Sunday Culinary Quiz!
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on June 8, 2008 – 7:02 am -1. What is the world’s oldest recorded recipe for?
2. A caquelon is a: A. Dough Proofer B. Fondue Pot C. Cider Press D. Pate Mold?
3. This ‘ghost food’ was invented by the United States Army in 1974. It was used as a test word in a survey of soldiers’ dietary preferences and while the food never actually existed, it ranked higher in the survey as a food preference than eggplants and lima beans. BONUS: What does the United States military advise soldiers to use in a pinch to rehydrate a packet of dried chicken and rice?
4. What is ‘poor man’s pudding’?
5 President Bill Clinton, Julia Child, Larry King, Jack Nicholson, Tom Selleck, Kim Basinger, Barbara Walters, Olympian Bonnie Blair, Barbara Bush, Dan Rather, Madonna, Cher, William F. Buckley, Billy Joel, Julia Roberts, Bill Cosby and Michael J. Fox are all members of what culinary group?
6 What name is John Chapman better known as?
7 Who is the Godfather of Nouvelle cuisine?
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1. garum - a fish sauce
2. b
3. ???
4. rice pudding?
5. ????
6. Dom Deloise
7. Fernand Point.
3. I’m not guessing, but did you know that if you Google “What does the United States military advise soldiers to use in a pinch to rehydrate a packet of dried chicken and rice?” this post on our little site comes up as the #1 result?
4. I’d guess bread pudding.
6. Johnny Appleseed.
The power of the puzzle!
1. beer
2. b
3. ??? Bonus: used to be radiator water until antifreeze, now it’s urine-just a little!
4. haggis
5. ??
6. Johnny Appleseed - I know cuz I had the Disney comic book
7. Pepe LePew
Scotia, my thought for the bonus question was also urine. It’s the one source of liquid likely to be available under any circumstances, and it’s (mostly) sterile (ewwwww).
No kidding! I got this from my sweetie who was in the Navy and from my desert survivor training. There are actually elaborate ways with common tools in desert and ocean suvivor training that you can just reuse and reuse and reuse your urine until rescued.
Answers:
1. Beer. BONUS: The oldest recipe ever found was a 6,000 year old formula for beer written on a cuneiform tablet. The recipe was part of a poem that was devoted to Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of beer.
2. B. Fondue Pot. A caquelon is a Swiss earthenware pot used communally for fondue preparation.
3. Funistrada BONUS: Urine.
4. French toast. Sometimes called ‘poor man’s pudding’ or ‘poor knights of Windsor’ in England, french toast is also known as ‘pain perdu’ in France and was originally created to get rid of stale bread and unwanted crust.
5. The Adult Peanut Butter Lovers’ Fan Club.
6. John Chapman is better known by the name Johnny Appleseed. He was born in Leominter, Massachusetts on September 26th, 1774. For nearly fifty years he roamed the American wilderness, devotedly planting apple trees. He established apple orchards in the forests of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, spanning an estimated area of 100,000 square miles. Some of these trees were still bearing fruit 150 years later.
7 Fernand Point though few think it is Paul Bocuse, well, they’re misinformed!