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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of preparing eggs does the author not recommend?

2. Which of the following is a current method of preserving meat?

3. What changes the pigmentation in fruits and vegetables?

4. Which of the following does the author describe as having an almost meaty flavor?

5. What is the name of the bacteria in milk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Louis Pasteur important to the dairy industry?

2. What are the three basic ingredients of cheese?

3. How has McGee changed the second edition of the book?

4. How can raw milk become infected?

5. Why is fish oil so important in our development?

6. How should one hard boil an egg?

7. How does one make butter from milk?

8. What are roots and tubers?

9. What were the early methods of preserving meat?

10. Why is propionibacteria important in the cheesemaking process?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following countries and examine how that food has helped shape the nation's identity.

1. Japan.

2. USA.

3. France.

4. Britain.

5. Spain.

6. Italy.

7. India.

Essay Topic 2

What are the concerns about the the fish industry in general? How have governments tried to combat these concerns?

Essay Topic 3

What are the different cooking methods? Why is it important to examine different cooking methods? How do the different cooking methods affect the flavor of food?

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