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Exploring Food and Nutrition

This quiz explores various aspects of food, nutrition, and culinary practices, testing your knowledge on the significance of food in health, historical references, and food preparation techniques.

#Food #Nutrition #Culinary Arts #Food Safety #Cultural Identity

1 Its significance is that the body needs and maintains a delicate salt (________) balance (see kidney).

2 ________ has been recognized as a disease of man since as early as Hippocrates.

3 ________ can benefit people suffering from a shortage of food.

4 The term restaurant is credited to the French from the 19th century, as it relates to the restorative nature of the ________ that were once served in them.

5 Steak tartare and salmon tartare are dishes made from diced or ground raw beef or salmon respectively, mixed with various ingredients and served with ________, brioche or frites.

6 This mainly involved salting, curing, curdling, drying, ________, fermentation and smoking.

7 The digestive complaints usually develop within half an hour of ingesting the ________.

8 This can be as simple as a butcher preparing meat, or as complex as a modern international ________.

9 Some preparation is done to enhance the ________ or aesthetic appeal; other preparation may help to preserve the food; and others may be involved in cultural identity.

10 [29] In Italy, carpaccio is a dish of very thin sliced raw ________, drizzled with a vinaigrette made with olive oil.

šŸ’” Interesting Facts

  • the Cucuteni-Trypillian people experienced a considerable abundance of food, which contributed to why they had no evidence of war throughout their entire existence.
  • the Underwood Canning Company went to packing their food products in tin because glass makers in Boston, Massachusetts could not keep up with the company's demands.
  • the concept of thermal death time started out in food canning, but has also found applications in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
  • the fictional character Axel Brass is able to go without sleep or sustenance for years.
  • like many desert rodents, kangaroo mice go their entire lives without drinking and get water from their food.
  • Consumer Reports had their food testing done at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1950's thanks to a negotiated deal with the food technology department chair Carl R. Fellers.
  • a subtlety was an elaborate medieval dish that was supposed to entertain and surprise diners with extravagant decorations or by imitating other types of food.
  • in the Philippines, double-dead meat refers to meat from pigs that died of disease, which is sold for human consumption.
  • Boneless Fish is a Japanese frozen food made from fish, which is deboned by hand and then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme.
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