Quiz answers

01 January 2000
Quiz answers

1. Probably. The wild goose, a game bird weighing as much as 10lb, is known as gas in Swedish and l'oie sauvage in French.

2. (a) Bread. Studentenfutter is an omelette made with bread cut into cubes and fried as large croutons.

3. Not a major source of food in the West, the donkey is popular eating in Korea. In France, the larger breed known as poitou was generally classified as horsemeat.

4. It is the same dish but with the chicken cut à la crapaudine, or spatchcock, the bird being split open and flattened out to resemble a toad.

5. Boat-shaped fruit barquettes are served on a doily in the same way, two small or one large per portion.

6. (a) Sliced gherkins, 2oz per pint of demi-glace. Both sauces are normally served with grilled or fried pork chops.

7. The head should be cleaned out and the gills and eyes removed. Flour, egg and breadcrumb, then deep-fry. Serve with quarters of lemon and tartare sauce or another suitable sauce.

8. (b) Fennel. Grown largely in the mountains of Manchuria, ginseng is the basis of many tonic drinks. The aniseed flavour is good with fish.

9. Industrial tribunals prefer it if the matter can be settled before it reaches judicial procedures. Acas, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, is there to provide independent help.

10. The reduction on potatoes is substantial at around 50%. The remaining 450g would be expected to produce five portions.

11. (c) Cow's milk. Appenzell, Emmental, Raclette, Gruyäre and Sbrinz are a few of note.

12. Intended for pouring and for serving with coffee, half-cream has limited other use. Colour-coded tops are brown for this product, which has a 12% fat content.

13. (a) Mechanically recovered meat is fat, gristle and cartilage blasted from carcasses by centrifugal force.

14. The wines and spirit merchant would be the place. Forbidden Fruit is an old US liqueur made from shaddock grapefruits, honey and oranges, with a brandy base.

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