Thanksgiving Nova: Can I Eat That?

Why would you brine a turkey?

• to make it juicier

• to make it cook faster

• to make the gravy saltier

• only if you were going to deep fry it

Brining a turkey involves, soaking it in ___________.

• Salt

• Sugar

• Oil

• Pepper

Tapioca pudding pudding when uncooked actually contains the chemical poison ____________.

• Cyanide

• Arsenic

• Lead

• Ricin

How does the test kitchen test the tenderness of a hamburger?

• Throw it against the wall

• Smash it with a large pot

• Put it in a grinder

• Hold it over a flame

How long should the turkey be brined?

• 12-24 hours (over-night)

• 1 hours

• 4 hours

• 8 house

The movement of water through a cell membrane is called...

• Isotonic

• Facilitated diffusion

• Activi transport

• Osmosis

Using heat to break down amino acids and recombine them with sugars via the Milliard reaction is called...

• Browning

• Saute

• Grilling

• Cooking

Onions can make you cry when cut due to a _____________ reaction.

• Endothermic

• Exothermic

• Physical

• Chemical

The key to making good stuffing is removing the _____________ from the bread.

• Salt

• Sugar

• Water

• Oil

Most foods are made up of _____ different types of carbon macromolecules (sugars, proteins, and fats).

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4