PinkPolkaDot, AKA Zirkie, sets a food quiz every Friday. Here are my answers to Friday’s Food Quiz Number 9.
1. Why does butter stay fresher for longer than milk?
the solids in butter keep it fresher
2. Are refried beans fried twice?
no, they are soaked first (stewed) and then fried
3. What is baking powder made of?
baking soda, Sodium Bicarbonate, cornstarch
4. What is Italian cottage cheese called?
Ricotta
5. How are truffles detected?
Smelled out by boars/pigs
6. What are latkes?
potato pancakes (traditionally eaten on Hanukkah with Lox)
7. What is the difference between fennel and anise?
in culinary terms, you can use the bulb (yummy with radish as a salad) the leaves (good with fish) and the seeds (for masala) Fennel seeds have an anise flavour. Fennel seeds are larger than anise seeds. Anise seeds have a licourice flavour.
8. What ingredient gives pumpernickel bread its dark colour?
if it were an ingredient it would be the rye berries. but the slow baking process is what gives it the dark colour.
9. Why must you avoid over mixing the dough when making biscuits?
the biscuits will spread and become flat and too chewy
10. Which herb is most often used to flavour a tomato-based sauce on a pizza?
oreganum or marjoram (of which I have an abundance of in my garden)
11. From where do apricots originate?
India
12. What is a whitewash?
(my main business is Hardware, so I assume you don’t mean the painting technique!) using milk instead of egg to make pastry go a lovely golden brown
13. How is Italian meringue made?
the sugar is heated to boiling point and the sugar syrup is used instead of caster sugar with the egg whites
14. Which pepper is also known as anise pepper?
Sichuan Pepper
15. The greenish substance found when opening a lobster is referred to as tomalley. What organ is this?
the liver and the pancreas
Ooh – lots of stuff here I didn´t know like apricots coming from India and the info about the butter and refried beans. I know that dogs can also be trained to sniff out truffles…wish I could train mine to do that but I bet if they found one they´d eat it in one gulp!
I just wish we could get truffles here …
I learnt plenty new today, Tandy! Especially whitewash. Now I will think when I am getting my pastry ready for the oven…
it is great to learn something new 🙂
I only hasd 1 fault, good, hey??? A lovely quize!
fantastic Sophie 🙂
I thought apricots came from Turkey. Very interesting quiz, Tandy. Does Pinky still do her weekend quiz? I haven’t seen her around for ages. Enjoy your weekend. xxx
These are Pink’s quizzes that I am posting off my taste blog onto my wordpress blog. I am doing this as when Taste move over to WordPress I am not going to keep that blog going. Pink does not have internet access at the moment. Oh, and I am not sure if my answers are 100% correct even 🙂
I realised that they’re old posts, Tandy. I really miss Pinky. Please give her my love. 😉
I will pass on the message through facebook 🙂
I did not know apricots originated from India, thanks!
I hope I am correct!
Love these posts Tandy.
🙂 Mandy
they helped me so much when I did them 🙂