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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?
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Brown and white have the same value
Mirepoix
16 ounces
2. Is one of the five tastes
Boiling
Stromboli
Umami
Herbs
3. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Herb
What is a poached egg
Black pepper
4. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
Spice
Herb
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Sodium chloride
5. What are the 3 grades of eggs?
Spice
Cubano
Monte Cristo
A -AA -B
6. To let food stand in a seasoned mixture to enhance flavor and tenderize is called:
Marinating
The filling
Herb
Monte Cristo
7. When making muffins and filling the pans - fill the pan about:
Panini
4 quarts
2/3 of the way full
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
8. A baked egg dish is called this:
Panini
Quiche
Umami
Herbs
9. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Easy
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Steaming
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
10. 1 pint is equal to :
Parcooking
Black pepper
Peewee
2 cups
11. A moist heat method is which food cooked just long enough to cook the outer layer
Peewee
Garnish
Blanching
Monte Cristo
12. Po'boys came from which state and famous city
A -AA -B
Herb
Quick breads
New Orleans - Louisiana
13. How long should scrambled eggs be cooked?
What is MSG
What is a crepe
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Saute
14. A delicate type of flour that has less protein in it for softer baked goods is:
Mirepoix
Cake flour
Boiling
16 ounces
15. A combination of aromatic vegetables used to season dishes is called:
Brown and white have the same value
4 quarts
Mirepoix
White pepper
16. The chemical name for table salt is;
Sodium chloride
Spice
Cubano
Hoagies
17. A process of cooking part way - not to completion - to speed up service at a restaurant
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Parcooking
Monte Cristo
2 cups
18. To cook in a liquid where bubbles rise and break at the surface is called:
The filling
Boiling
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
19. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
Quick breads
Bouquet Garni
Boiling
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
20. Not a salt but contains salt like qualities with a protein like flavor
Cream
What is MSG
Cake flour
In the coldest part of the fridge
21. Name 4 Moist heat cooking methods
What is MSG
Mincing
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
2/3 of the way full
22. Another name for a french pancake
What is a crepe
4 quarts
16 ounces
Easy
23. 1 quart is equal to:
Cake flour
8 oz
Sodium chloride
2 pints
24. The term 'al dente' refers to
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
16 ounces
Sodium chloride
25. The shell of an egg has holes that allows it to 'breathe' in air
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
1 tablespoon
2 cups
What does porous mean
26. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
White pepper
Cake flour
Cubano
Parcooking
27. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
What does porous mean
Spice
Herbs
To use to un stick pasta
28. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Ethylene
Boiling
Easy
29. The leavening agent used in quick breads is a:
Brown and white have the same value
Panini
2 cups
Chemical leavening agent
30. When draining pasta - the reason to reserve a cup of cooking water is to:
Parcooking
To use to un stick pasta
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Herb
31. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
Spice
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Cake flour
32. 1 gallon is equal to:
Cake flour
Spice
4 quarts
Brown and white have the same value
33. The best place to store eggs
Peewee
Boiling
Herb
In the coldest part of the fridge
34. To cook quickly in a small amount of fat is to:
Kosher salt
Saute
Stromboli
Ethylene
35. 3 tsp is equal to:
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
What is texture
1 tablespoon
White pepper
36. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
Ethylene
Mincing
Quick breads
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
37. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
Cream
4 quarts
Cubano
Ethylene
38. What are 4 basic types of salt?
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
4 quarts
39. A combination of aromatic herbs and vegetables tied together in pot during cooking is called:
Cream
Bouquet Garni
Chemical leavening agent
Boiling
40. 16 oz is equal to:
Sodium chloride
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Herbs
2 cups
41. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
1 tablespoon
Monte Cristo
4 quarts
What is a poached egg
42. Muffin - biscuits - pancakes and waffles are examples of:
Weigh
Quick breads
Spice
New Orleans - Louisiana
43. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Herb
2 cups
Blanching
Spices
44. A sandwich made from a rolled pizza crust and fillings and baked is called what:
Stromboli
4 quarts
The water is at a slow simmer
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
45. Which should add to the pasta for best results during cooking? Oil or Salt?
Spice
To use to un stick pasta
Quick breads
Salt
46. The Italian version of a pressed sandwich
Panini
Spice
Poaching
Easy
47. 1 cup is equal to:
8 oz
Cubano
Sea salt
Spices
48. 1 pound is equal to:
Kosher salt
2 cups
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
16 ounces
49. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
In the coldest part of the fridge
Spices
Salt
Herb
50. For best results when using fresh pastas
Monte Cristo
What is MSG
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Steaming