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What are 5 characteristic toppings of a Cobb salad?

Tomato, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, chives, Roquefort / blue cheese, red wine vinaigrette

What is the name for a tall chef’s hat?

Toque

What is the difference between all purpose flour and cake flour?

Total protein content

Spherification is a culinary process of shaping liquids into spheres. It was developed first by what company?

Unilever

What nut is traditionally on the Waldorf salad?

Walnut

When ingredients are described on baker’s percentage, how are the amounts of all ingredients determined?

Weight percentage of flour

Which test is used to check if the dough is properly kneaded or not? Describe it.

Window pane test (Take a small ball of the dough and stretch it into a square. Keep on stretching until it becomes a thin film in the middle without breaking. The dough must be thin enough to pass light through it. If it is obtained without any tear, then your dough is properly kneaded.)

Someone has suggested that you use sucrose in your confectionary product where Maillard browning is desirable, will this cause a problem?

yes, because sucrose is a non-reducing sugar

What percentage of US food sales are organic foods?

4%

Dr Pepper boasts that their characteristic flavor is made up of how many individual flavors?

23

In restaurants, 86 is used when an item on the menu is no longer available. What number is used when the item is available again?

68

When was the Bureau of Chemistry, later the FDA, founded?

1906

E. coli O157H7 was first identified as a human pathogen in 1982. But what year was it first isolated from an infected person?

1975

In which year was the first lab cultured meat consumed?

2013

The latin motto of the FAO is "fiat panes." What does the translate to?

"Let there be bread"

How many flowers do honeybees visit to make 1 pound of honey?

~2 mil

In 1926, the Michelin man began to award stars for fine dining. What does each star mean?

1 = worth a stop, 2 = worth a detour, 3 = worth a special journey

Name the different components of the food pyramid and the recommended number of servings for each.

1) Fats, oil, sweet (use spraringly) 2) Milk, yogurt, cheese group (2-3 servings) 3) Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs & nuts group (2-3 servings) 4) Vegetable group (3-5 servings) 5) Fruit group (2-4 servings) 6) Bread, cereal, rice and paste group (6-11 servings)

How many calories do you consume every time you lick a stamp?

1/10th cal

What percentage of the water on Earth is potable and accessible for consumption?

1%