Friday’s Culinary Quiz

Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on June 6, 2008 – 8:04 am -

1. France’s 2008 Michelin Guide was released this week. In 2003, what was Bernard Loiseau prompted to do after his Burgundian restaurant was demoted by the Gault Millau Guide from 19/20 to 17/20 and rumors spread that the Michelin Guide was about to take one of its coveted stars away from his three star restaurant?
2. True or False: A quahog is a sterilized pig?

3. Smen is A. An Egyptian seafood dish B. A North African cooking oil C. An Indian legume D. An Israeli pastry.

4. What is butter called that has been made using fermented cream? Hint: During fermentation, the cream sours naturally as bacteria convert milk sugars into what?

5. Fill in the blank: “_____ ________ is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.” - Voltaire
6. What lasted in America for 13 years, 10 months, 19 days, 17 hours and 32 1/2 minutes?
7. This is a sour fermented paste made from the corms, or swollen underground stems, of the taro plant. It is a staple food of the Hawaiian islands, contains very little protein and is made by pounding the stems into a thick, sticky paste.


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4 Comments

  • At 2008.06.06 11:03, Anne Hawley said:

    7. Poi!

    Hah! I don’t have a clue on the other ones–except cultured butter–but poi, I know. (It’s pretty gross, by the way).

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    • At 2008.06.06 16:42, donnamarie said:

      1. Typhoid Mary
      2. No it’s a clam
      3.D or Typhoid Mary
      4. ghee or Typhoid Mary
      5. Kinky Sex
      6. Tea Tax or Typhoid Mary
      7. Poi

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      • At 2008.06.06 16:54, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

        LOL! Is Typhoid Mary a local drunk…?

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      • At 2008.06.06 18:18, drchelo said:

        1. Committed suicide?
        2. False.
        3. A cooking oil?
        4. Ghee?
        5. Ice Cream?
        6. Prohibition
        7. Poi?

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