Quiz answers

1. These are both bakery items. In Italy it tends to be cakes, and in Spain, pastries. They are prepared for the celebration of All Saints' Day - 1 November.

2. The three dressings are; mayonnaise, vinaigrette and an acidulated cream variation. Different ingredients may be added to each base dressing to enhance it and change its taste.

3. (c) Either puff paste or rough puff may be used. The tops are cut open to show the fillings. They are brushed with egg white and dipped in sugar.

4. La darne will be applied to the cut of a round fish, salmon or cod. Le tronáon refers to a flat fish, probably of turbot size. Le filet will normally be a cut from a smaller fish, and without bones.

5. Red brine and spiced brine are a good clue. The two processes are still used because they not only preserve but also provide colours and flavours to the products.

6. Now more of a dessert than the Scottish drink the name used to imply. Whisky, clear honey and double cream are mixed in a warm dish, poured into a glass and chilled.

7. Nuts and seeds are the main ingredients, peanuts, pecans and pumpkin seeds being indigenous. A wide range of other nuts and seeds were brought by the Spanish. In Yucat n, milled corn is used.

8. Traditional meal times, zavtrak (breakfast) served till 1pm, obed (lunch) served between 1pm and 5pm, chai (tea) served during the afternoon and evening, and ouzhin (supper) 7pm till 10pm.

9. Not immediately. Where the licence is held by an employee or an agent, an application to the court must be made within eight weeks to substitute a nominee.

10. Along with Buddha's hands, they are both cuts of vegetable, normally green peppers. The ears are cut in triangles and the hands are cut in fingers, held together by a top strip.

11. The probe, set into the centre of the fillet, should read 65-67ºC. If you are cooking the dish regularly, good judgement will become second nature.

12. Hams must come from the back legs of a baconer pig and they are normally cut round. The shoulder and picnic hams are cut from the front legs and cut round to resemble the true product.

13. This is apparently completely true and can be relied upon even when the deepest red wine is spilled. A mound of salt also does the trick.

14. (a) Produced in the state of New York, it is similar, but slightly milder than Limburger. The original Belgium Limburger is very smelly, to the point of being overpowering.