Tuesday’s Culinary Quiz

Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on June 10, 2008 – 8:14 am -

1. Finish this sentence: Without my__________________ I’m just like a dried up piece of roast goat.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) The Coffee Cantata

2. This famous hotelier opened the Grand Hotel in Monte Carlo and the Savoy Hotel in London. BONUS: Name who he met at the Monte Carlo and employed as his chef at the Savoy.

3. This vegetable is also called a Japanese, Chinese or Satsuma radish. They are white and milder in flavor than a red radish and can grow up to 3 feet and weigh up to 100 pounds. Its sprouts are called kaiware.

4. This is a medieval term that refers to something similar to a pancake. It is made with batter and fried and sometimes included small pieces of bacon or meat, fruit or vegetables and sometimes cream, breadcrumbs, ground almonds. Sometimes the fillings were enclosed between two layers of batter. It survived until the 20th century.

5. Does bacteria a prefer more acidic, neutral or alkaline environment?

6. This ingredient is obtained from Irish Moss, a red algae. It is used as a thickening, stabilizing or emulsifying agent in chocolate milk, ice cream, toothpaste, salad dressings, puddings, dog food, shoe polishes and many other common household items and foodstuffs.

7. Polony is a: a) fruit b) sausage c) pastry d) spice?


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10 Comments

  • At 2008.06.10 08:24, Kate Petersen said:

    1.

    2.

    3. Daikon

    4. I have no idea what it’s called but I like the sound of it. (Edit… a pasty?)

    5. Without looking it up, I think I remember that some bacteria prefer slightly acid and some slightly alkaline. Depends on the strain.

    6. Carageenan.

    7. A four-legged mammal often ridden at children’s birthday parties.

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    • At 2008.06.10 08:49, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

      Nowhere near on 7 ;.)

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    • At 2008.06.10 11:36, drchelo said:

      1. Coffee
      2. D’oyly Carte?
      3. Daikon
      4. Pasty
      5. Neutral
      5. Carageenan
      6. A single-gene RNA sequence or a sausage?

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      • At 2008.06.10 12:57, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

        Answers tomorrow!

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        • At 2008.06.10 14:33, donnamarie said:

          1, coffee
          2. Ritz, Escoffier
          3. daikon. yum
          4. headcheese
          5. neutral
          6. carageenan a vegetable gum. I used to be allergic to them
          7. a cousin to baloney??
          7.

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          • At 2008.06.11 07:58, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

            Answers;

            1. morning coffee
            2. Cesar Ritz BONUS: Auguste Escoffier
            3. Daikon
            4. Fraise
            5. Neutral
            6. Carrageenan
            7. b) sausage. Polony is a sausage found throughout Europe and North America comprised of pork and beef and highly seasoned to suit regional tastes.

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            • At 2008.06.11 08:25, donnamarie said:

              Holy cow. Number 2 was a wild ass guess.

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              • At 2008.06.11 09:13, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

                Baloney is a cousin of Polony! Sort of!

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              • At 2008.06.11 15:29, Anne Hawley said:

                I was going to answer #1 with “G String.”

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