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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 is the smallest grade of egg?
Peewee
Saute
The water is at a slow simmer
The filling
2. To cut into pieces less than 1/8 of an inch is called:
Mincing
To use to un stick pasta
What is MSG
Poaching
3. 1 gallon is equal to:
4 quarts
Steaming
Sodium chloride
What is a poached egg
4. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
New Orleans - Louisiana
What does porous mean
Cake flour
Herb
5. 3 tsp is equal to:
1 tablespoon
What is texture
What is MSG
Bouquet Garni
6. To let food stand in a seasoned mixture to enhance flavor and tenderize is called:
Chemical leavening agent
To use to un stick pasta
Marinating
8 oz
7. The way a food feels when we bite into - touch it or cut it
In the coldest part of the fridge
What is texture
Monte Cristo
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
8. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Stromboli
Spice
Saute
Quick breads
9. The shell of an egg has holes that allows it to 'breathe' in air
2/3 of the way full
Black pepper
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
What does porous mean
10. A combination of aromatic vegetables used to season dishes is called:
Mirepoix
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
What is a poached egg
16 ounces
11. The main attraction of the sandwich
Kosher salt
Stromboli
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
The filling
12. What are the 3 grades of eggs?
What is a crepe
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Blanching
A -AA -B
13. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Spice
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Cubano
Steaming
14. For best accuracy in baking - it recommended to weigh or scoop measure ingredients?
Weigh
Herb
Herbs
16 ounces
15. The man credited with inventing the sandwich
Boiling
Ethylene
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Brown and white have the same value
16. Another name for a finger sandwich
tea sandwich
What is a crepe
Chemical leavening agent
Spice
17. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
Herb
What is texture
Brown and white have the same value
18. Is one of the five tastes
Blanching
Monte Cristo
Umami
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
19. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
Blanching
Sea salt
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
2 cups
20. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
Saute
Spices
2 cups
Brown and white have the same value
21. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
Poaching
Cake flour
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Spice
22. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
Cake flour
Herbs
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
23. A moist heat method is which food cooked just long enough to cook the outer layer
Weigh
Mincing
Herbs
Blanching
24. Which should add to the pasta for best results during cooking? Oil or Salt?
What is texture
Salt
2/3 of the way full
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
25. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
Easy
Garnish
Mincing
Panini
26. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Chemical leavening agent
4 quarts
Black pepper
1 tablespoon
27. A sandwich made from a rolled pizza crust and fillings and baked is called what:
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
New Orleans - Louisiana
Stromboli
Sea salt
28. The chemical name for table salt is;
Sodium chloride
Brown and white have the same value
Garnish
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
29. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
Herb
Ethylene
Herbs
Mirepoix
30. 1 pound is equal to:
Marinating
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
What is a poached egg
16 ounces
31. 16 oz is equal to:
Parcooking
2 cups
Herbs
4 quarts
32. 1 cup is equal to:
8 oz
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Umami
Stromboli
33. Name 4 Moist heat cooking methods
4 quarts
Blanching
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
34. When draining pasta - the reason to reserve a cup of cooking water is to:
What is a poached egg
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
To use to un stick pasta
Cake flour
35. A salt most preferred by chefs because it contains no additives
Kosher salt
Black pepper
Cake flour
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
36. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
What is a poached egg
Cake flour
Herb
Cream
37. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
Brown and white have the same value
What does porous mean
Spices
Chemical leavening agent
38. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
Spice
Saute
What is a poached egg
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
39. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Herb
Easy
Garnish
Herbs
40. When making muffins and filling the pans - fill the pan about:
Poaching
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
What is a poached egg
2/3 of the way full
41. When can you use an egg with a crack in it from the carton?
2 pints
Spice
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Sea salt
42. Examples of common baking sweeteners other than sugar can include:
Spice
To use to un stick pasta
2 cups
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
43. A combination of aromatic herbs and vegetables tied together in pot during cooking is called:
Bouquet Garni
4 quarts
Easy
8 oz
44. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
Panini
Quiche
tea sandwich
Garnish
45. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
Sea salt
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
What is texture
tea sandwich
46. What are 4 basic types of salt?
Herb
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Black pepper
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
47. A baked egg dish is called this:
Spice
Marinating
Quiche
Cake flour
48. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Parcooking
What is a crepe
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
49. 1 pint is equal to :
16 ounces
Boiling
Herb
2 cups
50. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
The water is at a slow simmer
Panini
White pepper
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell