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Joy of Cooking

Created by Sor_Juana

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Cooking and Baking
Joy of Cooking game quiz
"All of these questions were derived from tidbits of information appearing in 'Joy of Cooking'."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. The cookbook, 'Joy of Cooking', has on its dedication page the following quote: 'That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it.' Who is the source of this quote?
    Sylvester Graham
    Will Keith Kellogg
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Giuseppe Ungaretti


2. According to the section on etiquette, which of the following participants in a dinner is served first?
    Hostess
    Male Honor Guest
    Female Honor Guest
    Host


3. This sweetener is composed primarily of levulose and dextrose and contains an antimold enzyme.
    Answer: (One Word)


4. The greenish substance found when opening a lobster is referred to as 'tomalley'. What organ is this?
    Kidney
    Heart
    Liver and Pancreas
    Brain


5. This dish, generally assumed to be German in origin, first entered the history books in 200 BC. It was reportedly doled out to the workers laboring on the Great Wall of China.
    Answer: (One Word)


6. What writer created the character Bobo - the boy who couldn't make roast pig without burning down the house?
    Charles Lamb
    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
    Charles Dickens
    Charles F. Browne


7. All of the following are acceptable substitutes for milk in cooking except what?
    one half cup dry whole milk plus one half cup water
    1 cup water plus one and one half tsp butter
    1 cup potato water
    one half cup evaporated milk plus one half cup water


8. When skinning this animal, it is necessary to don gloves to avoid possible tularemia infection?
    Opossum
    Rabbit
    Beaver
    Raccoon


9. When Proust nibbled upon this sweet it awakened recollections of his childhood and inspired the writing of 'Remembrance'?
    Petits Fours
    Macaroons
    Lebkuchen
    Madeleines


10. Which English word was derived from a word meaning 'loaf-kneader'?
    Answer: (One Word - in manner and of the manor)

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