1. Technology and Livelihood Education
Quarter 2-Module 2
Preparing a Variety of
Salads
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2. What I Need to Know
•OBJECTIVES
This module encourages you to be familiar with the
variety of salads. Various activities are provided for
you to meet the target skills. At the end of this
lesson, you should be able to:
•give the components of salad;
•enumerate the important factors in salad
preparation;
•cite the guidelines in preparing different types of
salad.
10. Foundation of the
Salad is the base
ingredient which they
add to greatly
enhance the
appearance of many
11. -this makes the salad to
not look naked on a
plate. The cup-shaped
leaves of an Iceberg or
Boston lettuce are
examples of base that
make an attractive
foundation.
12. Foundation of the Salad
-They help to confine
lose pieces of food items
and give the height to
salad. Examples: leafy
greens such as Romaine,
Bibb, Boston or Iceberg
lettuce
13. Body of the Salad is the
main ingredient of a
salad which creates the
salad’s identity and often
gives the salad name.
Examples: the protein
salad is composed of
meat, poultry, fish or
legumes
14. Garnish of a
Salad contributes
to the visual
appeal and very
often to the
salad’s flavor.
15. Garnish of a Salad
-should also
harmonize with the
rest of the salad
ingredients and at
the same time it
should be edible.
16. Garnish of a Salad
-should also
harmonize with the
rest of the salad
ingredients and at
the same time it
should be edible.
17. Garnish of a Salad –
A garnish needs to be colorful,
edible, and the same
temperature as the salad itself.
Most importantly, the garnish
should be simple so that it
does not overpower the
presentation of a salad.
18. Garnish of a Salad –
Examples: herbs,
hard-cooked eggs,
olives, fruits,
cheese, and nuts.
19. Dressing of the Salad
-is seasoned liquid or
semi-liquid that is added
to the body of the salad
to add flavor, tartness,
spiciness, moistness and
sometimes binds the
salad ingredients
together.
51. Gelatin Salad
2. To dissolve
unflavored gelatin,
stir it in cold liquid
to avoid lumping.
To dissolve
sweetened or
flavored gelatin,
stir it into boiling
water.
52. Gelatin Salad
3. For quick
setting, dissolve
the gelatin to half
of the volume of
liquid and the
other half is cold
water to lower
the temperature.
53. Gelatin Salad
4. Do not add raw
pineapple and papaya to
gelatin salads. These fruits
contain enzymes which
dissolves gelatin.
54. Gelatin Salad
5. Canned fruits must
be well drained before
adding to avoid watered
down the gelatin.
55. Fact or Bluff. Directions:
Tell whether if the
following statement is
FACT or BLUFF. Write your
answer in your paper.
57. __2. Foundation of the
salad is the main
ingredient of a salad
which creates the salad’s
identity and often gives
the salad name.
58. __3. Garnish should also
harmonize with the rest
of the salad ingredients
and at the same time it
should be edible.
59. __4. Bland ingredients like
potatoes maybe
marinated in seasoned
liquid before being mixed
with mayonnaise and
other ingredients.
60. __5. Dressing of the salad is
seasoned liquid or semi-liquid
that is added to the body of the
salad to add flavor, tartness,
spiciness, moistness and
sometimes binds the salad
ingredients together.
61. __6. Potatoes should be
cooked whole before
peeling and cut to
preserve nutrients.