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प्रश्न
Look at your friend’s list and discuss in the class.
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उत्तर
My friend’s list also contains similar items. Most of the cooked foods get spoilt in 2-3 days. Most of the raw vegetables get spoilt in a week. Most of the dry grains can last a month and more than a month.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Look in your kitchen and write down names of food items that
| can get spoilt in 2-3 days | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| can be kept for a week | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| would not spoil till one month | ______ | ______ | ______ |
Aman’s Biji went to the market to buy bread. The shop was very crowded. The shopkeeper picked up a packet of bread and gave it to Biji. She looked at it and returned it immediately.

Look at the picture of the bread packet here and guess why Biji returned it?
Look carefully at two-three packets of food items:
When you buy anything from the market, what do you look for on the packet?
The whole class can do this experiment together. Take a piece of bread or roti. Sprinkle a few drops of water on it, and put it in a box. Close the box. See the bread or roti every day until you find some changes on it.
Make this table on chart paper and put it up in the classroom. Fill up the chart every day after discussing the changes seen.
| Day | Changes in the bread or roti | |||
| By touch | By smell |
By looking through hand lens |
By colour | |
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Find out the reason for these changes. From where did the fungus come on the bread?
Why was sugar and jaggery mixed into the mango pulp and dried in the sun?
Why did Appa first choose the most ripe mangoes to be used for making the mamidi tandra?
What things are made in your house from ripe and unripe mangoes?
Make a list of all the different types of pickles that you know about, and share with your friends.
Glass jars and bottles are dried well in the sun before filling them with pickles. Why is this done? Do you remember what happened to the bread in the experiment?
