Senses

Question 1

omnivore’s dilemma

Answer 1

Humans enjoy eating living organisms that put us at risk of poison and toxins

Question 2

By age __, you lose 50% of your taste buds

Answer 2

60

Question 3

What is the most favourable apple

Answer 3

honey crisps

Question 4

True or false? Sense of taste is more complicated than smell

Answer 4

false; smell is more complicated

Question 5

What is olfactory

Answer 5

Layer of nerve cells on the base of your nose that allows you to smell

Question 6

T/F? Women have a stronger sense of smell than men

Answer 6

T

Question 7

In many foods, sense of smell contributes to __% of taste

Answer 7

90%

Question 8

Describe “Origin of Table Manners” and who wrote it

Answer 8

Levi Strauss said that the French soldiers in WW2 blew up dairy products because they believed it is where Americans hid bodies

Question 9

Cakes and eggs that are (what colour) taste better

Answer 9

dark yellow

Question 10

How can you tenderize meat?

Answer 10

beating it, chemically using acids like vineger, aging it, myoglobin

Question 11

Which types of snacks are the most profitable in the snack industry?

Answer 11

Crunchy snacks

Question 12

What is the Scoville Scale and when was it invented?

Answer 12

A way to measure the heat of peppers. You take pepper and place it in water and observe how much water it takes to dilute the spice; 1912

Question 13

Scotch bonnet peppers have a scoville value of?

Answer 13

100K-250K

Question 14

Thai peppers have a scoville value of?

Answer 14

50k-100k

Question 15

Habanero peppers have a scoville value of?

Answer 15

100k-300k

Question 16

bell peppers have a scoville value of?

Answer 16

zero

Question 17

Pure capsaicin has a scoville of? ANd what it is usually found in

Answer 17

16 million; pepper spray

Question 18

Pepper spray has a scoville value of?

Answer 18

2-3 million