Kitchen Tools
This is used to remove small, thin strips of peel from fruit without removing any of the rind.
What is a zester?
To combine vigorously with a whisk or electric mixer, with the goal of adding air to increase the volume of the ingredients.
What is whipping?
True/False Chocolate was served as a drink for thousands of years.
True: It was bitter and mixed with peppers.
A single celled fungi that metabolizes sugars and creates carbon dioxide, helping bread rise.
Were popsicles created on purpose?
No accidentally! In 1905 11 year old Frank Epperson left his cup of soda on his back porch overnight with a stir stick in it. It froze and people loved it. Frank patented it later in life.
This is a solid hard cylinder that rotates freely around a shaft that is attached to handles on either side.
What is a rolling pin?
What is to scrape?
True/False Valentine's Day is the holiday when the most chocolates are sold in the United States.
False: Easter is when the most is usually sold.
These leaveners are essential in pancakes, muffins, cakes, cookies, and more. They are not interchangeable.
What are baking powder and baking soda?
Did McDonald's ever sell onion nuggets?
Yes! In the late 1970's McDonald's tested onion nuggets in a few of their restaurants but never made it nationwide.
This consists of a plastic handle and a concave pointed blade with two long, sharp openings running parallel to one another on the inside of the blade.
What is a peeler?
To cut food with a knife into 1/8 inch pieces or smaller.
What is mincing?
True/False Chocolates are made from the fruit for the cacao tree.
True: It takes 400 cocoa beans to make one pound.
What is granulated white sugar?
How did pound cake get its name?
The original recipe contained 1 pound of each main ingredient. That's 4 pounds total of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour!
This is a somewhat flexible, slightly tapered, flat sided cooking utensil with a handle that is used to spread food products across a surface.
What i a spatula?
To mix and move dough with your hands in order to develop the gluten structure of the dough.
What is to knead?
True/False The cacao tree was native to what is now Mexico.
True: The Olmec culture was the first great civilization of Mesoamerica, and was very influential on later societies.
This unsweetened powder is made from grinding the seeds of a cacao tree.
What is Dutch cocoa powder?
What was one of the foods that was eaten on the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had bacon squares, peaches, sugar cookie cubes, pineapple grapefruit drink, and coffee after their moon landing in 1969.
This is a metal device with multiple sharp holes that is used to shred vegetables, cheeses, and other foods when they are rubbed against it.
What is a grater?
To combine ingredients in a bowl often with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon.
What is stirring?
True/False One chocolate chip provides enough energy for an adult to walk 150 feet.
True!
This is one of the world's most popular flavors.
What is vanilla?
True/False? One of the strangest food related disasters was the Great Molasses Flood.
True: In 1919 a storage tank containing more than 2 million gallons of molasses exploded and flooded the streets of Boston killing 21 people and injuring 150.