Caterer and Hotelkeeper – 26500

1. In Mexico a dry soup is, in fact, a rice or pasta dish. It is believed that because the Spanish added these items to their soups, the Aztecs thought that the Spanish word for "soup" indicated rice and pasta.

2. It takes one million micrograms to make 1g.

3. A small dish of snacks is always offered with ouzo. Known as meze, it comprises a few olives, cucumber and pickled peppers.

4. Eighteen days is the longest it is possible for the human body to survive without food and drink.

5. Hanjuku-tamago - Japanese soft-boiled eggs - are seasoned with salt and black sesame seeds.

6. The peas are cooked à la franácaise and a paysanne of mixed vegetables is added.

7. Ballotines are boned legs of chicken, filled with a savoury stuffing and cooked in a similar method to that of sautéd chicken.

8. Yes, normally short pastry is suggested for both; while sweet pastry is recommended for fruit flans and tartlets.

9. It is thought that the first formal hospital was established in ad872, in Cairo.

10. Tadjeen gnaoua is a Moroccan berber vegetable stew, of the Gnaoua sect. These negroid people are all musicians.

11. New York state, which is the 11th state and joined the Union in 1788, is known as the Empire state.

12. Rye flour is used mainly in Russia and northern Europe because it will grow in both sub-standard soil and harsh weather. It is low in protein compared with wheat.

13. Brassica is a vegetable of the cabbage and turnip family.

14. These are identical sponge-type steamed puddings, but Washington has the addition of raspberry jam.

15. The olive tree developed in the area that stretches from Greece to Syria and is thought to date back to prehistoric times.