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This quiz has been taken 133 times
The average score is 9 of 40

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Cooking Q	Answer	% Correct
What clear liquid is the most important to both cooking and life itself?	Water	98%
What do you need to do to pasta in order to make it floppy and edible?	Boil/Simmer	88%
What green vegetable looks like a small deciduous tree?	Broccoli	42%
What is a long, hard, orange vegetable called?	Carrot	41%
What white vegetable looks like a small deciduous tree?	Cauliflower	41%
What type of pasta is in long, thin, bendy, cylinders?	Spaghetti	37%
Is this the 39th question of the quiz?	No	35%
What type of pasta is in tubes that look like they're in italics?	Penne	35%
What type of pasta is can contain a small amount of stuffing	Tortellini/Ravioli	33%
Milk is an example of a(n) _______, where droplets of oil are suspended in water.	Emulsion	31%
What should you do before any eating or making any meal?	Wash hands	31%
Is gelatinisation when starch absorbs water?	Yes	31%
What type of pasta is in large sheets?	Lasagne	30%
What white, sweet vegetable looks similar to a long, hard, orange vegetable?	Parsnip	26%
What is the name of a knife edge with small indents or teeth?	Serrated edge	25%
What type of pasta is in a bow tie shape, or a butterfly shape?	Farfalle	22%
Egg yolk is an example of a(n) ________, a chemical which allows droplets of oil to be suspended in water.	Emulsifier	21%
	Air	20%
What temperature do you need to heat it to?	60°C/140°F	15%
What is the minimum temperature that you can cook and sterilise food?	60°C/140°F	15%
What beige foodstuff is made from plants and fungus, and is often cut by a knife with small indents or teeth, and is often smothered in a fatty water-in-oil emulsion?	Bread	15%
What is the minimum temperature that you can legally (UK) cook commercial food at?	75°C/167°F	14%
When it gets heated to a certain temperature, what chemical starts absorbing lots of water?	Starch	13%
What type of pasta is in smooth, straight tubes?	Ziti	13%
	Hydrophilic	11%
An emulsifier has two ends, one is ______ and the other is ______	Hydrophobic	11%
What method of heating goes through direct contact, for example in a pan?	Conduction	10%
	Correct temperature	10%
	Butter	9%
	Claw	9%
This is useful when _____ sauce.	Thickening	7%
What do pathogenic bacteria need to survive and reproduce? (and therefore stop them by changing one or more of these conditions)	Correct pH	6%
How long do you legally have to cook it at that temperature at least?	2 mins	5%
What are the two main methods for safely cutting food?	Bridge	5%
	Nutrients	5%
What method of heating goes through infrared rays?	Radiation	5%
What are the 2 main examples of water-in-oil emulsion?	Cheese	4%
What method of heating goes through the movement of air due to a fan or other air mover?	Mechanical convection	3%
What method of heating goes through the movement of air due to uneven heating?	Natural convection	3%
What beige foodstuff has to be cooked for a long time, and is cultivated in deep pits, and is popular in the polynesian and melanesian diet?	Pulaka/Giant swamp taro/Cyrtosperma merkusii	2%