Cooking

WHEEL OF POINTS

100

Name the two large mixers

Betsy/ Hudson

200

Where does chef Sarah work other than MCC

What is Tangled Roots

300

Name the difference between a convection oven and normal oven

Convection uses a fan, normal has no fan.

400

This dish is considered as simply just a mixture of ingredients, many times consisting of fruit, lettuce, or sweets.

What is a salad?

500

What is one way you can tell that oysters are done cooking or have gone bad. 

What is a foul smell, open shell or a shell that doesn't close

Dessert Facts

100

What is the frosting called made with butter and sugar, sometimes with milk or cream

What is buttermilk frosting.

200

What is the French custard dessert with crack sugar on the top, many times torched at restaurant.

What is a creme Brulé.

300

Where did >FRENCH< fries originate from?

Belgium

400

This dessert is dark in color, comes from a pod, and was used as a currency in ancient times. 

What is Chocolate

500

This is the group of proteins that give structure to baked goods like bread. 

What is gluten

Name that ingredient

100

This ingredient consists of about 96% water and is a common sweet(ish) treat for summer. 

What is watermelon 

200

This ingredient is thought to increase vision and is also used in many bases of soup.

What is a carrot?

300

This ingredient is extremely common in Hispanic countries many times used in guacamole, is a fruit but many people see it as a vegetable. 

What is a avocado? 

400

Commonly stored in a dark glass bottle, rich in flavor and many times used on pizzas, pastas and Italian dishes. 

What is olive oil?

500

This seasoning is made by grinding and drying red peppers. 

What is paprika? 

Random

100

What is the term for getting everything together?

mise en place.

200

What is the process of combining all of the ingredients for pesto or similar sauces called? 

What is blending/ emulsion.

300

What does julienne mean in culinary.

What are precise thin slices.

400

name two leavening agents

What is baking soda, baking powder

500

There are five main flavors, sweet, sour, spicy, savory and salty, what is the last 'fifth' flavor that is often described as very fulfilling and found in foods like soy sauce, and cheese.

What is umami.

Risk It!

100

What causes the browning on pretzels?

Baking soda/ Maillard reaction.

200

The key difference between bread flour and AP flour is?

All-purpose flower has a lower protein content (weaker flour)

300

Name three of the five mother sauces.

Tomato, hollandaise, volute, béchamel, espagnole.

400

for mirepoix which one of the three ingredients cooks the SLOWEST? 

What are carrots

500

Name all five mother sauces 

Hollandaise, Tomato, Velouté, Bechamel and Espagnole.