quiz for the week of november 26th

1. If the gas of ten cows could be captured, it could heat what for an entire year? BONUS: A cow produces 20,000 pounds of what annually?

2. Eugene Lacroix: A. was French restaurateur B. patented a military field stove C. was a German chef D. invented cheesecloth.

3. This round ribbed fruit native to Malaysia has a thick, tough dark red skin that protects a juicy, delicate white interior divided into five or six individual segments. It can be eaten fresh and is also incorporated into chutneys, jams and sorbets. In Indonesia it is made into a vinegar and also a concentrated oil is extracted from the seeds to produce kokum butter. Only recently has a ban been lifted in the United States that prevented it from being imported into the country.

4. This decadent garnish for calf or poultry sweetbreads is named after an 18th century playwright and director of the Opera-Comique. It consists of poultry quenelles with tarragon and small tarts filled with a salpicon of cream and cep mushrooms. The sauce that accompanies it is a chicken veloute infused with crawfish butter. A preparation of soft-boiled or poached eggs served in small tarts garnished with a salpicon of lamb sweetbreads and truffles in a veloute sauce also shares this name.

5. Complete this sentence: "Borage for __________." BONUS: What color is borage?

6. This scale of measurement is used to find the density or specific gravity of syrups made with beet or cane sugar and is evaluated using a saccarometer. It replaced the Baume scale in 1962.