Overview of D4 Flashcards
“Haram”
Forbidden and bad
Halal
Good
Haram foods
Pork and alcohol
Kosher
No pork, shellfish, also don’t mix two animal products
“Truth in menu”
it better be true, if it is a “maine” lobster, then it better be from Maine.
Star menu item
Means:
What should be done:
ex:
Means: High profitable and popular
What should be done: promote!
ex: McDonald’s fires
Angel food cake
Has no dairy
Irradiation
Helps kill harmful bacteria w/ cold sterilzation
Par Stock
“bring up to par”
If 20 is the par, you have 2, so you order 18
Browning reactions
millard reaction
Sustainability (6)
- Reduce, reuse, recycle
- Energy audits
- minimize food waste, donate leftovers
- Follow LEED guidelines (leadership in energy and environmental design)
- Replace lights w/ LED
- Reuse waste water to warm the lawn
Yin/Yang foods
Yin=cold
Yang=Hot
Menu will
determine the equipment needed, food needed, the space needed and the personnel needed
ex: a ready to eat place will need less staff, space and equipment
Emergency preparedness
You must have a galloon of water a day for every person for 3 days
Dog menu will
- what it means
- what should be done
- Example
- what it means: not popular or profitable
- what should be done: Eliminate
- Example: lentil soup
Plowhorse menu item:
- What it means:
- What should be done:
- Example:
- what it means: popular not profitable
- what should be done: decrease portion size or increase price
- Example: steak
Puzzle menu item:
- what it means
- what should be done
- Example
- what it means: Profitable not popular
- what should be done: change selling price
- Example: beef stew
Just in time
Purchasing foods just in time when you need time.
No records in inventory b/c always being used
Can-cutting (3)
Compares qualities of different cans:
- Technical: open it
- Approved brands: (such as Heinz only)
- Performance (I want eco-friendly)
Formularies
Approved products (main point is to get volume discounts)
Receive frozen foods at
0 to -10 F
Benchmark
comparing yourself to others to learn how to improve
How much to order (2)
Perpetual inventory: Every time you go in and out; record it.
Physical inventory: Actual count at the end of a certain period
Du Jour
menu of the day