Our task is to produce a Christmas Food Product capable of mass production.

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Ben Jones, 10PN

Our task is to produce a Christmas Food Product capable of mass production. It had to be able to be stored easily through methods such as freezing. As a group we had two practicals; to make a Christmas dish, and to produce a dish for the class Christmas buffet.

I made two things; both sweets. I made a Berry Crumble (my final product), and Chocolate brownies.

  • Festive (Decorations)
  • Easy to make
  • Enjoyable
  • Replacement for Christmas Pudding?
  • Storable
  • Desert – Crumble?
  • Mass Production

  1. Name
  2. Age
  3. Gender
  4. What foods do you enjoy? Sweet 12 Or Savoury 7
  5. When is your main Christmas meal? Christmas Eve 1 Christmas Day Lunch 14         Christmas Day Dinner 4
  6. Your meat item for the meal is:  Chicken 2 Turkey 10 Pork 1 Meat Substitute 4       Other 0   
  7. Any Dietary Requirements? None 12 Vegetarian 4 Other 1
  8. Would you be interested in buying a ready-made item? Yes 6 No 8 Don’t Know 2
  9. If so, for what purpose? Savoury 7 Sweet 6 Both 4 
  10. Do you feel that more people will continue to buy pre-made meals? Yes 8 No  4                         Don’t Know 5
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The results of this questionnaire show that people do not always want to ‘cheat’ and buy pre-made food items. They are obviously interested, but do not want to neglect  cooking a meal the ‘old-fashioned’ way. If they were to buy a ready-made Christmas product, they would like it to be savoury, possibly to cut out the difficulties in making the Christmas dinner. However, they are aware that ready-made foods are a good idea and will obviously continue to improve in their popularity, but I got the impression that people of the older generation disagreed with the idea.

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