Digi Bites
Suite 1: Eat Right - eating a healthy, balanced diet
Digi Bites 1 introduces the nutritional properties of red meat within the context of current drives to improve the British diet.
Please see the sample video clips and teachers' notes for an introduction to this new resource. Login is required to download the full video clips.
East Asian Cookery Demos
Duration: 1min 23s
This is an introduction to the demonstrations and gives a summary of the different cuts of meat and cooking methods that are used. It also includes the choice of ingredients and their functions.
Suitable for KS4 and 5 Food based courses.
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Beef Oriental Burgers
Duration: 2mins 42s
A demonstration of a quick and easy dish to prepare using mince, hoi sin sauce and ginger. It is served with a dipping sauce and oriental coleslaw.
The demonstration also includes alternative types of mince and a selection of shapes of burgers. This could be used for D&T experimental work.
Suitable for KS3, 4 and 5 Food based courses.
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Lamb Teriyaki Steaks
Duration: 2mins 36s
This is an introduction to marinating meat and a demonstration of how to produce marinated lamb leg steaks served with roasted sweet potatoes and parsnips.
Suitable for KS3, 4 and 5 Food based courses
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Beef Chinese Stir-Fry
Duration: 3mins 41s
A demonstration of how to use a wok and seal meat whilst producing a very colourful Chinese stir fry served with rice and chilli sauce.
Suitable for KS3, 4 and 5 Food based courses
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Chinese Slow Cook Pork
Duration: 3mins 54s
Due to the 2 hour cooking time this demonstration is more suitable for KS5 students. The pork is highly flavoured and served with noodles and stir fry vegetables.
Suitable for KS5
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Introducing Red Meat
Duration: 2mins 59s
This presentation includes lots of factual information about the versatility of red meat, from the traditional roast joint to barbecued kebabs. It looks at where beef, pork and lamb can be purchased and how it is sold.
Suitable for KS4 and KS5 Food based courses
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Nutritional Benefits of Red Meat
Duration: 4mins 5s
This a comprehensive resume of the nutritional value of meat. The presentation includes information about how the fat content of meat has been reduced by selective breeding, changes to animal feed and modern butchery methods.
Suitable for high ability KS4 and KS5 Food based courses
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Nutritional Labelling
Duration: 2mins 54s
This is a good summary of current nutritional information on modern product labels. It focuses on two methods: the 'traffic light' system and Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs).
Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5 Food based courses
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