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