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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. What are the five senses that contribute to how we taste food?
Herbs
Steaming
1 tablespoon
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
2. 1 gallon is equal to:
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Black pepper
4 quarts
3. The term 'al dente' refers to
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
In the coldest part of the fridge
tea sandwich
Herbs
4. The Italian version of a pressed sandwich
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Peewee
2 pints
Panini
5. A baked egg dish is called this:
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Blanching
Panini
Quiche
6. Name 4 Moist heat cooking methods
The water is at a slow simmer
Poaching
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
7. A delicate type of flour that has less protein in it for softer baked goods is:
Parcooking
Cake flour
What is MSG
Herbs
8. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
Spices
Panini
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
In the coldest part of the fridge
9. 16 oz is equal to:
2 cups
Boiling
Quick breads
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
10. A sandwich made from a rolled pizza crust and fillings and baked is called what:
Stromboli
Black pepper
Boiling
A -AA -B
11. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
Easy
Herb
Stromboli
Herb
12. For best accuracy in baking - it recommended to weigh or scoop measure ingredients?
Ethylene
Blanching
Weigh
2 cups
13. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
2 cups
Spices
4 quarts
Sea salt
14. What are 4 basic types of salt?
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Monte Cristo
Peewee
Spice
15. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
16 ounces
Garnish
Hoagies
Herb
16. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
Hoagies
Sodium chloride
Easy
Brown and white have the same value
17. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
1 tablespoon
What is a poached egg
Poaching
Black pepper
18. A moist heat method is which food cooked just long enough to cook the outer layer
2 cups
Steaming
Blanching
4 quarts
19. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Steaming
Peewee
20. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
Mirepoix
Salt
What is a poached egg
Cubano
21. 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
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Ethylene
22. A salt most preferred by chefs because it contains no additives
Kosher salt
Spice
4 quarts
Sea salt
23. When draining pasta - the reason to reserve a cup of cooking water is to:
The filling
To use to un stick pasta
What does porous mean
What is MSG
24. Muffin - biscuits - pancakes and waffles are examples of:
What is a crepe
4 quarts
16 ounces
Quick breads
25. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
tea sandwich
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Hoagies
4 quarts
26. For best results when using fresh pastas
Poaching
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Marinating
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
27. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
Cake flour
Herb
4 quarts
Herbs
28. Po'boys came from which state and famous city
Herb
Herb
New Orleans - Louisiana
4 quarts
29. The best time to pasta to the water is when:
Mincing
Salt
The water is at a slow simmer
What is texture
30. The best place to store eggs
A -AA -B
Herb
In the coldest part of the fridge
Stromboli
31. When making muffins and filling the pans - fill the pan about:
2/3 of the way full
New Orleans - Louisiana
Garnish
Sea salt
32. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
Stromboli
Spices
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Steaming
33. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Panini
The water is at a slow simmer
Parcooking
Black pepper
34. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
Marinating
Chemical leavening agent
Herb
35. Another name for a french pancake
What is a crepe
Blanching
Herb
Hoagies
36. 1 quart is equal to:
2 pints
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Boiling
Sodium chloride
37. A combination of aromatic vegetables used to season dishes is called:
Quick breads
Spices
Ethylene
Mirepoix
38. How long should scrambled eggs be cooked?
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
What does porous mean
What is a poached egg
8 oz
39. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
White pepper
16 ounces
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
A -AA -B
40. Examples of common baking sweeteners other than sugar can include:
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Marinating
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
41. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
1 tablespoon
Cream
Mirepoix
Boiling
42. What is the smallest grade of egg?
Peewee
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Saute
Stromboli
43. The man credited with inventing the sandwich
8 oz
The water is at a slow simmer
tea sandwich
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
44. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
8 oz
Boiling
Herb
Peewee
45. The main attraction of the sandwich
The filling
Monte Cristo
Panini
Spice
46. To let food stand in a seasoned mixture to enhance flavor and tenderize is called:
The filling
What is texture
Marinating
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
47. Not a salt but contains salt like qualities with a protein like flavor
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
4 quarts
What is MSG
Peewee
48. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Brown and white have the same value
Herb
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Bouquet Garni
49. The Cuban version a pressed sandwich
What is a crepe
Cubano
16 ounces
Chemical leavening agent
50. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
Black pepper
Parcooking
What is a poached egg