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WorksheetsInc-egg-ible Eggs!
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is this part of the egg called?
Egg white
Egg yolk
Shell
If an egg floats in a glass of water, it is....
Fresh
Stale
If an egg sinks in a glass of water, it is...
Fresh
Stale
What holds the yolk in place and is stronger when the egg is fresh?
chalazae
yolk membrane
What is the best way to store an egg?
room temperature and covered
refrigerated and uncovered
room temperature and uncovered
refrigerated and covered
True or false-the air cell grows larger as an egg ages.
True
False
Which part of the egg?
shell
yolk
albumin
calaza
A quality indicator for an egg shell is that it should be clean, strong and slightly rough?
True
False
What shape should an egg shell be? Tick all correct answers
Oval with one end pointed and the other end blunt
Round and fat
Uniform and not distorted
Long and uneven
What should you check before you use an egg? Tick all correct answers
That it floats in water
That it isn't cracked
That it is clean
What should the texture of an egg shell feel like?
Bumpy
Smooth
Slightly rough
What is a quality indicator for an egg white if it is fresh and cracked on a plate?
Strong white with separate layers of thick and thin white
The thin and thick white should be runny
No difference between the thick and thin white
The thin white should be jelly like in appearance
What is a quality indicator for the appearance of an egg yolk if it is fresh?
It should be runny and spreading into the white
It should be round, flat, and sit off centre
It should be round, sit high and be centred in the middle of the white
The should be flat and sitting in the middle of the white
As an egg gets older water from the white will start to penetrate the yolk making it thinner and less stable?
True
False
How long should a soft boiled egg be cooked for?
3-5 mins
5-7 mins
8-10 mins
What method of boiling eggs allows for precise timing?
Putting an egg in warm water and boiling for half the time
Putting an egg into cold water and bringing to the boil then timing
Putting the egg into boiling water and timing from when it entres the water
Which method of cooking eggs do you slip the eggs into a pan of simmering water at 80℃?
Frying
Scrambling
Boiling
Poaching
When is a fried egg ready?
When the white is cooked and the yolk starts to thicken
When the white is set and the yolk is hard
When the white is set and the yolk is runny
When the white is jelly like and the yok is runny
Overcooking a boiled egg results in
An egg that is easy to peel
A runny egg yolk
Soft shells and hard to peel eggs
The yolk to have a dark green ring around it
The best temperature to poach an egg is
60℃
70℃
80℃
90℃
What is it called when you put a lid over your frying pan when cooking fried egg?
Poaching
Steam frying
Hard frying
