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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
Herb
Brown and white have the same value
Hoagies
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
2. The best place to store eggs
Salt
Peewee
In the coldest part of the fridge
Mirepoix
3. Is one of the five tastes
Umami
Easy
Brown and white have the same value
Black pepper
4. The chemical name for table salt is;
Spices
Herbs
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Sodium chloride
5. Examples of common baking sweeteners other than sugar can include:
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Parcooking
6. Another name for a finger sandwich
Herb
The filling
Quiche
tea sandwich
7. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
1 tablespoon
What is a poached egg
The filling
2 cups
8. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
Herbs
Garnish
The filling
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
9. A baked egg dish is called this:
Weigh
Spices
Quiche
What is a crepe
10. A salt most preferred by chefs because it contains no additives
Kosher salt
Black pepper
Spice
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
11. 1 pound is equal to:
16 ounces
Cake flour
A -AA -B
Brown and white have the same value
12. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
What is texture
Poaching
Sodium chloride
13. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Spices
Spice
Easy
14. A ham and cheese sandwich dipped in egg batter - fried and served with jelly is called a:
Monte Cristo
Kosher salt
Spice
Black pepper
15. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
Cream
8 oz
Blanching
Peewee
16. What is the smallest grade of egg?
2 pints
Stromboli
Peewee
Mincing
17. A delicate type of flour that has less protein in it for softer baked goods is:
In the coldest part of the fridge
Chemical leavening agent
Spices
Cake flour
18. A moist heat method is which food cooked just long enough to cook the outer layer
Cake flour
Black pepper
Herb
Blanching
19. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
Herbs
Sea salt
Boiling
Herb
20. A combination of aromatic vegetables used to season dishes is called:
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
White pepper
Mirepoix
Panini
21. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
8 oz
Garnish
2/3 of the way full
Bouquet Garni
22. To cook in a liquid where bubbles rise and break at the surface is called:
Cream
Boiling
Cubano
Mirepoix
23. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
Poaching
Herb
Quick breads
Herbs
24. 3 tsp is equal to:
Herb
Mincing
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
1 tablespoon
25. Which should add to the pasta for best results during cooking? Oil or Salt?
Chemical leavening agent
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Salt
2 pints
26. Name 4 Moist heat cooking methods
Monte Cristo
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Steaming
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
27. The best time to pasta to the water is when:
1 tablespoon
Blanching
The water is at a slow simmer
Weigh
28. A sandwich made from a rolled pizza crust and fillings and baked is called what:
The water is at a slow simmer
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Stromboli
29. 1 quart is equal to:
Salt
2 pints
Parcooking
A -AA -B
30. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Umami
Herb
Panini
Boiling
31. To cook quickly in a small amount of fat is to:
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Herbs
Saute
2 pints
32. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
Sea salt
Spice
Marinating
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
33. What are the five senses that contribute to how we taste food?
Herb
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Quick breads
Marinating
34. Not a salt but contains salt like qualities with a protein like flavor
2/3 of the way full
2 cups
What is MSG
To use to un stick pasta
35. The term 'al dente' refers to
The water is at a slow simmer
Steaming
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
1 tablespoon
36. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Parcooking
Salt
4 quarts
37. The main attraction of the sandwich
2 cups
Quick breads
Hoagies
The filling
38. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Herb
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
16 ounces
Steaming
39. To cut into pieces less than 1/8 of an inch is called:
Monte Cristo
tea sandwich
Mincing
Salt
40. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
Brown and white have the same value
White pepper
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
2 cups
41. To let food stand in a seasoned mixture to enhance flavor and tenderize is called:
Marinating
Sodium chloride
Mirepoix
Monte Cristo
42. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
In the coldest part of the fridge
Umami
Cream
43. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
Mincing
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Peewee
A -AA -B
44. When draining pasta - the reason to reserve a cup of cooking water is to:
Marinating
To use to un stick pasta
1 tablespoon
The filling
45. The way a food feels when we bite into - touch it or cut it
Steaming
Boiling
New Orleans - Louisiana
What is texture
46. The shell of an egg has holes that allows it to 'breathe' in air
4 quarts
Monte Cristo
Peewee
What does porous mean
47. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
Ethylene
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
2/3 of the way full
Sodium chloride
48. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
Stromboli
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
What is MSG
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
49. A combination of aromatic herbs and vegetables tied together in pot during cooking is called:
Bouquet Garni
The filling
Mirepoix
Parcooking
50. The Cuban version a pressed sandwich
Steaming
Cubano
Umami
Herb