Ginger Beer

 Ginger Beer

Today we made ginger beer in class. We did this by activating the yeast first by adding sugar to the yeast, putting some ginger and warm water in a cup together. Once we had done this we put it to the side and left it to ferment while we had the rest of the ginger beer. We made the ginger beer in an ice cream container by adding first the sugar, then we put it in a bottle. It is going to take around 6 days to turn it into ginger beer. Mr Palmer is going to keep it in his office for the next week. 

NZ Olympics Medals

NZ Olympics Medals

These are the athletes that have won in the 2021/2020 Olympic games for NZ 

Lisa Carrington

 Lisa Carrington is now know as the best NZ athlete in history she has won four golds and two silver  

Yeast

 What is Yeast?

1 Yeast is Fungi living all around us.

2 Yeast has been around for thousands of years.

3 Man made yeast in a bottle. 

4 Over 1 thousand kinds of yeast. 

Making Ginger beer

Equipment

1 Spoons 

2 Kettle 

3 Bowl

4 Beaker 

5 Cloth Sieve 

6 Funnel 

7 Plastic bottle with cap

Materials 

Group of 3

50ml warm water 

1/2 tsp active dried yeast 

1/2 tsp sugar 

Ginger beer for litre 

3/4 cup sugar 

1/2 tsp cream of tartar 

1L cold water 

Juice of 1/2 lemon 

1 tsp ginger beer bug.

Method 

1 in a large bowl, put the sugar and cream of tartar, Then add the warm water.

2 Stir to dissolve the sugar before adding the cold water.

3 Add the ginger beer bug to the large bowl of cold water. 

4 Stir well and then pour into your clean bottle.

5 Label your bottle with your groups names.

6 Place all the bottles in the class containers.

7 Store in a cool, dark place for one week before drinking.

8 Make sure you open the bottle in the kitchen sink as it might overflow. Open the cap bit by bit to allow the air to escape.

 1 What is Fermentation? The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.

 2 What effect does sugar have on yeast.  Carbon dioxide. 

 3 What are 3 foods that have yeast. Bread,Muffins and Beer.  

NZ Olympic Athletes

 In Hurumanu 3 we have been learning about different NZ athletes. I have made a slideshow of 5 different athletes.

Chilli Tasting Experiment

 Aim: To see which is the best way to cool down the hot chillie taste in your mouth when eating chilli.

Hypothesis: i think that by using milk will be able to remove the hot chilli taste from my mouth.

Equiptment 

1. Milk

2. Coca Cola 

3. Water 

4. Tasting cup 

5. chilli 

Method: 

1. You will work in groups of three for this experiment. Each person in the group will use one of the drinks with the chilli. You will then swap results in your group so that everyone has the same results.

2. Each member of the group needs to have their own tasting cup. This will be used for putting the different liquids in as we cool off the chilli in our mouths.

3 Place a piece of chilli in your mouth.

4. You will drink the liquid that you have in your cup. As you do this you will complete a results chart.

Summary And Results.

The milk did not work immediately. After 3 minutes is had a small effect.

The coke had a small effect immediately. Coke had no effect after 3 mins.

The water did not work immediately. The water did not stop the chilli after 3 mins.

Conclusion

Milk could be a solution to eating spicy-foods literally. That's because milk helps your mouth handle capsaicin, an oily chemical compound in chilli peppers. Capsaicin binds to a receptor in the tongue and creates a burning sensation. Casein protein in milk can also bind to the capsaicin and wash it away.   

  

Chilli Tasting

 Chilli tasting 

3x Chilli you tube clips onto your blog.

1 What is the name of the chemical in chilli that make them hot.  Capsicinoid

2 Name of the five hottest chilli in the world. Ghost pepper,Carolina reaper, Trinidad Scorpion,pot primo,7 pot Doughlah

3 Name 5 Countries where chilli are grown. Thailand,Mexico China,India and South Africa 

Aim To see which way to cool down the hot taste in your mouth when eating chilli.

Hypothesis 

i think that by using milk or something fizzy will be able to remove the hot chilli taste 

Equipment

1 milk 

2 Water 

3 Coca Cola

4 Tasting cup

5 Chilli   

Method 

1 You will work in groups of 3 for experiment. Each Person in the group will use one of drinks with the chilli. will use one of the drinks the chilli. You will then swap results in your group so they have the same results.

2Eack member of the group needs to have their own tasting cup. This will be used for putting the different liqids in as we cool off the chilli in out mouth.

3 place a piece of chilli in your mouth 

4 After 10 seconds you will drink the liquid that you have in your cup. As do this you will complete a result