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