Culinary Quiz

1. What is it advisable to do with the liquid in which fruit and vegetables are canned?

2. Buddha's hands are regularly used in Chinese recipes. What are they?

3. The bay tree grows readily in England, so the leaf may easily be picked fresh. Is this the best way of using the herb?

4. Many pubs have been named the Cock & Bull. From where did this name originate?

5. For which type of meat is the Italian region of Tuscany noted?

6. Spanish sherry is available in a number of different styles; one of these is Palo Cortado. What is particularly notable about this sherry?

7. Rissoles of hard boiled egg are wrapped before being deep-fried. What is used to wrap them?

8. Chauen is a city in the mountains of Morocco. What speciality might one be offered to drink here?

9. Teriyaki sauce is now widely available in bottles, on supermarket shelves. What is it and how does it get its name?

10. What does the expression "Going to the mattresses" mean and when was it first used?

11. What is a hydrometer and how is it used?

12. The Mexican "bread of the dead" is, in fact, not bread. What is it and when is it traditionally eaten?

13. Cassis can be both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. What flavour is this drink?

14. Poisson volant may be prepared in a variety of different ways, but how high and how far can this fish fly?

15. At what point in its life, does lamb become mutton?

l Answers can be found on page 82