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Cookery – Grade 10
Quarter 1 – Module 17: Techniques for Storing Cereal and Starch Dishes (Dry
and Cooked Pasta)

First Edition, 2020

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 Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module17
Prepare Cereal and Starch
Dishes
Techniques for Storing Cereal
and Starch Dishes (Dry and
Cooked Pasta)
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Cookery 10 Self-Learning Module on Techniques for Storing Cereal

and Starch Dishes (Dry and Cooked Pasta)!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-in-
Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin, in
partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor
Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum
using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in developing this
instructional resource.
This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Cookery 10 Self-Learning Module on Techniques for Storing Cereal

and Starch Dishes (Dry and Cooked Pasta)!
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

At the end of this session you would be able to do the following:

1. Determine and discuss the proper way of storing dry pasta;

2. Identify and explain the proper way of storing cooked pasta; and

3. Understand the benefits and importance of storing food.

PRE TEST

Directions: Complete the following statement with the missing word/s. Choose the
correct answer from the box and write in your test notebook.

1. Store cooked pasta has a shelf life of_______. a. 3-5 years

2. _____ pasta can be stored in a cool, dry place. b. cooked
3. FIFO stands for ______. c. dry
4. _____ pasta must be stored below 5-degree C. d. 2-3 years
5. Dry pasta has a shelf life of _______. e. first in,first out

f. 3-5 days

RECAP

1. What are the techniques in preparing cereal and starch dishes? _________________

2. What are the plating tips in presenting food dishes?______________________________

 LESSON

Techniques for Storing Cereal and Starch Dishes

(For Dry and Cooked Pasta)

Proper storing of food is an aid to maintain the nutritive value of food, its freshness,
and quality. It helps prevent food spoilage and growth of bacteria in which,
eventually, causes people’s sickness. To avoid getting one’s health into risk, food
storage has a set of rules to observe: storing of food at the right temperature, at the
right amount of time, and in the right place.

The FIFO method applies to refrigerated, frozen, and dry storage items.
Applying FIFO ‘First In, First Out’ plays an essential role in storing food
systematically. It simply means labelling the leftover food with date you store them
and its shelf life. Placing the items on top or in front to quickly find and reach them.
It also has a principle of consuming the earliest purchased items and using them
which shelf life are the shortest.

How to store Dry Pasta Noodles

Proper storage must be done to

ensure the pasta noodles are
kept safe from risk of bacteria
or mold growth. In this way,
dry pasta noodles stay fresh
longer without moisture
content. This results the pasta
to have an extreme longer shelf
life.
 Remove pasta noodles in an opened pack and place
them in a sealable pouch or air-tight canister.
Use containers that are clean and dry. They must
have enough height and size to fit the pasta noodles.

 Zip lock the pouch or clip top lid of canister to seal.

 Label the pasta container with a “use by” date based

on the shelf life indicated from pasta original pack.
This is done to ensure that the pasta noodles would
be consumed long before they are no longer safe to
eat.
 Place in a cool, dry place such as pantry.
Shelf life 2 – 3 years

Storage tools for Dry Pasta -Resealable Foil Pouch/ bag

-Stand up Plastic Pouch with zip lock
-Jar Canister – Glass, Plastic, and Stainless

Required Temperature -in a cool and dry place

How to store Cooked Pasta Noodles

Whether the cooked pasta is

either sauced or plain, they
must be stored in a clean, dry
container and refrigerated
within two hours. Following the
proper storage, maintains the
food in its best flavor, texture,
and quality. Otherwise, cross
contamination gets over the
pasta.
Before storing and sealing the cooked pasta noodles, ensure to do the
following:

-For the plain pasta, spread a teaspoon of oil and toss

to prevent sticking.
-For the sauced pasta, reheat and let it cool first.
-Sealing and storing sauce of the pasta can be done
separately. First reheat and let it cool.

 Place the cooked pasta noodles in an air tight container or zip

lock/pouch.

 Clip top lid of canister tightly, to make sure there will be no air left to
moisten the pasta noodles that causes to build-up molds.

For storing pasta noodles using zip lock pouch/bag: Just squeeze or
press the air out of the pouch hardly enough. Then seal it. Also, try to
use vacuum pump for vacuum sealing bag, if available.
For sauced pasta, ensure that there is just enough amount of sauce
mixed, to avoid soaking the pasta that deteriorates its texture.
 For sauce of the pasta, it can be stored separately to keep
it fresh, flavorful and avoid cross contamination with the
pasta. Pasta sauce is safe to refrigerate between 5-6 days.
 Label the pasta container with important details in it like
food name, date stored, “use by”’ date (this is the consume
date that food is safe to eat.) This is to keep everyone
informed about the length of time in which the cooked pasta
is safe to eat.

 Refrigerate or chill the sealed pasta noodles.

 Set at temperature below 5°C.

Shelf life
-Plain Cooked Pasta 3 – 5 days
-Sauced Pasta 1 – 2 days
Storage tools /equipment -Resealable Foil Pouch/bag
for Cooked Pasta -Clear Plastic bag with zip lock
-Air tight Canister – Glass, Plastic, and Stainless
-Refrigerator/chiller
Required Temperature
-Cool temperature below 5°C

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1. Directions: Arrange the following proper techniques in storing cooked

pasta in chronological order. Write the number 1 in the first step, then number 2 in
the second step, and so on and so forth. Write your answer in your test notebook.

______ 1. Refrigerate the cooked pasta.

______ 2. Place the pasta in an air tight canister.
______ 3. Must set temperature below 5-degree Celsius.
______ 4. Clip the lid of the canister tightly.
______ 5. Label the container with “use by” date.
Activity 2. Directions: Read the following statement. Write the word T if the
statement is correct and F if the statement is incorrect. Write the answer in your test
notebook.

______ 1. Dry pasta is not possible to be exposed in spoilage.

______ 2. Refrigerator is important in storing dry pasta.
______ 3. Air can moisten the pasta that causes mold build up into it.
______ 4. Dry pasta has a shelf life of up to 3 years.
______ 5. Dry pasta can be stored in cool, dry place.
 WRAP-UP

1. What are the techniques in storing cooked pasta?

2. What are the techniques in storing dry pasta?

To answer the questions, complete the statement below.

I have understood and learned that…
__________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________.

VALUING

How do the techniques in storing dry pasta and cooked pasta help your daily
living? What if for example you were requested to prepare pasta in the morning for a
special occasion at night? How will you apply the techniques in storing dry and
cooked pasta?

In your own words, briefly explain.

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

POSTTEST

A. Directions: Read and understand the statements/questions below. Choose the

letter of the correct answer and write it in your test notebook.

1. Which of the following is considered the purpose of proper storing of food?

a. It changes the height and size of food.
b. It enhances the colors and shapes of food.
c. It keeps the freshness and quality of food.
d. it makes the food more nutritional and flavorful
2. What is the shelf life of dry pasta?
a. 2 months – 8 months c. 4 – 5 years
b. 2 – 3 years d. 5 – 6 years

3. What is the safe time duration in storing sauced pasta?

a. 1- 2 days c. 4 – 5 days
b. 3 - 4 days d. 5 – 6 days

4. Which of the following tools and equipment is NOT considered in storing cooked
pasta?
a. air tight container c. refrigerator
b. uncovered jar b. zip lock bag

5. What does FIFO stands for?

a. Fall in, Fall out c. Fifth in, Fifth out
b. First in, First out d. First in, First on

6. What is the cooling temperature of a cooked pasta?

a. above 5°C b. above 15°C c. below 5°C d. below 50°C

7. Which of the following type of pasta requires to be store in a cool, dry place?
a. dry pasta c. plain cooked pasta
b. left over pasta d. sauced pasta

8. Which of the following is the proper way of removing the air out of the zip lock
bag?
a. Blow the air through the bag and seal.
b. Hardly press the air and blow off the bag, then seal.
c. Inflate the bag with air and seal.
d. Squeeze or hardly press the air out of the bag, and seal.

9. Which of them is referring to “consume date that food still is safe to eat”?
a. expiry date c. stored date
b. food name d. “use by” date

10. What happens if the cooked pasta was exposed to air during the storing period?
a. The breed of molds does not exist in cooked pasta.
b. It can build up molds and cooked pasta is unsafe to eat.
c. The nutritive value of pasta is still preserve.
d. The cooked pasta is still safe to eat even molds exist.
 POST TEST
1. c
PRETEST
2. b
1.f 2.c 3.e 4.b 5.d 3. a
4. b
5. b
6. c
ACTIVITY 1. 7. a
1. 4 2. 1 3. 5 4. 2 5. 3 8. d
9. d
ACTIVITY 2 10.b
1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T
KEY TO CORRECTION
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