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Introduction To Culinary Arts
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Subject
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cooking
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
2 cups
What is a poached egg
Quiche
Mirepoix
2. What are 4 basic types of salt?
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Peewee
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Blanching
3. Name 4 Moist heat cooking methods
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Herb
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
4. A moist heat method is which food cooked just long enough to cook the outer layer
Monte Cristo
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Blanching
What is texture
5. Another name for hero sandwiches
8 oz
Quiche
Hoagies
Steaming
6. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
Sea salt
Ethylene
Hoagies
New Orleans - Louisiana
7. A process of cooking part way - not to completion - to speed up service at a restaurant
Spices
8 oz
What is MSG
Parcooking
8. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
Sodium chloride
Cream
Mirepoix
Herb
9. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Blanching
Boiling
Easy
Herb
10. Another name for a french pancake
Blanching
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Cake flour
What is a crepe
11. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
White pepper
Hoagies
A -AA -B
12. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
Marinating
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Herbs
The filling
13. The best time to pasta to the water is when:
Sodium chloride
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
The water is at a slow simmer
Stromboli
14. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Black pepper
In the coldest part of the fridge
Panini
Sodium chloride
15. What is the smallest grade of egg?
Spices
Hoagies
Peewee
Weigh
16. How long should scrambled eggs be cooked?
What is texture
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Poaching
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
17. The man credited with inventing the sandwich
Black pepper
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Parcooking
2 cups
18. Po'boys came from which state and famous city
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Peewee
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
New Orleans - Louisiana
19. For best accuracy in baking - it recommended to weigh or scoop measure ingredients?
Monte Cristo
Peewee
Weigh
4 quarts
20. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
Easy
Quick breads
Quiche
tea sandwich
21. The main attraction of the sandwich
The filling
What is texture
Bouquet Garni
Stromboli
22. When can you use an egg with a crack in it from the carton?
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
2 cups
Parcooking
Quick breads
23. Examples of common baking sweeteners other than sugar can include:
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
2 cups
24. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Cake flour
Steaming
Spices
25. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Poaching
Kosher salt
Umami
26. 1 cup is equal to:
2 cups
8 oz
To use to un stick pasta
Peewee
27. 1 pint is equal to :
2 cups
Herbs
Kosher salt
Bouquet Garni
28. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
To use to un stick pasta
Herb
What is MSG
29. A combination of aromatic vegetables used to season dishes is called:
Peewee
Herb
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Mirepoix
30. What are the five senses that contribute to how we taste food?
Salt
What is a poached egg
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
31. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
White pepper
Steaming
Quiche
2 cups
32. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Herb
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Mirepoix
33. For best results when using fresh pastas
Quick breads
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Hoagies
Salt
34. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
A -AA -B
2 cups
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Spice
35. The leavening agent used in quick breads is a:
Mirepoix
Chemical leavening agent
In the coldest part of the fridge
Saute
36. Not a salt but contains salt like qualities with a protein like flavor
What is texture
Steaming
What is MSG
Chemical leavening agent
37. The way a food feels when we bite into - touch it or cut it
What is texture
Poaching
What is MSG
In the coldest part of the fridge
38. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
The water is at a slow simmer
What is MSG
Herb
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
39. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Sodium chloride
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Spice
Cream
40. The chemical name for table salt is;
Sodium chloride
Herb
Poaching
New Orleans - Louisiana
41. A delicate type of flour that has less protein in it for softer baked goods is:
Cake flour
Easy
2/3 of the way full
Umami
42. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
Herb
Sea salt
Weigh
New Orleans - Louisiana
43. To cook in a liquid where bubbles rise and break at the surface is called:
Saute
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Blanching
Boiling
44. 1 pound is equal to:
16 ounces
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Blanching
Marinating
45. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
Herb
Garnish
4 quarts
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
46. A combination of aromatic herbs and vegetables tied together in pot during cooking is called:
Bouquet Garni
What does porous mean
4 quarts
2 cups
47. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
A -AA -B
Herb
48. A baked egg dish is called this:
Quiche
To use to un stick pasta
Spice
Saute
49. The Cuban version a pressed sandwich
Cubano
4 quarts
Spice
Salt
50. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
In the coldest part of the fridge
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Sodium chloride
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing