Braingle: 'Kitchen Trivia' Trivia Quiz

This one's not just for the gourmet-at-large out there: as long as the toaster doesn't scare you, you stand a chance on this one. Perfect scorers can g'head and give themselves a cookie with their own name on it!

Quiz ID:	#1643
Fun:	(2.23)
Difficulty:	(1.79)
Category:	Entertainment > Food and Drink
Created By:	Penedono

#1 A Breakfast Question: The croissant owes its crescent shape to the sickle emblem on the Turkish flag.

True
False

#2 True or False: Butterscotch and caramel are the same thing, going by different names.

True
False

#3 A Pinch and a Dash: Good ol' Tabasco sauce - so many facts, so many myths. Which answer below is actually true?

A special cookbook was printed during the Vietnam War describing how Tabasco sauce could be used to improve the taste of C-rations.
Only salt from Avery Island in Iberia Parish, Louisiana has ever been used to make Tabasco sauce.
The British Parliament briefly banned the purchase of Tabasco in 1932 as part of a "Buy British" campaign.
All of the above

#4 Food Safety: Not sure how long those eggs have been in your fridge? Not sure if they're still good? How can you tell without cracking one and checking for that nasty rotten egg smell?

Hold it in front of a bright light - if it's solid, it's bad.
Put it in a glass of water - if it floats, it's bad.
Incubate it - if something hatches it's DEFINITELY of no use for your cake.
Freeze it and then shake it - if the insides slosh around, it's bad.

#5 Goofy dessert facts: Microwaving Jell-o will turn it back into liquid.

True
False

#6 If your own personal eternal happiness was riding on making a proper Tiramisu, what would you do?

Sit in a corner in despair, wishing you'd spent more time watching cooking shows on TV.
Make a soft bun dough (like in cinnamon buns) braid it, bake it, and top it with lemon frosting and coloured sugar.
Make a short pie crust using more nuts than flour, and filling it with either custard or jam, building it up to 3 layers and laying on a lattice-work top crust.
Dip spongecake or ladyfingers in liqueur, and layer that with custard and grated chocolate.

#7 Even Ikea furniture comes with clearer instructions: When a pie recipe includes a step that calls for you to "bake blind," what do you do?

Laugh it off, and go ahead and bake with your eyes wide open.
Poke holes in the pie crust, fill it with dry rice, cover it with tin foil and bake it.
Separate egg whites and yolks, and use only the whites in the pie crust.
Add flour by 'feel' until the pie crust dough seems moist enough.

#8 Brown Baggin' It: The sandwich owes its name to:

Old-English language: "and wic," meaning 'and place - (directions for what to do with the fixin's once you're holding bread.)
Newer Old-English words "sand wic," referring to 'sand place,' as sandwiches were originally enjoyed by picnickers at the beach.
John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich.
A nonsense word developed by a clever advertiser for a New York deli.

#9 Face It: How thoroughly seared your steak is matches touch points of your own face. Choose the correct 'doneness-to-touch-point' pairs from the choices below - play with your food!

medium = chin (just below your lip); well = forehead; rare = tip of the nose
rare = forehead ; medium = tip of your nose; well = chin (just below the lip)
well = tip of your nose; rare = chin (just below your lip); medium = forehead

#10 "The Chef's Hat." The traditional tall, pleated, cloth-like mark of a true chef - where did it come from?

Some chefs just have a lot of hair, hence a one-size-fits-all solution.
Beanies with propellers on top would just be silly.
A mix of necessity (keeping hair out of food,) and style (thanks for making the stove-pipe style popular, Abe!)
Chefs of old used to hide in monasteries and wore clothes that disguised them as monks.

Kitchen Trivia

#1 A Breakfast Question: The croissant owes its crescent shape to the sickle emblem on the Turkish flag.

#2 True or False: Butterscotch and caramel are the same thing, going by different names.

#3 A Pinch and a Dash: Good ol' Tabasco sauce - so many facts, so many myths. Which answer below is actually true?

#4 Food Safety: Not sure how long those eggs have been in your fridge? Not sure if they're still good? How can you tell without cracking one and checking for that nasty rotten egg smell?

#5 Goofy dessert facts: Microwaving Jell-o will turn it back into liquid.

#6 If your own personal eternal happiness was riding on making a proper Tiramisu, what would you do?

#7 Even Ikea furniture comes with clearer instructions: When a pie recipe includes a step that calls for you to "bake blind," what do you do?

#8 Brown Baggin' It: The sandwich owes its name to:

#9 Face It: How thoroughly seared your steak is matches touch points of your own face. Choose the correct 'doneness-to-touch-point' pairs from the choices below - play with your food!

#10 "The Chef's Hat." The traditional tall, pleated, cloth-like mark of a true chef - where did it come from?

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