Cookies
The kind of cookies we typically see decorated with icing or frosting at the store.
Sugar Cookies
True or False:
The only way to cook pasta is by boiling it.
False!
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You can bake it, cook it in a frying pan, some people even deep fry pasta!
True or False:
The only eggs safe for humans to eat are chicken eggs.
False!
Name one ingredient besides tomatoes in tomato soup?
Sugar, garlic, onions, flour, citric acid, milk (sometimes)
What animal does pork come from?
True or False:
You need to make sure all your refrigerated cookie ingredients are room temperature (as in no longer cold) before you begin making them.
True!
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Why? Your cookie dough will mix more easily, which means your cookies will taste better!
What are the only two ingredients needed to make pasta noodles?
flour and eggs (or water)
Do you absorb more protein from eating cooked eggs, or raw eggs?
Cooked.
Name 4 ingredients in chicken noodle soup?
Chicken broth, chicken, noodles, celery, carrots.
Name 3 animals you can make hot dogs from.
Pig, cow, chicken, or turkey.
Browning your butter is when you...
a.) chocolate milk butter
b.) melting and heating butting in a pan until it turns a golden brown
c.) butter from a chocolate milk cow
d.) something Lex made up to trick you
b.) melting and heating butting in a pan until it turns a golden brown
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Why brown it? The butter takes on a caramel- like flavor, and tastes incredible in cookies!
What are the three most popular pasta shapes in the world?
Spaghetti, macaroni, and penne!
True or False:
Other countries don't need to refrigerate their eggs.
True!
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Why? In the USA, factories are required to wash all eggs to remove salmonella, which also removes an important layer on the egg that blocks out bacteria. Instead, refrigerating the eggs protects them from bacteria.
Other countries do not wash their eggs, so they can leave their eggs on the counter!
What is cold soup called?
Gazpacho
What meat is pepperoni made from?
Pigs and Cows (pork and beef)
What is Cookie Monsters real name?
Sid.
About how many pounds of pasta does the average American eat in a year?
Hint: the average Italian eats 51lbs in a year!
20lbs!
(will accept anything between 18lbs and 22lbs)
Name one thing you can substitute for eggs in a recipe.
Apple sauce, blood, aquafaba, flax seeds, mashed banana, yogurt, protein powder, pumpkin, or buttermilk
Name 3 ingredients in Minestrone soup.
Tomato paste, vegetable stock/ broth, paste, carrots, garlic, tomatoes, beans.
How many chickens does the average American eat in a year?
25
The biggest reason it isn't safe to eat raw cookie dough because...
a.) raw eggs
b.) sike! it's actually totally safe!
c.) you'll have less cookies
d.) raw flour
d.) raw flour
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Why?
Any flour you buy at the store is raw, like carrots or broccoli! Because of this, it hasn't been treated for diseases and is actually more likely to get you seriously ill than raw egg! The only way to kill the bacteria is to cook the flour.
a.) boil it until it has doubled in size
b.) cut a dent into the noodle
c.) remove from the boiling water a minute before it is actually done cooking
d.) cook it in a frying pan instead of boiling it
c.) remove from the boiling water a minute before it is actually done cooking
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Why?
When you cook your noodles to "al dente," you then add them to your pasta sauce and finish cooking them in the sauce! That way they aren't overcooked when it's time to eat!
A chickens egg yolks color is determined by...
a.) the age of the chicken
b.) the breed of the chickenc.) the chickens diet
d.) random chance
c.) the chickens diet
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Fun Fact- the healthiest chickens will have dark orange yolks! Yellow yolks come from chickens with poor diets.
Name 3 ingredients in Zuppa Toscana?
Potatoes, kale, sausage, chicken broth, heavy cream
Which organ meat is known as "natures multivitamin?"
the Liver