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Introduction To Culinary Arts
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1. To cut into pieces less than 1/8 of an inch is called:
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
8 oz
Mincing
Stromboli
2. Decorative - edible accompaniment for sandwiches on plates
Garnish
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
tea sandwich
Herbs
3. Name 4 Moist heat cooking methods
Steaming - Poaching - Boiling - Stewing
White pepper
2 pints
Bouquet Garni
4. Another name for a french pancake
1 tablespoon
tea sandwich
Weigh
What is a crepe
5. The type of gas given off by certain types of fruits during the ripening process is called:
Weigh
Ethylene
Mirepoix
Stromboli
6. What are the five senses that contribute to how we taste food?
Steaming
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
Easy
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
7. The best place to store eggs
Cubano
In the coldest part of the fridge
What is a crepe
Umami
8. When should you flip pancakes during cooking?
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Herb
Cream
tea sandwich
9. For best accuracy in baking - it recommended to weigh or scoop measure ingredients?
To use to un stick pasta
Hoagies
Weigh
Blanching
10. For best results when using fresh pastas
Monte Cristo
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Umami
Salt
11. 1 cup is equal to:
A -AA -B
Boiling
Stromboli
8 oz
12. Seasonings that come from the bud - bark - roots - stalks and fruits of plants
Marinating
To use to un stick pasta
Spices
Herb
13. Parsley is an example of an herb or a spice?
Marinating
What is texture
Herbs
Herb
14. The shell of an egg has holes that allows it to 'breathe' in air
Bouquet Garni
What does porous mean
Sea salt
Cake flour
15. Another name for a finger sandwich
Marinating
The filling
tea sandwich
Umami
16. When draining pasta - the reason to reserve a cup of cooking water is to:
Ethylene
Black pepper
What is a poached egg
To use to un stick pasta
17. The Italian version of a pressed sandwich
Blanching
Cream
Panini
Sea salt
18. Po'boys came from which state and famous city
Sea salt
The water is at a slow simmer
New Orleans - Louisiana
Spices
19. A process of cooking part way - not to completion - to speed up service at a restaurant
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Parcooking
16 ounces
20. Basil would be an example of an herb or a spice?
Parcooking
Herb
Easy
Mincing
21. The pepper that comes from the dried unripe berries of the pepper vine
Black pepper
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Mirepoix
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
22. The best time to pasta to the water is when:
Chemical leavening agent
The water is at a slow simmer
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Quiche
23. A type of salt produced by evaporating seawater
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Sea salt
Marinating
2 cups
24. The main attraction of the sandwich
Cake flour
2 cups
Steaming
The filling
25. To cook in a liquid where bubbles rise and break at the surface is called:
What is MSG
Herbs
Boiling
What is a crepe
26. A baked egg dish is called this:
Panini
Quiche
Mirepoix
Blanching
27. 1 gallon is equal to:
Cubano
Easy
Boiling
4 quarts
28. The Cuban version a pressed sandwich
Cubano
4 quarts
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
29. 1 pint is equal to :
2 cups
16 ounces
Weigh
Cake flour
30. Chives are an example of an herb or a spice?
Honey - molasses - and corn syrup
Salt
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Herb
31. A combination of aromatic vegetables used to season dishes is called:
Herbs
Sea salt
Mirepoix
Garnish
32. Not a salt but contains salt like qualities with a protein like flavor
What is MSG
4 quarts
1 tablespoon
Spice
33. Examples of thickeners used in baking can include:
Herb
Quiche
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
Herbs
34. Another name for hero sandwiches
Bouquet Garni
Hoagies
Spice
to the tooth - meaning slightly chewy
35. Muffin - biscuits - pancakes and waffles are examples of:
Quick breads
Panini
A -AA -B
What is MSG
36. A moist heat cooking method for vegetables when you are most concerned with preserving the nutrients
Steaming
New Orleans - Louisiana
Chemical leavening agent
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
37. A moist heat cooking method for foods like fish and chicken breasts
Poaching
Monte Cristo
Spices
Panini
38. The way a food feels when we bite into - touch it or cut it
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
16 ounces
What is texture
Sea salt
39. A salt most preferred by chefs because it contains no additives
Spice
To use to un stick pasta
Kosher salt
2 cups
40. Is one of the five tastes
Sodium chloride
Umami
sight - smell - touch - hear - taste
What is MSG
41. 3 tsp is equal to:
1 tablespoon
When bubbles rise and break at the surface
Cubano
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
42. The chemical name for table salt is;
Sodium chloride
Steaming
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
8 oz
43. To cook quickly in a small amount of fat is to:
Spice
Blanching
Quick breads
Saute
44. Ginger is an example of an herb or a spice?
Rock salt - table salt - kosher salt - sea salt
Cubano
Spice
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
45. Seasonings that come from the leaves and stems of plants
Cake flour
Herbs
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
2/3 of the way full
46. 1 quart is equal to:
Mincing
2 pints
1 tablespoon
8 oz
47. The man credited with inventing the sandwich
They should be tightly wrapped and used with 2-3 days
Arrowroot - cornstarch and pectin
The Earl of sandwich - John Montague
What is a poached egg
48. Which color eggs are the most nutritional?
Brown and white have the same value
Panini
Boiling
What is texture
49. What type of egg is cooked in simmering water?
your should never use an egg with a previously cracked shell
What is a poached egg
1 tablespoon
Panini
50. To combine two foods together until smooth and creamy
2 cups
Butter - Mayo - vegetable spreads
Cream
Bouquet Garni
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