Aim: To find out which food wrap preserves cooked sausage best in a frost free environment?
Equipment:
- A Pair Of Gloves
- Foil Wrap
- Cling Wrap
- Paper Bag
- Baking Paper
- 24 slices of cooked Sausage
- 4 plates
- Ruler
Method:
0) Collect all equipments named above.
1) Cut sausage into 4 slices
2) Fry sausage in saucepan
3) Place 4 slices of sausage in each plate.
4) Leave sausage to cool down at room temperature
5) Wrap the 4 plates with cling wrap, aluminium foil wrap, paper bag and baking paper. The area of the food wrap is 20cmx20cm each.
6) Place the 4 dishes on a bench away from sunlight or extreme cool air.
7) Leave the 4 dishes on the bench for 3 days.
8) Observe daily on the amount of mould. Measure with ruler the area of mould spread of each dish.
9) Take a picture of each dish for 3 days.
10) Smell for odour from the sausage.
11) Rate the odorous smell from 1-5, in order of fetidness.
12) Record the data in a table.
13) Repeat experiment again for the next 2 weeks.
14) Decide which food wrap is better in a frost free fridge. Analyse results by the amount of mould formed and smell rating.
Odorous Smell Chart
1- No Odour at All.
2- Little odour. Sour smell.
3- Not too strong. Can be smelt only close-up from plate.
4- Strong Odour that can be smelt 1 m away
5- Very Strong Odour that can be smelt 3 m away
Results
Pan-Fried Sausage Put into 4 Plates
