Salty
This is the chemical term for table salt.
What is Sodium Chloride?
This fruit is actually what many believe to be a vegetable.
What is a tomato?
This type of fruit is known for it's somewhat sour taste due to the presence of citric acid
What is citrus or citrus fruit?
This chemical process happens in many types of cooking leaving a brown savory residue that can then be used for making sauces. Like caramelization, it is a form of non-enzymatic browning.
What is the Maillard reaction?
This pepper is known as the hottest pepper in the world.
What is the Carolina Reaper?
Acetic acid is the chemical term for this.
What is vinegar?
In baking, this process is the action of mixing together butter and sugar.
What is to cream or creaming?
This chemical compound gives both red wine and black tea it's a distinct astringent flavor.
What is tannin(s)?
This cut of beef is used to make a variety of dishes including beef wellington.
What is tenderloin?
This is the unit of measurement that determined how spicy something is.
What is the Scoville unit?
This Japanese style of cooking was created in Nagasaki, in the 16th century, when the Portuguese came to Japan for the first time and brought over flour.
What is tempura?
This fruit is known as the king of fruits and has a distinct stinky smell.
What is durian?
This plant is known for creating coffee.
What is the Coffea?
In Chinese cooking, this mixture of spices are used to create what is commonly referred to as "Chinese five-spice".
What are cinnamon, cloves, fennel seed, star anise, and Szechuan peppercorns
When dealing with a grease fire in the kitchen it is recommended to do this so the fire does not spread.
What is turn off the heat and cover the flames with a metal lid to smother them? Or pour baking soda on the flames? (either answer is correct)
This substance is used throughout Asian cooking and is commonly found naturally in bonito flakes, kombu (seaweed), and shitake mushrooms.
What is MSG?
This substance was found in ancient Egyptian tombs by archeologists and was still edible in modern-day.
What is honey?
This naturally occurring phenomenon causes people to think cilantro tastes like soap.
What is genetics?
This tire company created a highly renowned rating system for restaurants called this.
What is Michelin/ What is a Michelin star?
This dish though a staple of Indian curries, is actually heavily influenced by Portuguese traders in centuries past.
What is Vindaloo?
During the middle ages, salt was so precious it was often called this.
What is white gold?
These are the four main steps of winemaking. (After harvest and crushing)
What is fermentation, clarification, aging, bottling?
This chemical is so potent that it is known as "the most bitter compound chemical".
What is Denatonium?
This subdiscipline of food science seeks to investigate the physical and chemical transformations of ingredients that occur in cooking.
What is molecular gastronomy?
This term is a combination of two Chinese characters: "numbing" (麻) and "spicy" (辣), referring to the feeling of numbness caused by eating dishes containing Sichuan pepper.
What is mala?