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Hello, I'm Mr. Ballum.

Thanks very much for choosing this lesson.

Today, this lesson is all about making an international salad.

Doesn't that sound amazing?

Let's get started, shall we?

So what are we going to learn?

Well, by the end of this lesson, you're going to make an international salad.

Oh, I wonder what's gonna be in that.

But before we get started, let's go through a few keywords that we're going to learn today.

The first one is salad.

Now this is a cold dish of different foods, mainly vegetables.

You've probably had a salad before.

The next one is salad dressing, and that's a sauce for salads.

And the third keyword is senses.

And that's our sight, smell, and taste.

Okay, so let's get started, shall we?

So the first part of the lesson is all around planning my international salad.

Now we can get inspiration for dishes by looking at and tasting food and cuisines from around the world.

Here's just some examples.

Just look at these.

Don't they look amazing?

Aren't they really interesting?

There's different colors and shapes from all different places.

And what's your favorite food from around the world?

I quite like sushi, but I also like toad in the hole.

Can you see those on the screen?

Now inspiration for our international salad might come from ingredients from different countries, or perhaps trying a traditional recipe.

Or how about when we're going on visits or holiday, we can get ideas then too, can't we?

And also if we visit cafes and restaurants, all of these could give us some inspiration, some ideas for our international salad.

Okay, a quick check for understanding.

So true or false, we can get inspiration for dishes by cooking the same recipes.

It's false, isn't it?

And why is that?

Well we get inspiration for dishes by looking at and tasting foods and cuisines from around the world, not just having the same thing all the time.

Well done if you got that correct.

Now what's Sophia saying here?

Shall we read it together?

"I've been told that a salad must include lettuce, cucumber and tomato.

" I wonder what Lucas is going to say?

"No!

Salads can have lots of different ingredients.

Be creative and take inspiration from around the world!

" Wow, I think Lucas is right.

We can use lots of different foods in our salads, not just lettuce, cucumber and tomato.

Yes Lucas, let's find out more.

True or false, a salad must include lettuce, tomato and cucumber.

Yes, that's false, isn't it?

And why is that?

Well a salad can contain lots of different ingredients and we should be creative and take inspiration from around the world.

So let's have a look at some international salads, shall we?

Here's one here.

Have you had this before?

Tabbouleh.

Look at it, doesn't it look amazing?

And this is from Lebanon.

Well how about this one?

This is called a Greek salad.

I wonder that's from?

Can you guess?

Yes, that's right.

It's from Greece.

Now what ingredients are in these salads?

Can you tell me?

Look really closely at the photos.

Let's start with the tabbouleh first of all, shall we?

Well the first thing is couscous and you may have had couscous salad before.

What else can you see?

Yes, tomato.

Anything else?

A mint.

Yes, mint is a lovely fresh herb.

And how about the Greek salad?

What can we see here?

Yes, we can see feta cheese.

That's that white cheese just on the top of the salad.

And tomato and onion and also olives.

So these are different ingredients that are in these two different salads.

Let's look at two more, shall we?

This one is called som tam and it's from Thailand.

Well how about this one?

A niçoise salad from France.

Have you had any of these before?

So what ingredients are in these salads do you think?

Look closely at the photo.

Can you tell me?

Well let's start with the som tam shall we?

It's papaya and papaya is a type of fruit.

It also contains peanuts.

Wow!

Also green beans and tomatoes.

Wow that sounds like a delicious salad doesn't it?

Let's have a look at niçoise.

What can you see on this salad?

Yes that's right there's egg isn't there?

Anything else?

French beans, tomatoes, tuna.

Anything else in this salad?

Yes there's some potatoes hidden underneath too.

So there are lots of different types of ingredients we can use in our salads just like the ones I've shown you.

And salads are healthy meals because they contain lots of fruit and vegetables.

Just look at these.

Wow orange in a salad.

It's yummy.

Now these ingredients might be peeled, might be grated or might be sliced.

There are lots of different ways we can prepare our fruit and vegetables.

And salads can contain lots of different foods so they might contain potatoes, rice, pasta, noodles or couscous.

Do you remember we looked at couscous and these need to be cooked for example boiling before we use them in our salad.

Salads can also include things like beans for example and these are red kidney beans or perhaps hummus.

Mmm delicious.

And this one's with herbs on top.

Tofu, sliced, and eggs boiled too.

So lots of different types of ingredients.

Have you eaten any of these?

Which one's your favorite?

Can you tell me?

Mmm yes I do like beans in my salad and I do like egg too.

Salads can also include things like cheese for example.

What's happened to this cheese here?

Did you say grated?

Well done.

Yeah this is grated cheddar for example or perhaps fish.

Now who can tell me what type of fish this is?

It's very popular.

Yes it's canned tuna fish or how about chicken or perhaps ham, and this is cooked and sliced.

Can you name any other examples that we can include in our salad?

Well there are lots of different types of cheeses aren't there?

Some people really like blue cheese for example.

Well how about fish?

There's lots of different types of fish.

I could have bits of salmon for example and there are different meats as well if you eat meat.

So for example I could have some cooked beef.

There are lots of different ingredients we can include in our international salads.

Also our salads might include things like nuts, seeds, fresh herbs and chilies but if we're having nuts or seeds we need to make sure we check for allergies first of all.

That's if someone has a bad reaction to nuts or seeds.

Now do you remember the key word we looked at the beginning?

The salad dressing.

Do you remember it's a sauce for salads and there are many different types that we could use.

So for example there's mayonnaise.

Have you had mayonnaise before?

I'm sure some of you have.

Or a French dressing.

Well that sounds fancy doesn't it?

Or how about a honey and mustard dressing?

Oh, that sounds delicious.

A Caesar salad dressing or perhaps a Thousand Island dressing, and there are many, many more different types of salad dressings.

Now have you tried a salad dressing before?

Was it any of these?

If not what was it?

Did you enjoy it?

There are lots of different types of salad dressings that we can put on our salad and a salad dressing is usually made with these ingredients.

It's usually made with oil and then vinegar or citrus juice, and citrus juice are fruits like lemons or limes or oranges.

So it's oil and vinegar or citrus juice and also it includes other flavorings.

Can you tell me what these are?

Yes it's garlic and fresh herbs and a salad dressing is usually about three quarters of oil and one quarter of vinegar or citrus juice.

We can include lots of different ingredients in our salad dressing too.

Let's look at some examples together shall we?

Wow yes citrus fruits.

Do you remember what they were?

Can you tell me?

Yes lemons, limes and oranges.

They're all types of citrus fruits.

How about cheese?

Oh that would be nice wouldn't it?

A nice cheesy sauce on top of my salad.

Fresh herbs, maybe things like mint for example or oregano or coriander or how about garlic?

Oh I do like garlic.

And lastly maybe some mustard.

Wow these are all delicious types of ingredients I can use in my salad dressing.

Wow we're getting really creative aren't we?

And some salad dressings are creamy and others are tangy.

It just depends on the type of ingredients that you use.

So let's have a quick check shall we?

So what are the ingredients used to make a salad dressing?

Yes it's definitely B.

Is there anything else?

That's right it's C as well.

We make a salad dressing using vinegar and oil.

Well done to you.

Okay I've got a task for you now.

This one's quite fun and I want you to create a salad using Jacob's salad generator.

So the first thing I want you to do is to think of four random numbers between one and five.

So in each box put a number between one and five.

Then for the four numbers that you've chosen find the ingredients in the chart below.

So for example if your first number was number one, you look at your first choice, number one, and you go down to one and it says tomato and if your second choice was number two you go down to two and it's noodles.

Okay so using your four random numbers between one and five use Jacob's random salad generator to come up with some brilliant ideas.

So pause the video, have a good go, and we'll look at an example together very soon.

Good luck to you.

Okay so how did you get on?

Let's look at an example together shall we?

So here's an example number.

So I've chosen four different random numbers between one and five.

My first number is five, my second number is two, then I've got four and then I've got the number one.

So these are my four random numbers between one and five.

Now let's look at the chart and see what ingredients I'm going to use in my salad.

Wow look at this!

So my first choice, my first number was number five and I'm going to be using apple.

Wow!

And then my second number was number two and I'm going to be using noodles.

Then my third choice was number four and I'm going to be using cheese and then lastly my fourth choice was number one and I'm going to be using mayonnaise.

Wow what a fantastic salad!

An apple noodle cheese and mayonnaise salad.

Well I think I'm going to enjoy that.

What did you come up with?

Why don't you try some different random numbers, think about all the different combinations of salads you could create.

Well done to you!

So now we're going to move on to the second part of the lesson which is all about making and evaluating your international salad.

So to make your international salad you're going to be using lots of different food skills depending on the ingredients that you've chosen.

We're going to look at some of the skills that you might use.

So your food skills could include things like measuring for example.

So you might use the weighing scales because you might weigh things like potatoes for example or rice or perhaps a measuring jug or perhaps measuring spoons.

So you're going to be measuring accurately and precisely.

So what equipment would you use to weigh ingredients?

A, B or C?

Yes that's right it's C isn't it?

You would use weighing scales to weigh ingredients.

Well done.

Other food skills you might use are things like peeling for example.

What's happening here on the screen?

Yes a carrot is being peeled isn't it?

Using a vegetable peeler and you need to be very careful using a vegetable peeler as it's very sharp and you're going to peel away from yourself which is much safer as well.

So let's have a look at peeling in action shall we?

Hold the carrot in one hand resting the other end on the chopping board.

Starting about halfway down, run the peeler down the carrot away from yourself.

Remember that the peeler is sharp so be careful.

Twist the carrot around and continue until you've peeled away all the skin.

Remove the peelings from the chopping board.

They can be used for compost.

Then turn the carrot around and peel the other end in the same way.

Other food skills you might use are things like cutting and you might use a couple of different techniques.

The first one is called the bridge hold and the second one is called the claw grip.

So let's have a look at these two cutting techniques in action shall we?

It's important to be very careful when using a knife so that you don't get hurt.

Place the food such as tomato on the chopping board.

Place a bridge over the food with your hand, fingers on one side thumb on the other, then guide the knife under the bridge.

Cut the food by pressing down the knife and pulling it out of the bridge.

Let's see that again shall we?

So first of all make a bridge, run the knife through the food under the bridge, and then pull it apart.

Next let's look at the claw grip.

It's important to be very careful when using a knife so you don't cut yourself.

On the chopping board make a claw like grip on the food.

This helps you to guide the knife safely and decide how thick the slices need to be.

Using the knife, slice the cucumber using your fingers as a guide.

Slide your fingers back keeping your grip on the cucumber.

Continue slicing.

Other food skills we might use are things like grating for example and we need to be very careful when we're using a grater because it's very sharp.

Let's look at grating in action shall we?

With the grater on the chopping board hold it down firmly by its handle.

Rub the ingredients such as a carrot down the grater firmly.

Continue grating the carrot this way being careful not to grate your knuckles.

You don't need to grate everything.

When you're finished lift up the grater.

It's important to be very careful when grating so that you are not hurt.

Remember the grater is sharp.

Other food skills we might use are things like mixing for example and we're going to mix all the salad together really well and we're going to use a spoon to mix.

And when we've made our salad we might evaluate it by using our senses and we might use our senses to describe how the salad looks, smells and tastes, and our senses include sight, smell and taste.

So we're using our eyes, our nose and our mouth, and when we've made our salad we can ask other people to judge our salad by using their senses.

So true or false, we can ask people to judge our work using their eyes, nose and mouth.

Yes that's true isn't it and why is that?

Well we use our senses to describe how our food looks, smells and tastes.

We use our eyes, our nose and our mouth.

Well done.

Okay so now you're going to make your international salad and you should have really thought about what ingredients you're going to be using.

I'm sure it would be delicious whatever you do but before you cook I want you to think about these things.

I want you to get ready so I want you to tie up any long hair that you've got, remove your jumper, wash your hands and wear an apron.

I also want to make sure that you've got all your ingredients and your equipment ready and then while you're preparing and cooking I want you to be safe and hygienic and I want you to think about the food skills that you're using, again so you're safe and use them precisely and accurately too.

And here's our recipe and I want you to be really creative.

I'm sure you and your teacher have thought about this, the sorts of things that you might use.

So I want you to use at least two types of fruits and vegetables and then you can choose one thing like cooked rice, noodles, pasta, couscous or potatoes and then maybe some beans, hummus, tofu, egg, cheese, tuna, chicken or ham, and lastly you could use some salad dressing, and then depending on what ingredients you've chosen you need to make sure you've got the right equipment too.

And then you need to make your salad so you need to peel, grate and cut your fruits and vegetables, then you need to layer the ingredients or mix everything together depending on what you want it to look like, and then lastly you can pour over the salad dressing.

And remember you can layer or mix the ingredients all together or you can slice the tofu or egg if you're using that or you might grate the cheese.

So good luck to you, come back very soon, pause the video and we'll see what you've done.

Okay so how do you get on?

Did you enjoy making your international salad?

I bet you did really well.

There's so many different types of ingredients you could have chosen.

So let's see what you did to be successful shall we?

Well the first thing you would have done would be to prepare your ingredients.

So you might have peeled things, grated things or cut things up for example.

Then you might have layered the ingredients to make your salad.

Or perhaps you mixed them together.

And lastly, you would've poured over any salad dressing of your choosing too.

And you may have thought about things like layering or mixing in the rice and noodles, for example.

Or perhaps slicing tofu or egg or perhaps grating the cheese.

So whatever you've chosen, I bet you did brilliantly.

I'm really proud of you, well done.

So next I want you to get four people to evaluate your salad.

I want them to tell you whether they like your salad or not, by ticking the smiley face or the unhappy face.

But also I want them to describe its appearance, smell, and taste.

Okay, good luck to you.

Pause the video and we'll come back very shortly to see how you've got on.

Okay, so how did you do?

I bet you did brilliantly.

Was your salad well liked by people?

I bet it was.

Let's look at an example together, shall we?

So this is my salad.

And you can see here, I've got three ticks under the smiley face.

Which is pretty good, I think.

And what were the comments?

Well, I had things like bright colors, fresh lemon smell and tangy taste.

Mmm.

The other person put, I like the layers, but the smell was a bit off-putting.

Oh dear, that's a shame.

The other person though put, looked fresh and good to eat.

I like the fishy smell.

Or lastly, it tasted crunchy and I like the different colorful veg.

So you can see here, they've used lots of different words to describe the salad.

Well done to you.

And I'm sure everybody really enjoyed your salad and hope you enjoy it too.

Well, we've learnt so much today, haven't we?

It's been a great lesson, well done.

Let's have a quick summary of what we've learnt, shall we?

Well, one of the first things we've learnt is that we can get inspiration for dishes by looking at and tasting food and cuisines from around the world.

And we know that salads have lots of different ingredients such as fruit, vegetables, noodles, potatoes, beans and cheese.

And we know that salads often include a salad dressing.

Remember, there are lots of different types and we can use different food skills to make our salad.

And you may have been using measuring, peeling, grating and cutting too.

And lastly, we know that we can ask people to judge our work by using their senses.

Wow, what a brilliant lesson.

I really hope you've enjoyed making your international salad.

And I hope you make another one again really soon.

Thanks a lot and I hope you come back for another cooking and nutrition lesson very, very soon.

Take care.

Bye!