Food Trivia Quiz FoodReference.com 1) Name this fruit: The fruit ranges from 50 - 100 mm in diameter with a range of colors from yellow to green, green-red, yellow red to dark red. Although there exist 3000 varieties only approximately 15 - 20 are available commercially in North American grocery stores. This fruit has an average annual world production of 33 million tonnes. In the U S A approximately 60 percent of the production is consumed fresh.
2) Water boils at 212 F at sea level. At what temperature does it boil at 10,000 feet? a) 232 F b) 192 F c) 202 F d) 222 F e) 212 F 3) Name this fruit: In Latin, the name of this fruit means 'precious,' so named because it ripens earlier than most other summer fruits. They originated in China, and have been around for more than 4,000 years. The first recorded major production in America was in 1792 south of San Francisco. In the U.S. today, 95% of this fruit are grown in northern California. a) grapes b) kiwifruit c) apricots d) apples e) pears 4) What percentage of bread was baked in the home in 1910 in the U.S.? a) 100% b) 85% c) 70% d) 55% e) 40% 5) This product is introduced in 1911 and is advertised as "a Scientific Discovery Which Will Affect Every Kitchen In America" but women are often reluctant to accept free 1 1/2 pound cans of the product. The company issues a pamphlet in Yiddish when it finds that many of its biggest initial users are Orthodox Jews. The product gains more widespread commercial success during the First World War due to shortages of another product. Can you name this product and why it was initially popular with Orthodox Jews? 6) The following events all took place in the same year. Can you name the year? *An actress arriving in New York poses for photographers and exposes an more leg than is customary - the reporters call it 'Cheesecake.' * The first self service grocery stores open in California. * Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce is introduced. * Morton's Table Salt is introduced. * Hellmann's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise is introduced in glass jars. * Prince Macaroni company is founded on Prince Street in Boston. * Oreo biscuits, 2 chocolate wafers with a cream filling, are introduced. (Hydrox 'biscuit bonbons' were introduced 2 years before.) * Lorna Doone cookies are introduced. * The Whitman Sampler is the first candy box to be wrapped in cellophane. * The U.S. prohibits the sale of Absinthe. * New Yorks Grand Central Terminal opens, and so does the Grand Central Oyster Bar. * Arnold Reuben opens his sandwich shop on upper Broadway in New York. * The first Horn & Hardart Automat in New York opens. 7) This classic French dish actually originated in Germany, in the medieval kingdom of Lothringen, under German rule. The French name of the dish derives from the German word for 'cake.' Can you name this dish? 8) The popularity of this immature bean has grown in the past decade and is now easily found frozen in most major supermarkets. It is of Chinese origin and was developed in Japan especially for eating out of the pod. It is a variation on the same yellow and black field soybean that is transformed into many popular soy products such as tofu, miso, and soymilk. However, because of its recent introduction into the U.S. market, only a small percentage of U.S. soybean fields are devoted to growing it. Some call it the super or wonder vegetable because it is the only vegetable that contains all nine essential amino acids. This makes it a complete protein source, similar to meat or eggs. Name this bean. Answers 1) Apples. 2) b) Water boils at about 192 F at 10,000 feet. I lived in Cripple Creek, Colorado for about 4 years, and Cripple Creek is at about 10,000 feet - it takes a long time to boil potatoes at that altitude! 3) c) Apricots. 4) c) 70% of the bread in the U.S. was baked at home in 1910. 5) Crisco, introduced by Proctor & Gamble. It was the first solid hydrogenated vegetable shortening, and since it contained neither lard nor butter (meat & dairy) it could used at any meal without violating kosher dietary laws. It later became more widely accepted due to wartime shortages of lard. 6) 1912. 7) Quiche, derived from the German 'Kuchen,' meaning cake. The French renamed Lothringen to Lorraine - hence the famous Quiche Lorraine. 8) Edamame. Courtesy of FoodReference.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
