- Question: Pasteurization is intended to make milk taste better.
- Answer: Pasteurization helps eliminate potentially harmful microorganisms from milk without changing its structure or taste.
- Question: Ghee is a kind of goat cheese.
- Answer: Ghee is clarified butter made from cow’s milk. It is popular in the cuisine of India and South Asia. Ghee is made by melting butter and removing the milk solids.
- Question: Roquefort is a kind of cheese.
- Answer: Roquefort is a kind of cheese made from sheep’s milk.
- Question: The Jerusalem artichoke is a kind of sunflower.
- Answer: The sunflower known as the Jerusalem artichoke is popular as a cooked vegetable in Europe.
- Question: Thomas Jefferson liked spaghetti.
- Answer: In 1786 Thomas Jefferson brought back from Italy a die for making spaghetti so that he could serve pasta to his friends.
- Question: Coffee is a tropical plant.
- Answer: Coffee is a tropical plant that requires ample rain and moderate temperatures. Coffee is grown within a belt extending around the world between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
- Question: Hops are edible.
- Answer: Though they are usually used to make beer, hops are also edible. In Belgium, they are eaten with a kind of Hollandaise sauce after being lightly cooked.