June 29 Quiz Food & Drink Round

Food & Drink (15 Points)

1. What are the three ingredients in a Béchamel sauce? (3 Points)

2. What one extra ingredient added to a Béchamel gives you a Mornay sauce? (1 Point)

   

3. In a Thai restaurant if you ordered tom yam kung (Thai: ต้มยำกุ้ง), what would you get? (3 points)

4. Name this one word staple of Korean cuisine. A traditional side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, typically napa cabbage and Korean radish, seasoned with a selection of chilli powder, spring onions, garlic, ginger and salted seafood. Traditionally, it was stored in-ground in large earthenware to prevent it from being frozen during the winter months. (1 Point)

   

5. Name the cocktail made with 3 parts vodka, 1 part Galliano and 6 parts orange juice. (1 Point)

   

6. According to the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC), there are five official quality grades of cognac.

   

   The first two are:

   • V.S. (Very Special) or ✯✯✯ (three stars) designates a blend in which the youngest brandy has been aged for at least two years in a cask.
   • V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale) or Reserve designates a blend in which the youngest brandy is aged for at least four years in a cask.
   • A point each for the name of the three higher grades. (3 Points)
      

7. Fleming’s James Bond often drinks vodka martinis but in the 1953 novel Casino Royale, Bond invents his own martini and names it. Bond instructs the barman: ‘Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?’ What name does he give this martini? (1 Point)

8. The Georgian jester of parliament, Jacob Rees-Mogg, last week suggested we should drink yards of ale when the pubs reopen on the 4th of July.

   • How much beer in imperial pints (the fraction also) is a yard of ale? (1 Point)
   • The fastest drinking of a yard of ale in the Guinness Book of Records is how many seconds? (1 Point)

   

1. Butter, flour and milk.
2. Cheese - typically grated Gruyere but also Emmental or white cheddar.
3. A hot and sour (1 point) soup (1 point) with prawns (1 point).
4. Kimchi.
5. Harvey Wallbanger
6. Three higher grades of Cognac:
   • Napoléon designates a blend in which the youngest brandy is aged for at least six years
   • XO (Extra Old) The minimum age of the youngest brandy used in an XO blend was increased to 10 years in April 2018; this rule was originally scheduled for implementation in 2016, but was postponed due to inadequate stocks. The Napoleon designation, previously unofficial, is used to specifically denote those blends with a minimum age of six years that do not meet the revised XO definition.
   • Hors d’âge (Beyond Age) is a designation which BNIC states is equal to XO, but in practice the term is used by producers to market a high-quality product beyond the official age scale.
7. Vesper - named after Vesper Lynd (played by Eva Green in the 2006 film adaption).
8. 2 and a half imperial pints. 5 seconds.