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Food Safety
Fun Food Trivia
Name That Tool
International Dishes
100

This is the process of bringing water to a high temperature for cooking

Boiling

100

True or false: You should hold a knife so the blade faces away from you

True 

100

This is the only food that can never go bad

Honey 

100

This mixing tool adds air to a mixture

Whisk

100

Ratatouille, a dish of stewed vegetables, is from this country 

France

200

The process of mixing food to add air and increase volume, often with whipping cream or sauces 

Whisking

200

This is the best way to make sure fruits and vegetables are safe to eat

Disinfect

200

This is the hottest variety of peppers in the world. They are 100 times hotter than jalapenos 

Carolina Reaper Pepper 

200

This tool removes the skin from fruits or vegetables

Peeler 

200

Elote, also called street corn, is a very popular dish in this country

Mexico

300

This is the process of soaking foods (often meat) in seasoning for hours or days before cooking 

Marinating

300

This is the average temperature of most refrigerators 

8º C

300

These are the two most popular spices in the world 

Pepper and mustard (Remember, salt is a mineral, not a spice!) 

300

This tool is used to flatten dough 

Rolling pin

300

Takoyaki, or small balls made of batter and octopus, is a dish from this country

Japan

400

The process of cooking food quickly over high heat in a pan

Sauteing

400

Example: cutting raw meat on a cutting board and then cutting carrots 

Cross-contamination

400

If you have mageirocophobia, you are afraid of this

Cooking

400

This small appliance uses rotating blades to mix or chop

Blender

400

Samosas, pockets of fried dough with potato, onion and spices, are from this country

India

500

This process of cooking involves adding alcohol to a hot pan to create a big burst of flames

Flambe

500

If this is present in your food, you could get really sick

Bacteria

500

This food holds the world record for being stolen the most

Cheese (As much as 90.6 million tons each year!)

500

This tool allows you to pick up hot food or raw food without touching it

Tongs

500

What is the Italian name for bow-tie pasta?

Farfalle

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