Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Review and Assessment Review and Assessment Critical Thinking 9. Solve Your mother likes to buy fresh vegetables. Now that she has a new job, she does not have time to wash, peel, slice, and cook them. Your family does not like canned vegetables. Your mother is afraid she will only have time to serve vegetables on the weekends. What suggestions could you give her? 10. Compare Visit a supermarket or its website. Select two vegetables that are sold in at least three different forms (for example, fresh, canned, frozen, or dried). Create a chart comparing the price per unit of the two vegetables for each form. Which form was the best buy? Be sure to show your work. 11. Analyze Create a dinner menu that includes at least two vegetables. Compare the cost of using fresh, frozen in a sauce, canned, and dried vegetables for the meal. Organize your results in a chart and share with the class. 12. Create Produce a pamphlet describing interesting ways to cut and present vegetables. Prepare different raw vegetables using a variety of cutting techniques. Search online for ideas and directions. Take photos of your vegetables and use them to illustrate your pamphlet. Write brief explanations to accompany each photo. Edit and revise until your writing is clear and concise. 13. Apply Plan meals and snacks for one day that includes at least four colors of vegetables. Make all the vegetables different types. Skills for Success 14. Research Skills Select an unfamiliar vegetable. Search the Internet to find out its origin and nutrient content. Find three recipes for preparing it. Prepare one of the recipes. 15. Investigation and Presentation Skills Choose an unfamiliar vegetable to research. Use a poster-making computer program to create a poster about it. Find pictures on the Internet to illustrate it. You could focus on how to buy the vegetable in fresh form, how to prepare it, or its nutrient content. Prepare a three-minute talk to explain your poster to classmates. 16. Research Skills Investigate why onions make you cry and ways to prevent it. Try the various methods to determine if they work. Prepare a summary of your findings. 17. Scientific Analysis Skills Organize a taste panel to compare the flavor, smell, texture, and color of different forms of the same vegetable. For example: tomatoes (fresh, canned, juice, sun-dried) carrots (fresh, canned, frozen, juice) or cucumbers (fresh, pickled—sweet and dill). Before you taste the vegetables, predict how you think the different forms will compare. Record your predictions in a chart. After you taste the vegetables, record your observations. Write a summary of your findings. 375 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Chapter 15 Versatile Vegetables