CURRENT CULINARY QUIZ QUESTIONSANSWERS ARE BELOW (A New quiz every day) TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ1) The following events took place in the same year. What year is it? · There are about 6.8 million farms in the U.S. · The first beer can was introduced by Krueger Brewing Co. · Auguste Escoffier died. "the king of chefs and the chef of kings." · Jacques Pépin was born. Award winning French Chef, cookbook author and host of numerous TV cooking shows. · Porky Pig, Loony Tunes character, made his debut in the animated short 'I Haven't Got a Hat.' 2) Portobello mushrooms are actually the mature, fully opened form of what mushroom? 3) Native to both Europe and the Americas, today this fruit is cultivated in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida, but it is rarely cultivated from seed. The U.S. produces 75% of the world's crop, and it is an important crop in Canada, Australia, Japan, and parts of Africa. Its name is very old, dating back to at least 1000 AD, There are many theories, but no one really knows for sure how, why and where its name originated. The Romans valued it for its supposed medicinal properties, such as healing loose teeth & treating stomach problems. This fruit is technically an enlarged pulpy receptacle bearing numerous achenes, or in other words an aggregate of numerous nutlets distributed on an enlarged, pulpy, scarlet receptacle. It is 90% water and contains more vitamin C than an equal quantity of lemons or oranges. Name this fruit.
ANSWERS TO TODAY’S FOOD TRIVIA QUESTIONS:1) All of the events took place in 1935. (Food History Timeline: 1931-1935) 2) A Portobello is a mature, fully opened crimini mushroom. It has a lower moisture content, which gives it more flavor and a dense, meaty texture. 3) The Strawberry. TOP |