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COOKING METHODS (16 of 25)
Hospitality and Catering
STEAMING (2 of 5)
Advantages of steaming

1) The retention of natural juices and nutritional value.

2) Food is lighter and more easy to digest (ideal for invalids).
3) High pressure steam cooks and reheats food quickly.
4) Batch cooking enables small quantities of food to be cooked regularly, thus retaining maximum colour, flavour and nutrition.
5) Labour saving and suitable for large scale cookery.
6) Steaming is economical on fuel in multi-tiered steamers.
7) Food does not break up.
Steamed vegetables 1
Steamed vegetables 2
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