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