Given below are some food items and some simple methods by which these could be kept fresh for 1-2 days. Match the correct pairs: Food items Methods Milk Put in a bowl and keep the bowl in a container with some water. Green coriander (Dhania) Boil it. Cooked rice. Wrap in a damp cloth. Onion, garlic Keep it in a dry open place.

Here are some ways how we can prevent food from getting spoilt: 1. Boiling milk helps to kill the germs in it. This prevents the spoilage of milk. 2. Leafy vegetables like coriander need to be kept fresh by keeping them in contact with water. Water keeps the cells of coriander alive and prevents the growth of microbes on them. 3. Cooking at high temperature kills germs in food items. Keeping them in a cool place will prevent them from growing again. 4. Onion and garlic are modified stems which need to be kept away from moisture to prevent them from being spoilt. This increases their shelf life. Food items Methods Milk Boil it. Green coriander (Dhania) Wrap in a damp cloth. Cooked rice Put in a bowl and keep the bowl in a container with some water. Onion, garlic Keep it in a dry open place.

Read the story given in the below image and answer the following question: Why were sugar and jaggery mixed into the mango pulp and dried in the sun?

The mango pulp was mixed with sugar and jaggery to give it a sweet flavour and the mixture is then dried in the sun to make it thick by removing all the water content. It is a method of preserving food.

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Look in your kitchen and write down names of food items that
– can get spoilt in 2-3 days ___ _ _.
– can be kept for a week _ _ _.
– would not spoil till one month _ _ ___.

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What should we do when food gets spoilt in our house?

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Aman’s Biji went to the market to buy bread. The shop was very crowded. The shopkeeper picked up a packet of bread and gave it to Biji. She looked at it and returned it immediately. Look at the picture of the bread packet here and guess why Biji returned it? How did she find that the bread had got spoilt?

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Look carefully at two-three packets of food items. What can we know from what is written on the packet?

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What do we see on the packet while buying things from market?

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How does the fungus come on the bread?

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Different kinds of food items spoil due to different reasons. Some foods spoil soon, some stay good for long. List some seasons and conditions in which food spoils quickly?

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Given below are some food items and some simple methods by which these could be kept fresh for 1-2 days. Match the correct pairs:

Food items	Methods
Milk	Put in a bowl and keep the bowl in a container with some water.
Green coriander (Dhania)	Boil it.
Cooked rice.	Wrap in a damp cloth.
Onion, garlic	Keep it in a dry open place.