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Cooking Vegetables And Fruits

Subject : cooking
Instructions:
  • Answer 33 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Method used to process food into a smooth pulp






2. Substance that gives a food its color






3. Finish in which a small amount of honey - sugar - or maple syrup is added to the vegetable - coating it and giving it a sheen as it heats






4. Fruit that has a central pit enclosing a single seed - such as cherry - peach - apricot






5. Green pigment in vegetables and fruits






6. Type of peach whose flesh sticks to the pit






7. Vegetable in which the flower and the attached stem of the plant are eaten






8. Vegetable sauce made from a puree of vegetables or fruit that can be served hot or cold






9. Vegetables the develop from the ovary of a flowering plant and contain one or more seeds






10. Enzyme in some fruits that causes cut fruit to turn brown once inside flesh is exposed to air






11. Colorless or white pigment in vegetables and fruits






12. Vegetable in which the fibrous plant stem is eaten






13. Herbaceous plant that can be partially or wholly eaten; has little or no woody tissue






14. Fruit with a natural growing season taking place in the winter months






15. Vegetable that has a single root that extends into the ground and provides nutrients to the part of the plant that exists above ground






16. Fleshly root or stem of a plant - such as a potato - that is able to grow into a new plant






17. Organ that develops from the ovary of a flowering plant and contains one or more seeds






18. Natural agent in fruits that causes them to ripen






19. Vegetable with broad leaves that range from dark green to pale green






20. Grading standards developed for fresh and canned fruits and vegetables by the USDA






21. Middle eastern eggplant dip






22. Red or purple pigment in vegetables and fruits






23. Technique that involves growing vegetables in nutrient-enriched water rather than in soil






24. Natural form of sugar found in fruit and vegetable






25. Fruit with a natural growing season taking place during the summer months






26. Japanese breaded and deep-fried vegetable






27. Vegetable in which seed - and / or pod of the plant is eaten






28. French term for raw vegetables served as relish


29. Orange - yellow - red-orange - or red pigment in vegetables and fruits






30. Large groups of plants ranging from single-celled organisms to giant mushrooms






31. Fruit that originates in tropical locations






32. Chemical reaction that causes certain fruits to turn dark once the inside flesh is exposed to air






33. Type of peach with flesh that separates easily from pit