Cooking Terms
This term refers to cutting food into small/medium, even squares
BONUS: what is the French term for a very small dice derived from the julienne?
What is dice?
What is Brunoise?
When making pizza dough, kneading it helps form this and contributes to how fluffy and chewy the crust will be.
What is gluten?
What is the minimum amount of time you need to wash your hands for?
BONUS: What song do people commonly sing to know they’ve washed their hands for long enough?
What is 20 seconds?
What is Happy Birthday?
This Rectangular thick-crust pizza is not popular on the Italian island from which it gets its name
What is Sicilian?
It's time to start cooking! Make a mirepoix. What do you use?
What is Carrots, onion & celery?
This baking term means to mix sugar and fat until fluffy
What is Cream?
This ingredient has many functions in food, in small amounts it helps yeast begin producing gas for raising yeast dough.
Cutting raw chicken and vegetables on the same cutting board without washing utensils and cutting board in between is considered ____
Cross contamination
This purple skinned food is the star ingredient of baba ghanoush
Bonus: What country did this dish originate?
What is eggplant?
What is Lebanon?
Which is the most expensive spice in the world by weight?
What is Saffron?
Define blanching
What is Boiling a food for a few minutes, the removing and shocking in an ice bath?
In baked goods such as muffins, reducing the amount of ___ in a recipe results in a tougher product because gluten develops more freely.
What is fat?
Between what temperatures are considered the “danger zone”? Aka where bacteria spreads and grows the fastest.
Bonus: What is the maximum amount of time you should keep something in the “danger zone?”
What is 40-140 degrees F?
What is 4 hours?
Which Asian fruit has the nickname ‘king of fruits’ and is known for its distinctive smell?
What is durian?
A tangelo is a cross between which three fruits?
What is an orange, grapefruit and tangerine?
What is the result of baking without gluten?
What is a more tender and crumbly product?
In baked goods, this ingredient incorporates air when beaten, binds ingredients together and provides liquid, fat and protein.
What is eggs?
What temperature should you keep your refrigerator at?
What is 40 degrees F?
This pungent spice native to India’s Malabar Coast is said to be the world’s top selling spice.
What is pepper?
What food is also known as “liberty cabbage”?
What is sauerkraut?
What is the difference between baking powder and baking soda?
What is: Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate and baking powder is sodium bicarb with acid.
These can provide sweetness to homemade foods, but lack the browning, tenderizing, and moisture retaining properties provided by table sugar and are not recommended in baking.
What is Artificial Sweeteners?
What is the recommended minimal internal temperate to cook ground meat?
BONUS: What is the recommended minimal internal temperature for poultry?
what is 160 degrees F?
bonus: what is 165 degrees F?
Coconut shells are used as a musical instrument in this island country, which is also the world’s largest producer of coconuts.
What is the Philippines?
500- What condiment was used in medicine in the 1800s?
BONUS: What was it used for?
What is ketchup?
BONUS: What is indigestion?