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Time to separate the home cooks from the sous-chefs.

If You Can't Get At Least 3/8 On This Cooking Quiz, You're An Idiot Sandwich In The Kitchen

Food And Cooking "Masterchef" Trivia Quiz

You're A Bad Cook If You Can't Pass This Basic Cooking Quiz, Like, A Really Bad Cook

A jalapeño chili rates around 5,000 on the Scoville scale.
A habanero is around 240,000, and the Carolina Reaper is a killer at 1,900,000!

The heat of chili peppers

It's the classic French flavor base of many dishes.

Onion, celery, carrot, fat

What are the 4 typical ingredients of a Mirepoix?

It's the reaction responsible for the browning of many foods, adding that sweet nuttiness. It's what turns meat into steak, and sugar into caramel.

The browning of bread crust

What is the Maillard reaction responsible for?

Vinegar is the product of double fermentation. Yeasts turn grape juice into wine, and then wine into vinegar.

Vinegar

Which of these foods is produced by fermentation?

That's Yuzu!

The sous-chef is second in command, with the chef de partie (also known as the line-chef) next, followed by the commis.

Sous-chef

If the chef de cuisine is first-in-command in the kitchen, who is second-in-command?

Popcorn are corn kernels, nutmeg is a seed, and coffee beans are the pips of the coffee fruit.

Peanuts

Which of these foods is actually a legume?

The higher protein in bread flour encourages greater gluten development, resulting in a satisfyingly chewy bread.

Bread flour is higher in protein for a chewier texture

What is the difference between "all purpose flour" and "bread flour"?

You may know how to make a great omelete, but might need to learn some new skills. Getting to know the ingredients in the kitchen will help you become a Masterchef in no time! Keep learning!

Time to hit the books!

You seem to really know your way around the kitchen, and probably have read a large pile of cookbooks! Clearly you love cooking and cuisine. Keeping reading and cooking, you'll be a Masterchef in no time!

You were really close!

You clearly know your food and cuisine. You deeply understand your ingredients and know how to wield them like they tasty weapons they are. Never stop cooking for the one's you love, they must already be so grateful for you.

You are a total Masterchef!

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If You Can't Get At Least 3/8 On This Cooking Quiz, You're An Idiot Sandwich In The Kitchen

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