Quiz about Starch and Pasta

What is Starch?

• It's a stretchy substance for cooking.

• Germanic Root Word meaning "Stiff"

  Acts as a thickening or gelling agent in food preparation

• Alimentary Paste of Cooking?

• I forgot what starch is

Where does starch come from?

• Milk, Ice Cream and Beans

• Wheat, Rice, Corn, Potatoes, Arrowroot and cassava

• Dried Beans, Peas and Sago Palm

Potato starch = largest granules
• Corn, tapioca, rice, and taro root =progressively smaller

What do you call this?

What are the Types of Noodles

• Noodles, Asian Noodles, Whole Wheat Noodles, High Protein Noodles, Flavor, and Couscous

• Pasta Nomenclature

• Ravioli, Macaroni, Lasagna, and Penne

• Animal Noodle, Spaghetti, Soba

Meaning of the Italian Word: Al Dente

• to the Food

• Cooking Preperation

• to Boil and Strain

• to the Tooth (To Tender Pasta)

What is the Starch Structure?

• Polysaccharides, Amylose and Glucose Molecules or made by Molecules and Amylopectin

• MonoSaccharide

• Glucose, Xylose and Sucrose