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World Cuisines and Foods

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World Cuisine and Food questions test your familiarity with international dishes, traditional recipes, and culinary terms. Topics include French pastries, Japanese broths, and Italian pasta varieties. A good grasp of global culinary facts aids the general awareness section.

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World Cuisines and Foods Questions

Multiple choice evs science of kitchen sense of touch, smell and taste types of taste components and importance of food

How does garlic taste?

  1. Sweet

  2. Sour

  3. Bitter with a pungent smell

  4. Salty
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
A. Sweet occupies tip of the tongue and detects sugars like jaggery.
B. Sour occupies the sides of the tongue and detects acidity like in lemon, orange, grape.
C. Bitter occupies the base of the tongue and detects unpleasantness like in caffeine, nicotine, bitter gourd. Garlic taste bitter with a pungent smell from mouth.
D. Salty occupies tips and sides of the tongue and detects sodium chloride. 
So, the correct answer is 'Bitter with pungent smell'.
Multiple choice civics understanding our relations family, their types and inheritance family and society the family and society family values family values and its importance

Living in one house and sharing meals cooked under the same roof is called __________.

  1. Family

  2. Origin

  3. Extraction

  4. Ancestry
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A family is a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children. A family can be either nuclear or joint. Living in one house and sharing meals cooked under the same room is also termed as a family. A family is a group of people related to each other either by birth, marriage, or co-residence.

Multiple choice geography tourism europe - location, political divisions and physical features location, political and physical divisions of europe tour and travel management

Which of the following are the local cuisines of Switzerland?

  1. Raclette

  2. Fondue

  3. Rosti

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
There are many regional dishes in Switzerland. One example is Zürcher Geschnetzeltes, thin strips of veal with mushrooms in a cream sauce served with Rösti. Italian cuisine is popular in contemporary Switzerland, particularly pasta and pizza. Foods often associated with Switzerland include particular types of cheese and milk chocolate. Swiss cheeses, in particular Emmental cheese, Gruyère, Vacherin, and Appenzeller, are famous Swiss products. The most popular cheese dishes are fondue and raclette. Both these dishes were originally regional dishes, but were popularized by the Swiss Cheese Union to boost sales of cheese.

Rösti is a popular potato dish that is eaten all over Switzerland. It was originally a breakfast food, but this has been replaced by the muesli, which is commonly eaten for breakfast and in Switzerland goes by the name of "Birchermüesli" ("Birchermiesli" in some regions). For breakfast and dinner many Swiss enjoy sliced bread with butter and jam. There is a wide variety of bread rolls available in Switzerland. Bread and cheese is a popular dish for dinner.

Tarts and quiches are also traditional Swiss dishes. Tarts in particular are made with all sorts of toppings, from sweet apple to onion.

In the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, the Ticino area, one will find a type of restaurant unique to the region. The Grotto is a rustic eatery, offering traditional food ranging from pasta to homemade meat specialties. Popular dishes are Luganighe and Luganighetta, a type of artisan sausages. Authentic grottoes are old wine caves re-functioned into restaurants. Due to their nature they are mostly found in or around forests and built against a rocky background. Typically, the facade is built from granite blocks and the outside tables and benches are made of the same stone as well. Grottoes are popular with locals and tourists alike, especially during the hot summer months.
Multiple choice biology introduction to microbiology food production and microorganisms microbial products - food, medicines and industrial products uses of microorganisms commercial use of microorganism microbes in household and industry

One of the following is used in the baking of the bread?

  1. Zygosaccharomyces octosporus

  2. Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  3. Saccharomyces ludwigii

  4. Rhizopus stolonifer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae also know as Baker's yeast is used in bread making and in production of many other bakery products.
  • It is used for the act of fermentation which is done by the yeast on the sugar/starch that is present in the flour. The starch is converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide by the act of fermentation.
  • The carbon dioxide in the dough makes the bread dough to rise and also provides the bread with softness and makes it fluffy after it is cooked.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Saccharomyces cerevisiae'
Multiple choice social studies cooperatives and consumer empowerment understanding advertising media and advertisement advertisements

Which coloured mark denotes non-vegetarian edibles?

  1. Green

  2. Brown

  3. Black

  4. Blue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In India, it is mandatory for all food manufacturers to indicate as to whether the food item contains any non-vegetarian ingredients or not. To enable the consumer to know whether any packaged food is vegetarian or non-vegetarian, this will be indicated in the form of a brown circle in square or green circle in a square on the package. A brown circle is used to indicate the presence of non-vegetarian ingredients in the food item, while a green circle indicates that the food item is vegetarian. The green circle and brown circle in a square are indicated as veg & non-veg logos respectively.

Multiple choice

Which vegetable is usually eaten raw?

  1. potato

  2. asparagus

  3. celery

  4. Brussels sprouts
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Celery is commonly consumed raw in salads or as a snack. Potatoes and Brussels sprouts are almost always cooked before consumption.

Multiple choice

Which of these is NOT edible?

  1. strawberry seeds

  2. chicken skin

  3. peach pit

  4. broccoli stem
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Peach pits contain amygdalin, which releases cyanide when digested, making them toxic and inedible. The other items listed are commonly consumed or safe to eat.

Multiple choice superlatives (biggest, highest, largest, smallest) : india and world superlatives and first in india and world general knowledge

Which of the following type of coffee has the finest flavour and is the most important in world trade?

  1. Robusta

  2. Liberica

  3. Afabica

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Arabica coffee is widely considered to have the finest flavour and is the most traded variety globally. The option 'Afabica' is a clear typo for 'Arabica'.

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Taste buds for umami is mainly found in

  1. Indian

  2. American

  3. Japanese

  4. Indonesian
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Umami is the fifth taste which detects the flavour of savoury. This taste receptor was found mostly in the Japanese. Many food preparations in Japan has a savoury flavour. These people are known to make a combination of food which has savoury flavour. So, it is considered that the taste buds for umami flavour are mainly found in the people of Japan. This taste is detected with the help of glutamate specific taste receptors because there is more amount of glutamate in the savoury food.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.  

Multiple choice biology windows of knowledge human tongue organ of taste tongue : the organ of taste

Which of the following taste was identified by Kikunae Ikeda?

  1. Sour

  2. Umami

  3. Sweet

  4. Salt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
The umami taste was identified by Japanese chemist kikunae Ikeda. The taste signals the presence of the amino acid L- glutamate which triggers a pleasurable response and thus encourages the intake of peptides and proteins.
So, the correct answer is option B.