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