Catering Craft Practice WAEC

Standard And Local Measurements

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

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.

Ebumnobi

  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

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

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.

Ayẹwo Ẹkọ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Standard And Local Measurements. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

  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

Àwọn Ìwé Tó Dáa Láti Kà

The Theory of Hospitality and Catering
The Theory of Hospitality and Catering
Ìkọ̀wé-àbáojú: Fourteenth edition
Onkọwe atẹjade: Hodder Education
Afọ: 2021
ISBN: 978-1-3983-3295-9
Akọkọ ọrọ.: The standard theory text for catering students, covering the industry, food commodities, cooking, kitchen operations, hygiene and safety, menu planning and food and beverage service.
Food and Beverage Service
Food and Beverage Service
Ìkọ̀wé-àbáojú: Tenth edition
Onkọwe atẹjade: Hodder Education
Afọ: 2020
ISBN: 978-1-3983-0015-6
Akọkọ ọrọ.: The established reference on restaurant and banquet service, service staff and their duties, styles of service, table laying, and the service of food, wines and other beverages.
Practical Cookery
Practical Cookery
Ìkọ̀wé-àbáojú: Eleventh edition
Onkọwe atẹjade: Hodder & Stoughton
Afọ: 2004
ISBN: 978-0-340-81147-4
Akọkọ ọrọ.: A long-established practical text taking students through methods of cooking, the preparation of food commodities and the production of dishes across the full range of the kitchen.

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

Nna, you dey wonder how past questions for this topic be? Here be some questions about Standard And Local Measurements from previous years.

WAEC SSCE - Catering Craft Practice - 2018

Ajụjụ 1 Ripọtì

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.

 

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