From the ArcaMax Publishing, The Culinary World, with Chef James Newsletter:
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1) What vegetable of the marrow family takes its name from a
medieval French word meaning "cooked by the sun."
2) Which state has the turkey as its state game bird, and has
the largest per acre population of wild turkeys?
3) In April, 2001, Italian astronaut Umberto Guidoni and
Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield brought some luxury food items with
them to the International Space Station.
Can you name these
luxury foods?
4) This product was invented around 1910 by Swiss chemist
Jacques Brandenberger. It is derived from wood pulp, and various types
are widely used for breads, meat, produce, etc.
Can you name
this product?
5) Why should you be very careful about drinking grapefruit
juice when taking many prescription medications?
6) The fruit from this tree is called 'monkey bread' and is
eaten as is or used to make a drink, its flesh is dried and ground
into flour, and the leaves are dried and crushed for flavoring. Even
the pulp of the tree is sometimes eaten.
What is the name of
this tree?
7) What is the name of the yeast-raised dinner roll created
accidentally by the baker at a Boston Hotel in the 1870s?
8) Pick it, wash it, hollow it out, fill it with cream or milk
and bake it whole.
What is it, and what pie evolved from this
recipe?
9) The jack-o-lantern, or carved pumpkin was originally made
from what vegetable?
10) This dish takes its name from the pan it is cooked in,
which in turn comes from the Latin word for 'pan' or 'dish.' It
originated in the Valencia region, traditionally cooked outdoors and
eaten right from the pan.
What is the name of this Spanish dish,
AND the two ingredients common in all variations of it?
Answers
1) Pumpkin, from the medieval French 'pompom',
ultimately, probably from the Greek 'pepon.'
2) Alabama.
3) Regiano Parmesan cheese and Canadian salmon.
4) Cellophane.
5) Grapefruit juice can have a major effect on the potency of
various medications, and can even cause an overdose when taking
prescribed doses. Grapefruit juice decreases the production of a
certain enzyme in the intestines that is involved in the metabolizing
of about 1/3 of all drugs. Drinking grapefruit juice can increase the
concentration of many drugs in the bloodstream to 3 or 4 times the
normal concentration.
6) The Baobab Tree.
7) Parker House Rolls, created at Boston's Parker House Hotel.
8) This is the first Pilgrim recipe for pumpkin pudding, which
developed into the pumpkin pie about 50 years after that first
Thanksgiving.
9) A turnip.
10) Paella, rice, and saffron.
Courtesy of FoodReference.com.