How It's Made: Food & Drink
No doubt you love to eat, but how much do you know about the making of your sweet and savory favorites? Take the quiz to find out.
Unlike mealtime, we're going to start this quiz with dessert first. Why was saltwater crucial to making ice cream before refrigeration was widely available?
It was used to absorb heat from the liquid ingredients so that it could solidify.
It preserved ice cream ingredients.
In small amounts, the saltwater added flavor and texture to handmade ice cream.
It safely killed any bacteria that formed around containers during the manufacturing process.
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Adding salt to water lowers water's freezing temperature, so saltwater mixed with ice can get extremely cold while still remaining liquid. That made saltwater mixed with ice a great way to freeze the ingredients in ice cream before freezers were widely available.
Why is ice cream whipped during the manufacturing process?
to thoroughly blend the sugar, cream and other ingredients
to introduce air into ice cream for texture
to break down certain ingredients used in ice cream for better flavor
to introduce flavors like vanilla or chocolate to the raw ingredients
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If ice cream weren't whipped during the manufacturing process, it wouldn't have its light and creamy texture. Interestingly enough, because of the way air is whipped into this frozen treat, ice cream qualifies as a foam from a scientific perspective.
How does the ice cream get inside an ice cream sandwich?
A layer of ice cream is rolled out over a large sheet of cake wafers, topped with another layer, and cut down to size from there.
As two wafers slide into a slot, ice cream is pumped in between them at precisely the right time.
The wafers are added while the ice cream is still only partially frozen so that, as the ice cream freezes, the wafers stick to the ice cream.
A ball of ice cream is placed on one layer of wafers, and a machine presses another layer into the ball, flattening it out and helping the ice cream sandwich stick together.
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Making ice cream sandwiches requires a lot of precision, especially when you're manufacturing more than a hundred sandwiches every minute. To get the ice cream inside the sandwich, the perfect amount of ice cream is pumped in between two cake wafers just as they fall down a chute into a carousel. Talk about timing.
What keeps ice cream cones from getting soggy once ice cream is safely squished inside?
Because ice cream treats are stored at such cold temperatures, it's not a problem.
A thin sugar-based sealant keeps the cones dry.
The cones naturally repel moisture thanks to their ingredients.
A layer of chocolate protects the cone.
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What better way to keep a cone crisp than with chocolate? Practical and delicious.
Let's stick with sweet treats. In the glorious world of donuts, you'll encounter two different types. What are they?
fattening and really fattening
glazed and jelly-filled
powdered or glazed
cake and yeast
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Doughnuts, whether they're glazed, decorated with chocolate sprinkles or stuffed with jelly, fall into two groups: cake or yeast. Yum.
How did doughnuts, once known as oily cakes, receive their name?
The first doughnuts were made from nutty-flavored dough.
Bakers discovered that removing a "nut" from the center of an oily cake made the treat cook far more evenly.
Doughnut-makers used nuts to shape their culinary creations.
none of the above
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Innovative bakers discovered that taking a tiny chunk from the doughnut's center resulted in a more evenly cooked cake overall.
Let's leave the sweetness behind and concentrate on the savory. Where did today's hot dogs most likely come from?
Germany
Italy
China
South Africa
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The modern hot dog likely traveled to the U.S. courtesy of sausage-loving Germans in the mid-18th century, specifically a town called Frankfurt am Main known for its frankfurters.
True or false: You'll find hot dogs made out of pork, chicken, beef, turkey and tofu.
True
False
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Frankfurters come in all sorts of flavors, including pork, chicken, beef, turkey and tofu among others. A typical wiener contains a mix of pork and chicken or even pork, chicken and beef.
A ham comes from what part of a pig?
the shoulder
the belly
the hind leg
the breast
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A ham is the hind leg of a pig. You can buy it smoked or raw, with the bone in or with the bone out.
What's the reason for the curing process in smoked hams?
It produces the ham's pink color.
It gives the ham its trademark taste; otherwise, you might mistake it for a pork roast.
It fortifies the ham with additional vitamins and minerals.
both A and B
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The curing process really serves two purposes: It gives the ham its distinct color and taste.
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Hmm. You may want to take this quiz again, preferably while munching on a doughnut or maybe a smoked ham.
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Not bad. You probably know the difference between a hot dog and a bratwurst, but you could brush up on your food trivia.
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Nobody can beat your culinary expertise. Congrats!
