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=Food: Where Does It Come From?=

What did you eat at home today? Find out what your friend ate today. Did you eat the same kind of food yesterday and today? We all eat different kinds of food at different times, isn’t it?

1.1 FOOD MATERIALS AND SOURCES
We obtain different foods from two sources. These are:
 * 1) Plants,
 * 2) Animals



Fruits and vegetables, Cereals, Grains, Pulses etc. we get from plants and then, there are food items like milk, eggs, meat, chicken, fish, prawns, beef, pork and such others, which come from animals.

Plants are the sources of food ingredients like grains, cereals, vegetables and fruits. Animals provide us with milk, meat products and eggs. Cows, goats and buffaloes are some common animals which give us milk. Milk and milk products like butter, cream, cheese and curd are used all over the world.

1.2:Activity
Writ the correct sources from which the listed foods are obtained.

food items
 * egg
 * wheat
 * grapes
 * spices
 * chicken
 * mutton
 * milk

1.3:Plant Parts Eaten as foods
Plants are one source of our food. Which parts of a plant are these? We eat many leafy vegetables. We eat fruits of some plants. Sometimes roots, sometimes stems and even flowers. Have you ever eaten pumpkin flowers dipped in rice paste and fried?

Some plants have two or more edible (eatable) parts. Seeds of mustard plants give us oil and the leaves are used as a vegetable.

1.4:Activity
Take some dry seeds of moong or chana. Put a small quantity of seeds in a container filled with water and leave this aside for a day. Next day, drain the water completely and leave the seeds in the vessel. Wrap them with a piece of wet cloth and set aside. the following days, observe the changes that occurs.

A small white structure may have grown out of the seeds. If so, the seeds have sprouted. If not, wash the seeds in water, drain the water and leave them aside for another day, covered with a wet cloth.

The next day, see if the seeds have sprouted. After washing these sprouted seeds, you can eat them. They can also be boiled. Add some spices and get a tasty snack to eat.