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To cut food into small, perfectly square pieces.
What is dice?
This wired tool is used for blending, mixing,stirring, beating, and whipping ingredients.
What is a whisk?
The amount of time to wash hands.
What is 20 seconds or a round of singing the ABC song?
True or False - If you are using a flexible recipe, its very important to follow it exactly as written.
False!
True or False - There is an edible rock that people commonly cook with.
True - Halite also known as rock salt is a very common ingredient!
Use an electric mixer to create a light and fluffy blend of ingredients. You will know this blend is perfect when it is pale yellow in color.
What is cream?
These utensils are used primarily to measure the volume of solid cooking ingredients such as flour and sugar.
What are measuring cups?
Used when handling hot dishes.
What is an oven mitt?
Describe two ways in which making corn tortillas is different from kaing flour tortillas.
Answers will vary but may include, press instead of a rolling pin, use of steam alone or baking powder as a leavener, thickess of the dough, etc.
Name at least two things that should NOT be microwaved.
200 points for naming two things
50 points for every additional item UP TO 400 points total.
Answers may include:
Metal, raw eggs still in the shell, bars of soap, hand grenades, etc.
To cook small pieces of food over low to medium-high heat with oil in a pan. Usually this is done to brown food.
What is to saute?
Name three tools that might be used to lift and turn flat foods such as hamburgers and pancakes.
Answers include: Spatula, Slotted Spatlua, Tongs, Turner
List three ways cooks can practice good hygiene in the kitchen.
100 point BONUS if you can ALSO describe hygienic rules for tasting food while you cook.
Answers will vary but include: no chewing gum, sanitizing counters, washing hands, tying hair back....
If a recipe asks you to cook pasta "Al Dente" how should you test the pasta?
Take a bite of the pasta to see if it is cooked enough.
If you were trying to make HALF of a recipe that called for 1 1/2 cups of water, how much water should you use?
What is 3/4 cup of water.
To develop the gluten in dough by pressing firmly with the base of your palms, folding and stretching.
What is knead?
There are two names for these - made from perforated plastic or wire mesh they separate liquid from food; usually has small holes.
What is a colander or a strainer?
This bacteria can be found in raw eggs.
What is salmonella?
200 Points - Describe what happens in the oven when you bake meatballs
AND
200 Points - Describe what happens in the oven when you broil cheese on a meatball sub.
Baking heats the whole oven using top and bottom elements at about 350 degrees
Broiling uses the top heating element of the oven at about 500 degrees
Name up to four food related movies. 100 points per accepted answer.
Answers will vary.
To cook just below the boiling point.
What is simmer?
This metal instrument is important for making biscuits and pie crusts. Its sharp metal blades help to evenly mix butter or other solid fats into dry ingredients.
What is a pastry cutter?
This is the process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance or object to another, with harmful effect.
What is cross contamination?
List five different types of dumplings - they can be from any part of the world. 100 points per correct answer.
Answers will vary but may include - potstickers, won tons, shumai, pierogi, ravioli, bao, momos, vareneky, etc. etc..
This is the safest way to thaw or defrost food.
What is let it sit in the refrigerator until it is defrosted?