Food for thought

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **on:** April 07, 2005, 07:00:30 PM

Since I am working on a cooking major in school, I just had a thought of a trivia about food in general, like restaurants, dishes, and different ingrediants. What do you guys think?

Malte279 · **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2005, 02:47:42 AM

Interesting! I suppose many of us (me included) could learn quite a lot from it.

Petrie · **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2005, 09:25:38 PM

Be my guest....I'll give it a try.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #3 on:** April 10, 2005, 06:05:56 PM

Ok. So where should I start the thread?

Malte279 · **Reply #4 on:** April 10, 2005, 06:56:42 PM

Let's start with the first question:

Which people first created noodles?

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #5 on:** April 10, 2005, 07:06:32 PM

I would have to say the Italians.

If not, then pretty much the Italians took the idea of making noodles and made hundreds of different varieties.

Malte279 · **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2005, 03:26:13 AM

They certainly took the idea and many believe that the Italians invented the noodles. The Italians invented half a dozen names or so for almost identical spaghetti which differ only in breadth or length.
However, it wasn't the Italians who invented the noodles.

Nick22 · **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2005, 01:37:33 PM

The Chinese

Malte279 · **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:04:05 PM

Right. The Chinese invented the noodles, but indeed the Italians created many noodle forms. Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:05:06 PM

Who invented peanut butter?

Malte279 · **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:23:39 PM

If you are asking for a people I would guess (without knowing) the Americans, but you are asking for a person, don't you?

Nick22 · **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:28:08 PM

A person, Malte

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:29:52 PM

I'm thinking of George Washington Carver. He found a lot of uses for peanuts, and think peanut butter is one of them.

Nick22 · **Reply #13 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:31:32 PM

Yep. Your turn Kenji.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #14 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:37:37 PM

Ok. I got one:

If you take one cup of water to two cups of dry rice, how many cups of cooked rice will you get?

Nick22 · **Reply #15 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:38:52 PM

4 cups

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #16 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:41:01 PM

Not quite. Very close though.

Nick22 · **Reply #17 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:42:29 PM

3 cups then

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #18 on:** April 11, 2005, 04:53:01 PM

Yep. That was pretty much a giveaway there. Your turn.

Nick22 · **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2005, 08:57:51 AM

What is caviar?
Nick