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Julie Albert
“I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.”
-Dan Quayle
We love to play games. When we were young’uns, it was “Hungry Hippos.” When we were teens, it was “Beergammon.” As adults, we’ve hit our stride with “Jeopardy,” slapping our thigh-buzzers and saying (read: screaming) out the answers.
In the spirit of healthy competition, we invite you to play our new game, “Veracious or Fallacious?” Sounds X-rated, but it’s really just a sauced-up version of True or False, a game to test your knowledge of practical, precious and otherwise pretentious bits of all things culinary.
The navel orange is named after the bellybutton.
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Cold water boils faster than hot water.
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Yellow bell peppers have 4 times as much Vitamin C as oranges.
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White chocolate isn’t chocolate.
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London Broil is a cut of meat.
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It’s the sugar in peanut butter that causes it to stick to the roof of your mouth.
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More maple syrup is produced in Quebec than Vermont.
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Cattle raised as Kobe beef is massaged with Sake.
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Honey is the only food that doesn’t spoil.
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Avocado, eggplant, cucumber and tomato are all fruits.
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Pope’s nose is the nickname for a pig’s snout.
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A green banana will ripen more quickly if you park it next to an already ripe one.
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Cremini mushrooms are simply portobello mushrooms that haven’t yet reached maturity.
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Tuna is the most widely eaten fish in the world.
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“Mise en place” is the fancy French way of saying “having everything prepped and ready at the start of cooking.”
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Over-softening butter will lead to cookies too spread out and cake too dense.
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1 tablespoon equals 4 teaspoons.
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Choose light-colored metal baking pans to avoid over-browning.
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If an egg floats in cold water, it’s fresh.
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A stand-in for buttermilk is 1 teaspoon white vinegar added to 1 cup of milk.
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