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- Q: What is a zucchini?
A: Courgette or baby marrow – Italian growers bred the zucchini in Milan in the late 19th century. - Q: Which fruit do people use to make cider?
A: The apple (experts properly call pear cider Perry). - Q: To the nearest 20, how many calories are in a pint of bitter?
A: 180. Mild bitter – 142 calories, Pale ale – 182 calories, Brown ale – 160 calories, Stout – 210 calories, Lager – ordinary strength – 170 calories, Lager – premium – 338 calories, Dry cider – 190 calories, Sweet cider – 220 calories, Vintage sweet cider – 580 calories - Q: Which type of meat do chefs correctly use to make Wiener schnitzel?
A: Veal – cooks butterfly-cut veal slices to about 4 mm (3⁄16 in) in thickness and lightly pounds them flat. - Q: What fruit do people also call a Chinese gooseberry?
A: The Kiwi fruit. The prominent produce company Turners and Growers announced that it would, from now on, export Chinese gooseberries as ‘kiwifruit’. Since people introduced the plant to this country in 1904, farmers worldwide now cultivate kiwifruit, and New Zealand growers market their fruit as ‘Zespri’. - Q: What is the main ingredient of sauce Lyonnaise?
A: Onions - Q: What kind of fruit is a pearmain?
A: Apple (a pear-shaped dessert apple of a variety with firm white flesh) - Q: Which acid gives vinegar its characteristic taste & smell?
A: Acetic Acid - Q: What do cooks use a ‘spurtle’ to stir?
A: Porridge (it’s a stick people use to stir porridge). - Q: What do farmers call a cockerel they castrate to improve the quality of its flesh for food?
A: Capon