Test your food knowledge

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1) Where does cream of tartar come from?
[a] tartar sauce; old wine casks; [c] a plant

2) Where is the highest concentration of vitamin C found in a tomato?
[a] the skin; the seeds; [c] the jelly-like substance around the seeds

3) How did the first American millionaire make his fortune?
[a] manufacturing hunting rifles; importing black pepper; [c] importing rum

4) Historians believe the mint julep originated where?
[a] Kentucky; Persia; [c] France

5) Which of the following fruits are grown on every continent except Antarctica?
[a] plums; apples; [c] grapes

6) This item was so expensive up until the 1500s that it was used in small amounts in medicines, but not in food.
[a] saffron; vanilla; [c] sugar

7) Which of the following are mentioned in the Old testament and are among the earliest cultivated foods?
[a] almonds and dates; rice and wheat; [c] basil and saffron

8) Those with thyroid problems should avoid eating large amount of these foods.
[a] salt and lemons; cabbage and cauliflower; [c] asparagus and broccoli

9) There are 3 varieties of this cheese, a 'white', a 'red' and a 'blue veined'. It is the oldest named cheese made in the British Isles.
[a] Stilton; Caerphilly; [c] Cheshire

10) What are the 3 major fruits native to North America?
[a] apples, blueberries, Thompson seedless grapes; cranberries, Concord grapes, apples; [c] blueberries, Concord grapes, cranberries

Answers are below

 

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1) Cream of tartar is a white, acid powder that is precipitated onto the walls of casks used to age wine.

2) [c] The highest concentration of vitamin C in tomatoes is in the jelly-like substance around the seeds.

3) The first American millionaire was Elias Haskett Derby, who made his money importing black pepper. He used his fortune to endow Yale University.

4) Historians say the julep originated in Persia, where it was a minted, nonalcoholic, fruit drink.

5) [a, b and c].

6) [c] Up until the 1500s, sugar was so expensive that is was used in small amounts as medicine and to sweeten wine, but not in food.

7) [a] Historians generally agree that almonds and dates, both mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible, were among the earliest cultivated foods.

8) Those with thyroid problems should avoid eating large amounts of cabbage or cauliflower. They both interfere with the body's absorption of iodine, needed by the thyroid gland.

9) [c] Cheshire cheese is the oldest cheddar type cheese, and the oldest named cheese in the British Isles. There are 3 varieties, a white, a 'red' (actually yellow in color) which is dyed with annatto, and a blue-veined variety originally considered undesirable when it occurred accidently.

10) [c] Cranberries are one of only three major fruits native to North America. Concord grapes and blueberries are the others.