CURRENT CULINARY QUIZ QUESTIONSANSWERS ARE BELOW (A New quiz every day) TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUIZQUESTIONS1) All of the following events took place in the same year. What year is it? · The first commercially successful electric toaster was introduced by General Electric, it sold for $1.45. · Prohibition begins in Mississippi. · There are an estimated 75,000 soda fountains in the U.S. · Chicago passed the first compulsory milk pasteurization law in the United States. 2) This confection or sweetmeat originated in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean regions. It is made from ground sesame seeds, honey or sugar syrup, with other ingredients such as dried fruit, pistachio nuts, farina (semolina), and almonds sometimes added. Cinnamon and cardamom are also frequently added. The ingredients are blended together, and then heated and poured into bars or long loaves. The name means literally 'sweetmeat' and various forms of the word may be found in Turkish, Greek, Yiddish, Arabic, etc. 3) The tree tomato is native to South America. It was given the tropical sounding name 'tamarillo' by this country in 1967, and most of the tamarillo sold in the U.S. is grown there. What country? a) China. b) Mexico. c) New Zealand. d) Chile. e) Jamaica
ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:1) All of the events took place in 1908. (Food History Timeline: 1906-1910) 2) Halva, halvah, helva, halva, halwa, halawi 3) New Zealand. TOP |