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Tater Territory
Grain or Shine
Legume Classroom
Pasta and Dumplings
Recipe Recall
100
A type of vegetable that can sprout a new plant from itself
What is a tuber?
100
The type of flour made when the entire wheat grain (hull, bran, endosperm and germ) are milled and combined together
What is wheat flour?
100
The culinary word for edible seeds from pod-producing plants
What is a legume?
100
"Firm to the tooth"
What is al dente?
100
The reason cut potatoes must be kept in cold water
What is to prevent oxidation and turning brown?
200
Cooking food by going from the raw state to the finished state using ONE cooking method
What is single-stage technique?
200
The name for grinding grains between two stones, giving the flour produced a rougher texture
What is stone ground?
200
The reason for "sorting" through a bag of dried legumes before cooking
What is checking for dirt, stones or other debris?
200
Small potato dumplings, typically served with a sauce, similar to pasta
What is gnocchi
200
How risotto preparation differs from the preparation of rice pilaf
What is the broth is added slowly in increments (to release starches and make a creamy "sauce")
300
Potato pancakes often served in German and Jewish Cuisine
What are latkes?
300
The type of rice used to make risotto
What is short-grain or arborio?
300
The primary nutrient provided by legumes
What is protein?
300
The yellow flour most often used in pasta dough
What is semolina?
300
One of the many important things to remember when successfully rolling pasta dough
What is to use a lot of flour, start at the thickest width and work towards thin, dry in loose piles to prevent sticking, etc
400
A harmful, bitter tasting substance that appears as a greenish color on potatoes that are exposed to light
What is solanine?
400
A Polish dumpling often filled with mashed potatoes
What is a pierogi?
400
The names for two types of legumes
What is any type of pea, bean or lentil (nuts and seeds are not technically legumes, but are very similar and sometimes classified as such)
400
Small german dumplings, made by pushing dumpling dough through the holes of a colander into boiling water
What is spaetzle?
400
A food-additive, often used as a gluten-free replacement for the elasticity gluten creates
What is Xanthan Gum?
500
Name four types of potatoes we discussed in class
What are russet, yukon gold, red, new, chef, all purpose, sweet potato, yam
500
The largest part of the wheat grain, typically ground alone to make all-purpose flour
What is endosperm?
500
The only one of the following that is actually a bean, not a nut: Walnut, Peanut, Almond, Walnut, Cashew, Pecan.
What is the peanut? (Peanuts grow underground as opposed to on trees like other nuts)
500
The two main ingredients in dumplings.
What are starch and liquid (aka- flour and water)
500
The name for a seven-sided, "football" shaped potato cut
What is Tourne?