Fish Fingers and Wedges:
Fish fingers, known as fish sticks in North America and by translations of that name in most other languages, are a processed food made using a whitefish, such as cod, haddock or pollock, which has been battered or breaded.
They are commonly available in the frozen food section of supermarkets. They can be baked in the oven, grilled, shallow fried, or deep-fried.The term 'Fish Fingers' is first referenced in a recipe given in a British popular magazine in 1900. The commercialisation of fish fingers may be traced to 1953 when the American company Gorton-Pew Fisheries, now known asGorton's, had been the first company to introduce a frozen ready-to-cook fish finger, named Gorton’s Fish Sticks, which won theParents Magazine Seal of Approval. There was a glut of herring in the United Kingdom after World War II. Clarence Birdseye test marketed herring fish fingers, a product he had discovered in the US, under the name 'herring savouries'. These were tested in Southampton and South Wales against 'cod sticks', a comparably bland product used as a control. Shoppers, however, confounded expectations by showing an overwhelming preference for the cod. How to make Fish Fingers:How to make healthy wedges:Food Preparation Skills Required:1. Cutting
2. Crumbing 3. Coating 4. Brushing 5. Baking Cooking Methods:1. Baking
Important Tools and Equipment:1. Knife
2. Chopping boards 3. Flat plates 4. Baking trays 5.Pastry brush 6. Oven |
Learning Intention:To understand that you can make fish n’ chips healthier by cooking it differently and serving it with other accompaniments.
Success Criteria:1. I can bake a healthier version of fish and chips instead of frying.
2. I can make crispy chips without frying. What is "vegetarian"?The word 'vegetarian' is not well-defined. It includes people with a wide range of attitudes and eating behaviours with respect to foods of animal origin.
Vegetarians all base their diets on foods of plant origin, but there are different levels of vegetarianism according to how much food derived from animals is also eaten. In Australia there are five major types of vegetarian: A 'semi vegetarian' eats poultry and/or fish, dairy foods and eggs, but no red meat; A 'lacto vegetarian' consumes dairy foods but no meat, poultry, fish or eggs; A 'lacto-ovo vegetarian' includes dairy foods and eggs, but no meat, poultry or fish; A 'pescetarian' includes fish and other seafood, but no meat or poultry (while eggs and/or dairy foods may or may not be eaten); and A 'vegan' eats only foods of plant origin. There are more extreme forms of vegetarianism. For example, 'fruitarians' eat nothing that required a living organism to be killed, restricting their diet to fruits, nuts, honey and olive oil. Similarly, the range of Zen Macrobiotic diets includes some that are as restrictive as that of the fruitarians. However, the five categories described above account for all but a very small minority of vegetarians in Australia (and in most of the remainder of the Western world as well). Why do people adopt vegetarian diets?
The reasons for becoming a vegetarian are many and varied. Many people are vegetarians as a result of religious beliefs. In addition, semi vegetarians usually believe that red meat is harmful to health, particularly—but not exclusively—to heart health. Lacto and lacto-ovo vegetarians might add that there is a moral dimension, based on a belief that animals have the same right to live as we do. Because dairy foods and eggs can be collected without killing (or harming) the animals that provide them, lacto and lacto-ovo vegetarians might be justified in considering themselves more humane than meat eaters.
Vegans would almost certainly agree with the moral argument but would probably add that, unlike milk and eggs, plants contain no cholesterol and most plant foods have little 'saturated fat' (a type of fat that is associated with increased risk of heart disease). But it is worth noting that coconut oil and palm oil are exceptions, in that most of the fat from these plant foods is saturated. The higher levels of many vitamins, fibre, antioxidants and other substances believed to be of nutritional benefit in foods of plant origin are also used as arguments for greater health benefits of vegetarian diets. Many vegetarians believe that, in addition to health benefits and moral considerations, there is also reduced environmental degradation (i.e. increased sustainability) associated with vegetarianism. In some countries there are special reasons for considering adopting a vegetarian diet. For example, in the United Kingdom some people have become vegetarians following the advent of 'mad cow disease' (BSE), and the diagnosis of a similar disease in humans (variant CJD) believed to be acquired by eating beef infected with BSE. Some teenagers, mostly girls, adopt a vegetarian diet because they think it will lead to weight loss. In a few cases, changing to an extreme vegetarian diet can be a smokescreen for an eating disorder. So although many girls follow a vegetarian diet, and only a small number develop an eating disorder, it is worth watching for any changes that lead to severely restricted total food intake. |