General knowleged
You should drink this every day to stay hydrated.
What is water?
This city is located about 8 kilometers southwest of Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay.
What is Caen?
This was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
What is Operation Overlord?
Adding salt too early to whipped egg whites can prevent them from reaching their maximum volume.
What is whipped egg whites (or meringue)?
This emergency phone number works throughout most of Europe.
What is 112?
This major World War II event took place just a few kilometers from Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay in June 1944.
What is D-Day (the Normandy Landings)?
This country was the location of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944.
What is France?
This French culinary term describes cooking food in a vacuum-sealed bag at a precisely controlled low temperature.
What is sous vide?
This vitamin is naturally produced by your body when your skin is exposed to sunlight.
What is Vitamin D?
Approximately this many people live in Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay.
What is around 300?
These were the five beaches where Allied troops landed during D-Day.
What are Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword?
When baking bread, this stage allows the dough's gluten to relax and the yeast to continue producing carbon dioxide before baking.
What is proofing (or the final proof)?
This common household device should have its batteries tested regularly because it can save your life in a fire.
What is a smoke detector (smoke alarm)?
Archaeological discoveries show that people have lived in this area since around this time.
What is 6,000 BC (the Neolithic period)?
This Allied Supreme Commander oversaw the planning and execution of D-Day.
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
In formal table service, this side of the guest is traditionally used to serve plated food, while beverages are typically served from the opposite side.
What is the guest's left side?
(Traditional fine-dining service serves food from the left and drinks from the right.)
This invisible, odorless gas can be deadly in homes if fuel-burning appliances malfunction, which is why many homes have a special detector for it.
What is carbon monoxide (CO)?
Two of these ancient transportation routes crossed at Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay.
What are Roman roads?
To convince Germany that the invasion would happen at Pas-de-Calais instead of Normandy, the Allies carried out this elaborate deception campaign involving fake armies, inflatable tanks, and false radio traffic.
What was Operation Fortitude?
This chemical reaction, responsible for the rich brown color and complex flavors of seared meat, toasted bread, and roasted coffee, occurs between amino acids and reducing sugars at high temperatures.
What is the Maillard reaction?