Cooking Skills
What is the technical term for cutting vegetables into small square shapes
1. Dice
2. Cube
3. Square
Dice
What is the name of a small round baked good typically dunked in milk and often featuring chocolate chips
The easiest way to take a stem off a strawberry is to push it out with a straw.
True or False
False! This can work but makes a mess in the process
Pick the ingredient that doesn't belong for a typical baked Cheesecake
1. Sugar
2. Cream cheese
3. Cheddar cheese
4. Flour
Cheddar cheese
What type of job would be found leading the kitchen in a restaurant?
Head Chef, Chef
What is the technical term for a tied together bunch of herbs put into a long cooking liquid (like a stew or braise)
1. Bouquet garni
2. boite des herbes
3. Combination bunch
bouquet garni
What is the name of the sometimes baked sometimes not cake which features an ingredient that more commonly goes on a bagel
Cheesecake
Easy way to slice a lot of little tomatoes or grapes in half is to sandwich them between two flat surfaces and run your knife between
True! As long as your knife is sharp this hack works
Pick the ingredient that usually belong in typical Fried Rice
1. Egg
2. Rice
3. Onion
4. Tomatoes
Tomatoes
What kind of job requires you to work primarily with sugar making sweet treats
Pastry chef, baker, Chocolatier (answers vary)
What is the technical term for slicing vegetables into long thin sticks
1.Matchsticking
2. julienne
3. Long-slice
julienne
The name of the fried potato pancake typically made on Hannukah
Latke
Placing a wooden spoon across a boiling pot of water will prevent it from boiling over onto the stovetop
False! This will buy you an extra second at most but it will still boil everywhere
Pick the ingredient that doesn't belong in a typical marinara sauce
1. Oregano
2. Garlic
3. Tomatoes
4. Onions
Onions
What type of culinary job does not require cooking but will have you eating and judging a lot of food?
Restaurant critic, Food critic
What is the technical term for cutting something in a football shape
1. Fuutcut
2. Tournee
3. Roundelle
Tournee
The name of an Italian round fruitcake eaten on Christmas
Panettone
You can make an easy brownie by mixing cake mix with milk and one egg in a paper bag and microwaving it for 5 minutes.
False! Please don't do this this will set your microwave on fire!
1. Carrots
2. Celery
3. Onion
4. Bell Pepper
Carrots
What type of culinary job is concerned with the aesthetics and visuals of the food more than the taste?
Food stylist, Food photographer
What is the technical term for cooking a meat in a sealed plastic bag submerged in boiling water
1. sub mariner
2. braising
3. sous vide
sous vide
The name of the cake with the hidden porcelain figure in it, eaten on la fete du roi on January 6th in France
La galette du roi
Putting a damp paper towel in with rock hard brown sugar will make it soft enough to use again.
True! If your brown sugar has hardened put a damp (not wet) paper towel in to make it usable sugar again
Which two ingredients below do you need to make a roux?
1. sugar
2. flour
3. fat
4. salt
5. cornstarch
Flour and fat
What is the name for the type of culinary job where you are cooking but you are not leading a kitchen, just part of a team.
Line cook