How about another food trivia quiz?

“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.”

Robert Browning (1812-1889) English poet

1) Licorice candy contains small amounts of licorice, but the main flavor ingredient is what spice?

2) What is a nectarine?

3) What percentage of shrimp consumed in the U.S. is eaten in restaurants?

4) Why did the USDA reduce the guidelines for the size of the holes in Swiss cheese by 50% in 2002?

5) Mushrooms are commercially produced in almost every state in the U.S. but one state accounts for almost 1/2 of total U.S. production.

a) Minnesota

b) Idaho

c) Pennsylvania

d) Washington

e) California

6) True or False:

Reduced fat foods are low in fat.

7) What is the key ingredient in 78% of American’s favorite recipes?

8) Unripe bananas have about 25% starch and only 1% sugar. What is the sugar content of Ripe bananas?

9) How many corn kernels are there in a bushel of fresh corn?

10) How much manure does a cow produce per year?

11) By definition a ‘Picnic Ham’ is not a true ham. Why?

12) Due to a shortage of baking flours after World War II breadmakers were forced to substitute up to 25% of wheat flour with something else.

What did they use as a substitute?

13) According to an American Dairy Association random sampling survey, pizza is America’s fourth most craved food.

What are the first 3 most craved foods?

14) According to the Michelin Guide there are about 20,000 restaurants in Paris, and about 23,000 in New York.

How many restaurants are in Tokyo, Japan?

15) What president of the U.S. served hot dogs to the Queen of England?

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ANSWERS

1) The main flavor ingredient of licorice candy is anise.

2) A nectarine is a fuzzless variety of peach. It is NOT a cross between a peach and a plum

3) About 80% of shrimp consumed in the United States each year is eaten in restaurants.

4) Because modern slicing machinery had problems slicing cheese with larger holes.

5) c) Pennsylvania produces almost 50% of the mushrooms consumed in the U.S.

6) Reduced fat foods are not necessarily low in fat. ‘Reduced Fat’ on the label means it has at least 25% less fat than the traditional food. If you start out with a very high fat food, and reduce the fat by 25%, you may still end up with a food that has a lot of fat left. Read the nutrition label and compare the fat content to other foods.

7) Tomatoes are the key ingredient in 78% of American’s favorite recipes.

8) As they ripen natural enzyme action converts the high starch content to sugar, so ripe bananas have a 20% sugar content.

9) A bushel of corn contains about 27,000 kernels.

10) A cow produces about 15 tons of manure per year.

11) A Picnic Ham is a cut of pork from the upper part of the foreleg and includes a portion of the shoulder. By definition Ham is cut from the hind leg. However, the Picnic Ham is cured in the same manner as ham, giving it a ham-like flavor.

12) Ground popped popcorn was used as a substitute for the wheat flour.

13) Cheese, chocolate and ice cream

14) According to the Michelin Guide there are about 160,000 restaurants in Tokyo.

15) President Franklin D. Roosevelt served hot dogs to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England during their 1939 visit to the United States. It was the first time they had tried this American gourmet treat.