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1. The three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth brew a spell in a cauldron "Like a Hell-broth, boyle and bubble." "Boyle" is Elizabethan spelling for "boil" but what is to "parboil"?
2. In the 1950 Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls," the character Miss Adelaide performs her closing number at the Hot Box nightclub singing "I love you a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck, though you make my heart a wreck." What does this Frank Loesser lyric mean by "a peck"?
3. Which of the following foods does not belong on this list?
4. Two pieces of metal may be brazed together. A brazen hussy is woman unlikely to be brought home to meet one's parents. In medieval times, a brazier was a person who made objects of brass. What does it mean to braise food?
5. In Thai cooking (and in traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnamese cooking and Indonesian cooking), a root which looks like and is taxonomically related to the ginger root is used extensively. Unlike ginger, it is not hot on the tongue. Its flavour is more like a mixture of citrus and wood. What is the name of this wonderful ingredient?
6. Steel is a strong metal made of iron and carbon. A person with nerves of steel is very brave. A steely look is a look of determination. One prepares for a difficult or unpleasant task by steeling one's self. What does it mean to steel a knife?
7. According to Alfred Lord Tennyson, "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." In summer, a young cook's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of clafoutis. What is clafoutis (or clafouti or even clafoutie, depending on who's spelling it)?
8. Sometimes a dish shares its name with the container in which it is cooked, e.g, a casserole. As regards the container (not the dish), what is a tagine?
9. Chef wants to inspire you to participate in cooking competitions so he shows you a DVD of the Canadian team participating in the 2007 Bocuse d'Or (Concours Mondial de la Cuisine). Where is this famous international cooking competition held?
10. Dredging is a kind of underwater excavation carried out to deepen a harbour or channel. It is also a technique for harvesting seafood (e.g. scallops or crabs) from the bottom. Sometimes political candidates "dredge up" sordid parts of their opponent's past. What does it mean "to dredge" in the kitchen?
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