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Little Quiz for you all?

OK then, here we go. I'll let you know who the winner is - and using google is cheating.....

1) Who was Peach Melba named after?

2) What are the main ingredients in the classic french soup Potage Billy Bye?

3) What is it that makes puff pastry rise?

4) Who invented custard?

5) What does the cake gateaux Paris Brest commemorate?

6) What's the difference between plain and strong flour?

7) How many different bases are there for Gnocchi, aside from potato?

8) What is saffron made from?

9) What is used to clarify consomme?

10) and finally - if you were eating a deep fried mars bar, where would you more than like be situated?

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  • TJ516
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Peach melba is for Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba.

    Saffron comes from the crocus

    Fried Mars bars - Edinburgh

    Too many questions - just answered the fun ones.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    1. The Peach Melba is a classic dessert, invented in London to honour the Australian soprano, Dame Nellie Melba (1861 - 1931). 2. Starchy Vegetable and Cream. 3. Leavening 4. In the mid-19th Century a qualified pharmacist, Alfred Bird, invented Custard ...

    5. Cycling Race. 6. plain = cake flour--strong flour=bread 7. Variations include semolina, ricotta, pumpkin, sundried tomato and spinach. 8. a spice derived from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus. 9. Ice. 10. Scotland

    Source(s): Personal Secret.
  • 1 decade ago

    1. a Ballerina

    2. ?

    3. The steam that is created.

    4. ?

    5. ?

    6. The gluten content.

    7. ?

    8. It is the stymen from a flower

    9. Several different ways, an ice cube, don't boil too vigorously...

    10. India

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