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