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100
This is the way to measure flour.
What is fluffing, spooning and leveling?
100
This is the main thickener in our Macaroni and Cheese dish.
What is a roux?
100
This is the flavour of scones that we made.
What is cranberry orange?
100
This is what you do before starting a lab (order matters)
What is hair back, apron on and washing hands?
100
This is what leavening agents do it baked goods.
What is 'let it rise'?
200
In this method, the fat is in a solid state and best to keep it cold.
What is the biscuit method?
200
This is a secret milk ingredient to help blend the cheese in our cheese sauce.
What is evaporated milk?
200
If you don't want to damage the lettuce cells, do this when preparing a salad.
What is tearing the lettuce?
200
This is where the brooms live (be specific).
What is the broom closet, which is the cupboard where the aprons hang?
200
These are 3 of the different egg farm configurations in B.C.?
What are conventional, enriched, free-run, free-range and/or organic farms?
300
This method, also known as the two-bowl method, separate the liquids and dries and warns to not overmix once combined.
What is the muffin method?
300
This is when you want to combine two ingredients that do not want to mix
What is emulsion?
300
This Mexican breakfast is good to use up a stale ingredient.
What are chilaquiles?
300
This is the difference between a burn and a scald.
What is dry heat (burn) and wet heat (scald)?
300
This is what the French cooking term 'mise en place' means.
Bonus: The cook that started this came from this profession.
What is 'everything in its place'?
Bonus: What is a solider or the military?
400
This a tool that is used to cut in the fat.
What is a pastry blender or pastry cutter?
400
When food is between 280 and 330 degress F, this occurs.
What is the Maillard reaction?
400
This is how long a broiler chicken typically stays on a farm, in weeks.
What is 4-6 weeks
400
This is the transfer of harmful bacteria from one food to another.
What is cross-contamination?
400
This spice, which is typically used in Apple Crisp, primarily comes from Sri Lanka, China or Indonesia.
What is cinnamon?
500
These are two signs of overmixed muffins.
What are tunneling, smooth tops and/or peaked tops?
500
This is why the outside of a casserole bakes first in an oven.
What is conduction?
500
This is the size (mm) that a small dice should be.
What is a 5 mm cube?
500
This is where the fire blanket lives.
What is the hook on the cabinet by the hallway door?
500
Although typically found in the produce section, this food item is more closely related to animals than plants at a cellular level, hence its 'meatiness.'
What are mushrooms?