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