Well, of course I scored zero too. I'll join the zero club. Lol.
Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Food Trivia Quiz > > Don't Feel Bad I Got Zero > Food Trivia Quiz > 1) You've seen them in stores - Sea Legs, imitation scallops, imitation > crab and imitation shrimp. What is the general name for these products, > what are they made from, who developed the process and when was the > process developed? > > 2) What do basil, marjoram, oregano, sage and rosemary have in common? > > 3) What dessert ingredient was inspired by a perfume for gloves? > > 4) What are the only two food preferences humans are supposedly born > with? > > 5) What are the top 3 'farmed' fish crops in the U.S.? > > Answers > > 1) Surimi. Those seafood items that look like crab, scallops, etc. but > are really mostly white fish fillets, are thought of by most people as > some sort of modern high tech imitation product. They go by such names > as 'sea legs', imitation crab or imitation shrimp, etc. In reality, this > process was developed in Japan several hundred years ago when the > Japanese discovered that mincing fish flesh, washing it and then heating > it, caused a natural gelling of the flesh. If this was then mixed with > other ingredients and steamed, the resulting 'fish cake' (kamaboko) > stayed together as though it were a natural product. > > 2) They are all in the mint family. > More Mint Family Trivia > > 3) Frangipane is a rich pastry cream flavored with ground almonds and > used to fill or top pastries and cakes. The name has a very unusual > origin. In the 16th century an Italian nobleman, Marquis Muzio > Frangipani, created a perfume for scenting gloves. It was popular in > Paris, and pastry cooks flavored pastry cream with almonds and called it > 'frangipane', presumably to take advantage of the scents popularity. > More Almond Trivia > > 4) Humans only have two basic food preferences that we are born with; a > liking for sweet foods, and a dislike for bitter foods. All other > preferences are learned, either culturally or by personal experience > which may cause us to associate certain tastes or foods with unpleasant > or pleasant moments. Medical disorders may also cause a craving or > revulsion for certain foods. > > 5) Catfish is the largest 'crop', followed by crawfish and the third > largest 'crop' is rainbow trout. > More Fish Farming Trivia > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
