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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. When making muffins and filling the pans - fill the pan about:
2/3 of the way full
Monte Cristo
2 cups
Parcooking
2. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
In the coldest part of the fridge
Saute
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
What is MSG
3. Examples of common baking sweeteners other than sugar can include:
What does porous mean
Easy
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Saute
4. When can you use an egg with a crack in it from the carton?
Hoagies
Quiche
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Ethylene
5. A delicate type of flour that has less protein in it for softer baked goods is:
Cream
Cubano
Cake flour
Spice
6. The shell of an egg has holes that allows it to 'breathe' in air
Spices
What does porous mean
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
What is MSG
7. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
Stromboli
4 quarts
Panini
Herbs
8. 1 gallon is equal to:
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
4 quarts
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
9. What is the smallest grade of egg?
Panini
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Umami
Peewee
10. 1 quart is equal to:
2 pints
Sea salt
The water is at a slow simmer
Panini
11. How long should scrambled eggs be cooked?
Garnish
1 tablespoon
A -AA -B
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
12. A moist heat method is which food cooked just long enough to cook the outer layer
Mirepoix
Ethylene
Blanching
Cake flour
13. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
Herb
White pepper
What is a crepe
tea sandwich
14. A process of cooking part way - not to completion - to speed up service at a restaurant
Bouquet Garni
What is a poached egg
Poaching
Parcooking
15. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
Spice
New Orleans - Louisiana
White pepper
Quiche
16. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
Weigh
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
What is MSG
Parcooking
17. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
16 ounces
2 pints
Ethylene
Easy
18. Another name for a french pancake
Salt
Ethylene
What is a crepe
Herb
19. Another name for a finger sandwich
tea sandwich
1 tablespoon
Mincing
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
20. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Peewee
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Black pepper
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
21. 16 oz is equal to:
2 cups
Garnish
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Steaming
22. For best results when using fresh pastas
Kosher salt
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Cake flour
Herb
23. Which should add to the pasta for best results during cooking? Oil or Salt?
In the coldest part of the fridge
Salt
Boiling
The filling
24. The Cuban version a pressed sandwich
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
In the coldest part of the fridge
Steaming
Cubano
25. A ham and cheese sandwich dipped in egg batter - fried and served with jelly is called a:
Monte Cristo
What is MSG
Herbs
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
26. The best place to store eggs
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
In the coldest part of the fridge
27. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
The filling
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
What is a poached egg
28. Muffin - biscuits - pancakes and waffles are examples of:
Quick breads
Parcooking
Ethylene
Boiling
29. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
Black pepper
Weigh
Quiche
Sea salt
30. What are the 3 grades of eggs?
Hoagies
Herb
A -AA -B
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
31. Not a salt but contains salt like qualities with a protein like flavor
Garnish
What is MSG
Peewee
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
32. When draining pasta - the reason to reserve a cup of cooking water is to:
To use to un stick pasta
tea sandwich
Blanching
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
33. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
What is a poached egg
Poaching
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
34. Is one of the five tastes
Umami
A -AA -B
1 tablespoon
Chemical leavening agent
35. The man credited with inventing the sandwich
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Kosher salt
Cubano
Peewee
36. 1 cup is equal to:
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Cream
In the coldest part of the fridge
8 oz
37. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
Parcooking
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
What is a crepe
Garnish
38. 3 tsp is equal to:
Sodium chloride
Herb
Panini
1 tablespoon
39. The main attraction of the sandwich
Stromboli
The filling
Cake flour
Peewee
40. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Steaming
2 cups
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
41. The best time to pasta to the water is when:
What is a poached egg
Sea salt
Spices
The water is at a slow simmer
42. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
Cubano
Cream
Peewee
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
43. Another name for hero sandwiches
Hoagies
Herb
2 pints
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
44. A sandwich made from a rolled pizza crust and fillings and baked is called what:
Weigh
Stromboli
What is a crepe
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
45. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Herb
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Cake flour
2 pints
46. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Parcooking
Spices
Boiling
Spice
47. For best accuracy in baking - it recommended to weigh or scoop measure ingredients?
4 quarts
Blanching
Boiling
Weigh
48. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Blanching
Peewee
Brown and white have the same value
49. 1 pound is equal to:
Parcooking
The water is at a slow simmer
16 ounces
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
50. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Stromboli
What is a crepe
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Spice