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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. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Spice
Poaching
What is a crepe
2. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Sodium chloride
What does porous mean
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
3. 1 pound is equal to:
16 ounces
Cream
The water is at a slow simmer
What is texture
4. 1 quart is equal to:
Sodium chloride
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
2 pints
Boiling
5. 1 gallon is equal to:
Herbs
4 quarts
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Peewee
6. Which should add to the pasta for best results during cooking? Oil or Salt?
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Salt
Blanching
2/3 of the way full
7. 16 oz is equal to:
2 cups
Panini
To use to un stick pasta
Herb
8. For best accuracy in baking - it recommended to weigh or scoop measure ingredients?
Weigh
White pepper
Blanching
Poaching
9. To cook quickly in a small amount of fat is to:
Saute
Panini
What is a crepe
Spice
10. For best results when using fresh pastas
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Steaming
2 cups
11. Another name for a finger sandwich
tea sandwich
What is a crepe
Sodium chloride
To use to un stick pasta
12. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
Cream
Herb
The water is at a slow simmer
Herb
13. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Salt
Mirepoix
Peewee
Black pepper
14. To let food stand in a seasoned mixture to enhance flavor and tenderize is called:
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Marinating
Mincing
Peewee
15. Po'boys came from which state and famous city
New Orleans - Louisiana
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Cubano
16. What are the five senses that contribute to how we taste food?
Sea salt
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Cubano
To use to un stick pasta
17. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
Mincing
New Orleans - Louisiana
Easy
A -AA -B
18. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
Easy
Poaching
Herbs
Umami
19. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
Spices
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Mirepoix
20. How long should scrambled eggs be cooked?
To use to un stick pasta
2/3 of the way full
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
21. A ham and cheese sandwich dipped in egg batter - fried and served with jelly is called a:
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
What is a poached egg
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Monte Cristo
22. A combination of aromatic herbs and vegetables tied together in pot during cooking is called:
4 quarts
Herb
Marinating
Bouquet Garni
23. A salt most preferred by chefs because it contains no additives
Easy
Stromboli
Cream
Kosher salt
24. What are the 3 grades of eggs?
Spices
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
What does porous mean
A -AA -B
25. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
1 tablespoon
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Herb
26. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Weigh
White pepper
Monte Cristo
27. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Chemical leavening agent
Steaming
Panini
Cream
28. When can you use an egg with a crack in it from the carton?
Poaching
Cream
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
A -AA -B
29. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
Weigh
Panini
Herb
Steaming
30. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
Poaching
Brown and white have the same value
Sodium chloride
Hoagies
31. Is one of the five tastes
What is a poached egg
4 quarts
Spices
Umami
32. A process of cooking part way - not to completion - to speed up service at a restaurant
Parcooking
2/3 of the way full
What is a poached egg
Black pepper
33. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
What does porous mean
Peewee
Quick breads
Brown and white have the same value
34. What is the smallest grade of egg?
Cubano
Peewee
Herb
Mirepoix
35. 1 cup is equal to:
8 oz
Easy
4 quarts
Monte Cristo
36. Another name for a french pancake
New Orleans - Louisiana
Umami
Spice
What is a crepe
37. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
White pepper
Easy
Herb
38. The Italian version of a pressed sandwich
Panini
Boiling
4 quarts
Peewee
39. To cut into pieces less than 1/8 of an inch is called:
Stromboli
Spice
Steaming
Mincing
40. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
Easy
Herbs
Weigh
Sea salt
41. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
Peewee
Parcooking
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
Ethylene
42. The best place to store eggs
In the coldest part of the fridge
Cake flour
Hoagies
Spice
43. The term 'al dente' refers to
Black pepper
Cubano
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
44. Another name for hero sandwiches
Kosher salt
Hoagies
Garnish
In the coldest part of the fridge
45. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
Saute
Herb
In the coldest part of the fridge
Garnish
46. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
White pepper
2 cups
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
What is a poached egg
47. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Marinating
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
48. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
Herb
Spice
Monte Cristo
Hoagies
49. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
Marinating
New Orleans - Louisiana
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
What is a crepe
50. Examples of common baking sweeteners other than sugar can include:
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
2/3 of the way full
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
1 tablespoon