These are used to portion liquids such as stocks, sauces and soups.
What are ladles?
100
A cone shaped metal strainer that allows liquids to filter through small openings. Perfect for straining stocks and sauces.
What is a China Cap?
100
A cooked mixture of equal parts flour and fat used as a thickener for sauces and soups.
What is a roux?
100
This method of dry-heat cooking uses fat to cook an item. The items are cooked in a heavy pan of a tilt skillet.
What is pan-frying?
100
How many gallons are equivalent to 12 quarts?
3 gallons
200
They come in a range of standardized sizes and are useful for portioning salads, cookies dough and other soft foods.
What is a portion scoop (ice cream scoop)?
200
This tool is used to turn or flip sandwiches such, as burgers and tuna melts
What is a Grill Spatula?
200
Very brief cooking and partially cooking a food in boiling water to assist preparation as part of a combination cooking method.
What is blanching?
200
This dry-heat method consists of two sub methods - the basket method and the swimming method.
What is Deep-frying?
200
How many tablespoons are equivalent to 6 fluid ounces
12 tablespoons
300
A scored slightly abrasive rod used to hone or straighten a blade immediately after and between sharpening.
What is a steel?
300
A tool used to drain pasta, rinse vegetables and potatoes.
What is a Colander?
300
A clear unthickend liquid flavored from the long simmering of meat, poultry or fish and their bones, as well as from mirepoix and vegetables.
What is a stock?
300
Greets guests upon arrival and seats them at their table
Who is a hostess?
300
A foodservice employee places an empty container that weighs 8 ounces on a digital scale and forgets to zero the scale before adding flour to the container. After adding the flour, the scale reads 15 ounces. How much flour is in the container?
7 ounces
400
Used for chopping, slicing and mincing, it has a blade of 8 to 14 inches long.
What is a chef’s knife?
400
A small overhead broiler primarily used for toasting or melting cheese
What is a Salamander?
400
The transfer of energy from a heat source to a food.
What is cooking?
What is cooking?
400
With this method, the heat source is below the cooking surface. These foods are also considered healthier because it is not cooked in fat and the fat drips away from the food.
What is grilling?
400
How many sticks of butter make a cup?
2 sticks
500
Used for detail work or cutting fruits and vegetables, it has a blade from 2 to 4 inches long.
What is a paring knife?
500
A long thin blade with “teeth” used primarily for slicing bread or pastry items
What is a Serrated Slicer (Knife)?
500
The transfer of heat from one item to another through direct contact.
What is conduction?
500
Job responsibility includes pouring water, setting and clearing tables.
Who is a bus person?
500
If each potato weighs 2/3 pound, how many pounds of potatoes are there in a 50-pound case?