FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ SECTION

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ANSWERS to FOOD TRIVIA QUIZ 426

1) United States 6%
Japan 16%
Germany 17%
India almost 50%.


2) They are all members of the Mint Family.
More about the Mint family


3) a, b, c, d - All of them, hollyhock, cotton, okra and Rose of Sharon, are in the Mallow family.
(The roots of the Marsh Mallow (Althaea officinalis) were the source for the original marshmallow candy, made by boiling the soft inner pulp from the roots with sugar until very thick.)


4) Green, sweet bell pepper have 2 times as much vitamin C as oranges; red and yellow bell peppers have 4 times as much.
More about vitamin C


5) The seeds are NOT the hottest part of peppers. It is at the point where the seed is attached to the white membrane inside the pepper that the highest concentration of capsaicin (the compound giving peppers their pungent flavor) is found.
More about Chili Pepper


6-A) Salt is used to preserve food because it creates a hostile environment for certain microorganisms. Within foods, salt brine dehydrates bacterial cells, alters osmotic pressure and inhibits bacterial growth and subsequent spoilage.

6-B) Salting fish made long-range explorations possible in the age of sailing ships.
More Salt trivia


7) Manchego is the best known and most widely available Spanish cheese. It comes from La Mancha, the land of Don Quixote, and was originally made only from the milk of Manchego sheep. Manchego is aged for 3 months or longer, and is a semifirm cheese with a rich golden color. It comes in a 10 inch diameter wheel, 5 inches thick with a herringbone design on the rind. It ranges from mild to sharp, depending on how long it is aged.
More about Spanish cheese


8) The 'Paisley' design motif is a design from India based on the mango.
More about Mangos


9) a)  All of the world's maple syrup is produced in North America. Quebec is the leading producer, followed by Vermont, New York, and Ontario.
Additional Maple Syrup trivia


10) Melba toast was created by Auguste Escoffier in 1897, and supposedly named by Cesar Ritz of the Savoy (or his wife Marie) in honor of Nellie Melba (stage name of Helen Porter Mitchell), an Australian born opera singer.  Melba toast is very thin, dry, crisp toast.