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