use each of the equipment labelled I, II, III and IV. 

(c) List four points to note when correcting a crream soup.