Culinary Quiz

1. A cup of tea contains 60-90mg of caffeine, and coffee 100-150mg. What is the effect of 600mg over a short period of time?

2. Crab apple chutney is a traditional English preserve. Is it made with shellfish, a wild apple or a sea plant?

3. In wine-making terms, there is usually a chai used for two purposes. What is it and how do the uses differ?

4. Two types of animal are normally used to obtain truffles. What are they?

5. From which part of Italy does the Bel Paese cheese originate, and when was it first produced?

6. What are the "bee-stings" used in baking cakes and custards?

7. Dutch gin is well-known, but is there a Dutch whisky?

8. Four Thieves Vinegar was first used by robbers to ward off the plague. True or false?

9. How would one prepare an onion if the term "pique" was indicated?

10. How many supremes can one get from a chicken?

11. When pausing during a meal, the knife and fork are placed at 20 to five, when finished at half past six, but what other difference is required of the fork?

12. How have the early stages of cheese-making changed to ensure commercial efficiency?

13. Is it considered an insult to toast a guess with water?

14. In 1869, Arthur Brooke opened a tea and coffee business in Market Street, Manchester, by the name of Brooke Bond. Who was Bond?

15. A fillet of beef is the most expensive cut from a cow. What percentage does its weight represent of the whole carcass?

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