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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. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
The water is at a slow simmer
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Ethylene
2. How long should scrambled eggs be cooked?
What does porous mean
4 quarts
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Steaming
3. For best accuracy in baking - it recommended to weigh or scoop measure ingredients?
Weigh
tea sandwich
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
4. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
Spices
Cake flour
Cream
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
5. To cut into pieces less than 1/8 of an inch is called:
What is texture
Black pepper
4 quarts
Mincing
6. 1 cup is equal to:
Spice
8 oz
Spices
What is texture
7. 1 quart is equal to:
2 pints
Umami
New Orleans - Louisiana
Panini
8. Cinnamon is an example of an herb or a spice?
Saute
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Spice
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
9. The pepper that comes from ripe pepper berries after they have been dried and the husk has been removed
1 tablespoon
Cubano
What is a poached egg
White pepper
10. A combination of aromatic vegetables used to season dishes is called:
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Sea salt
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Mirepoix
11. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Spices
What is a poached egg
New Orleans - Louisiana
12. A moist heat method is which food cooked just long enough to cook the outer layer
Brown and white have the same value
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Blanching
Chemical leavening agent
13. Examples of common baking sweeteners other than sugar can include:
Quick breads
Marinating
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
14. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
Brown and white have the same value
Marinating
Parcooking
2 cups
15. A combination of aromatic herbs and vegetables tied together in pot during cooking is called:
Mirepoix
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Black pepper
Bouquet Garni
16. A baked egg dish is called this:
To use to un stick pasta
Black pepper
Quiche
2 pints
17. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
tea sandwich
What is a crepe
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Herb
18. A ham and cheese sandwich dipped in egg batter - fried and served with jelly is called a:
Cake flour
Poaching
Monte Cristo
What does porous mean
19. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
2 pints
Garnish
4 quarts
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
20. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Black pepper
Bouquet Garni
Peewee
Herb
21. Examples of spreads for sandwiches
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Cake flour
Garnish
Quiche
22. The way a food feels when we bite into - touch it or cut it
What is texture
Cream
Garnish
1 tablespoon
23. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
What is texture
Peewee
Black pepper
Cream
24. The best place to store eggs
Boiling
The water is at a slow simmer
In the coldest part of the fridge
2 pints
25. The main attraction of the sandwich
Peewee
Quick breads
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
The filling
26. Another name for hero sandwiches
Hoagies
2 pints
Spice
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
27. Which should add to the pasta for best results during cooking? Oil or Salt?
Chemical leavening agent
New Orleans - Louisiana
Sea salt
Salt
28. The Italian version of a pressed sandwich
2 cups
Cream
Panini
Spice
29. 16 oz is equal to:
Bouquet Garni
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
2 cups
Garnish
30. The chemical name for table salt is;
4 quarts
Panini
Quiche
Sodium chloride
31. For best results when using fresh pastas
Chemical leavening agent
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Umami
32. A sandwich made from a rolled pizza crust and fillings and baked is called what:
Umami
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Sea salt
Stromboli
33. A fried egg with a partially set yolk is considered:
Parcooking
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Easy
Weigh
34. The leavening agent used in quick breads is a:
Spice
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Chemical leavening agent
Sea salt
35. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Steaming
Spice
Salt
Kosher salt
36. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
Panini
A -AA -B
Mincing
Garnish
37. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
Herb
Kosher salt
Chemical leavening agent
38. A process of cooking part way - not to completion - to speed up service at a restaurant
2 cups
Parcooking
Mirepoix
New Orleans - Louisiana
39. What are 4 basic types of salt?
Saute
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Panini
40. 1 pound is equal to:
1 tablespoon
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
16 ounces
In the coldest part of the fridge
41. What are the five senses that contribute to how we taste food?
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
Parcooking
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
Marinating
42. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
Salt
Cake flour
Herb
What is texture
43. Name 4 Moist heat cooking methods
Chemical leavening agent
New Orleans - Louisiana
White pepper
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
44. The Cuban version a pressed sandwich
Blanching
Cubano
To use to un stick pasta
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
45. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Quick breads
Boiling
Spice
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
46. What is the smallest grade of egg?
Panini
Peewee
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
The filling
47. Another name for a finger sandwich
tea sandwich
Steaming
Kosher salt
New Orleans - Louisiana
48. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
Cook just to the point of being smooth and creamy
The filling
Quick breads
Sea salt
49. To cook quickly in a small amount of fat is to:
Boiling
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
A -AA -B
Saute
50. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
Salt
4 quarts
Herb