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What is the first step in Mise en Place?
Carefully read the recipe
How does most contamination of food happen?
When people cause the contamination
Braising is an example of moist, dry or combination cooking.
Combination
Place chicken on sheet pan. Place in center of oven and cook till golden brown and reaches correct temperature. This cooking method is:
Roasting
List 3 high risk populations for contracting a foodborne illness?
Elderly, sick patients and very young children
Caramelization is the browning that occurs when sugars are heated, resulting in richer, more complex aromas and flavors. True or False
True
The 5 basic tastes involved eating are:
Sweet, salty, bitter, umami or savory and sour
Choose the correct ways to chill stock.
Ice bath, blast chiller, ice paddle and separate into smaller containers and chill
Brown a pot roast in a large pan and add enough stock to be 1/2 way up the roast. Place lid on pan and cook it in the oven. This is an example of:
Braising
When cooling TCS food, the temperature must go from 135 F to 70 F in:
2 hours
At what minimum internal temperature should hot TCS food be held?
135 F
Our sense of taste is most dependent on our sense of:
Smell
What is the acceptable contact time when sanitizing food-contact surfaces?
Soak the item in a chlorine solution for 7 seconds
The three methods of cooking are:
Moist, dry and combination
List the 4 ways to thaw food properly
Microwave, running cold water 70 degrees or below, in the refrigerator and in the cooking process
Servsafe Certification is important because it teaches you how to:
Keep food safe
Which of the following tastes balances sour?
Sweet
How many cups are in a quart?
4
When installing tabletop equipment on legs, the space between the base of the equipment and the tabletop must be at least
6 inches
Roasting is an example of:
Convection
A food handler breaks a glass cup when scooping out ice from the ice machine. The ice gets in a customers drink. This is an example of:
A physical hazard
Mis en Place means:
everything in its place
How many Tablespoons in a cup?
16
What is the only completely reliable method for preventing backflow?
Air gap
Saute'ing is an example of this medium of cooking:
dry