tle 4

• equipment - tools are any supplies needed for certain process
• tools - devices or implents
• utensils - tools used in the kitchen
• salinity - pertains to the degree of saltiness
• smoking - application of smoke
• curing - application of salt, spices and other preservatives
• salinometer - is used for measuring the salinity of the brine
• refractometer - is used for measuring sugar concentration
• weighing scale - is used for measuring weight and ingridients
• liquid measuring cup - is used for measuring liquid ingridients
• measuring cups - is used for measuring dry ingridients of large quantity/capacity
• measuring spoons - is used for measuring small amount of solid and liqiud ingridients
• cutting implements - is used for cutting fish and other ingridients
• knives - for cutting or slicing fish or meat; for scaling fish
• scissors/shears - is used for cutting purposes like fins of fish
• cutting board - it is where fish or meat are cut; ingridients are sliced or minced
• basin - is used in preparing brine and other curing mixtures
• food tong - is used for lifting hot objects/food
• wooden spoon - used in mixing ingridients
• peeler - used in removing skin of fruits and vegetable
• grater - used for grating cheese
• earthen pots - are used for storing the salted products
• wooden salting vat or barrel - is a container where salted fish are placed or fermented
• smokehouse - is a devices used for smoking fish or meat with the application of smoke
• impulse sealer - is used for sealing
• gas range/oven - source of heat in cooking
• pressure cooker - used to process fish packed in a hermetically sealed container at a high controlled temperature
• food processing - is aset of methods and techniques used to preserve raw foods for longer consumption
• processing food - extend the edible time frame or shelf-life of the food also know as food prservation
• food / fish processing tools and equipment - measuring tools, cutting tools, other tools, equipment