CULINARY QUIZ
1) Which of the following foods were introduced to America from Europe ?
[a] the white potato
[b] the tomato
[c] the pumpkin.

2) Which of the following dishes were born in Italy?
[a] Caesar Salad
[b] Fettucine primavera
[c] Chicken Tetrazzini.

3) Liederkranz Cheese comes from which country?
[a] Austria
[b] Germany
[c] United States
[d] Switzerland
[e] Italy.

4) In 1925, how many restaurants were in New York City?
[a] 6,000
[b] 17,000
[c] 24,000.

5) Hello-Billo, Korn Kure, Malt-Ho, Tryabita, Tryachewa, Oatsina and Orange Meat were all brand names of what type of food in the early 1900s?
[a] Breakfast cereals
[b] health drinks
[c] vegetarian meat substitutes
[d] varieties of corn.

6) The slang term 'moxie,' meaning the ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage, comes from:
[a] WW I army slang
[b] the name of a breakfast cereal
[c] the name of a soft drink
[d] a 1920s banker named George Moxie.

7) Hershey introduced the 5 cent Hershey bar in 1903. For how long did the price remain a nickel?
[a] 25 years
[b] 43 years
[c] 52 years
[d] 67 years.

8) While we are on the subject of Hershey, what candy product did Milton Stavely Hershey become rich selling?
[a] caramels
[b] chocolate bars
[c] granola
[d] cocoa.

9) John Styth Pemberton, the Atlanta pharmacist who created Coca-Cola, sold a 2/3 interest in his company in 1887 for how much?
[a] $100
[b] $283.29
[c] $2,000
[d] $25 million.

10) More than 75% of the world's supply of maple syrup comes from where?
[a] Vermont
[b] New Hampshire
[c] New York
[d] Canada.

 
 
ANSWERS

1) [a] the white potato, and [b] the tomato. They were both introduced to Europe by the Spanish and were unknown as food crops by American colonists until the 18th century when they were brought back over from Europe.

2) None of them. Caesar Salad is from Tijuana, Mexico; Fettucine primavera was created at New York's Le Cirque restaurant; Chicken Tetrazzini was named for Italian opera singer Luisa Tetrazzini, but created in New York.

3) [c] United States. Liederkranz was created in Monroe, New York in 1892.

4) [b] In 1925 a New Yorker had 17,000 restaurants to choose from.

5) [a] Breakfast cereals from Battle Creek, Michigan. I particularly like the name Orange Meat, a competitor to Grape Nuts. Grape Nuts had no grapes and no nuts, and Orange Meat had no oranges and no meat.

6) [c] Moxie Nerve Food Company of Boston, famous for its soft drinks.

7) [d] The price remained 5 cents for 67 years, until 1970. The size shrank considerably though.

8) [a] Hershey was a candy maker who became rich selling caramels. He sold his caramel business in 1900 for $1 million dollars and started making milk chocolate.

9) [b] $283.29. Asa G. Candler another Atlanta pharmacist later bought the formula for $2,000 from the new owners, and when he in turn sold the company in 1919, it was worth $25 million.

10) [d] Canada supplies over 75% of the world's maple syrup.