Learning About Sanitation and Food Safety

One of the many things i've learned in culinary arts class is safety and sanitation. Whenever

we enter the kitchen we have to wear closed toed shoes, have our hair tied back and wash

our hands. We learn how to properly use the knife to reduce the risk of injuring myself or

others. Also, when I am moving a hot pot or pan we yell “ hot pan/pot” just to give the heads

up to other people that are around us. When we are done using the kitchen we bleach rag

down the countertops and sinks. We have to be careful about our food that we prepare.

These skills have a lot of meaning especially when we apply it to real settings.  When I

worked on the food truck, I had to use all these safety and sanitation standards.  We use

chicken in some of our recipes and we know that we can’t use the same cutting board or

knife because if we use the same board for everything we can get salmonella. If we don’t

take the responsibility or being careful, people could get sick and the business can  shut

down.  This can relate to reality/ real life because once we get to our own kitchen or if we

work in a restaurant, it won't be as hard for us because we already learned being

safe and sanitized in culinary arts class. I feel that I’m better prepared to work at a job

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by Savannah Watak  pd 2