Carrots quiz

More questions about Carrots

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1. 1 Easy

   How does a dry white film form on peeled baby carrots?

   Answer: Dehydration

   Why: In a baby-carrot study, rehydration 1 to 1.5 hours after cutting restored orange color, but at 15 hours it did not fully return.

2. 2 Medium

   Which French vegetable base blends carrots with celery and onions?

   Answer: Mirepoix

   Why: Standard French mirepoix uses a 2:1:1 ratio by weight of onions, carrots, and celery.

3. 3 Hard

   What is the botanical name for the cultivated carrot subspecies?

   Answer: Daucus carota sativus

   Why: Sativus is botanical Latin for sown or cultivated, the epithet that marks a crop form, and Kew lists this as the carrot's accepted name.

4. 4 Easy

   What texture should a fresh, high-quality carrot have?

   Answer: Firm and crisp

   Why: United States grade standards define firm as not soft, flabby or shriveled, and every carrot sold as U.S. No. 1 must meet that test.

5. 5 Medium

   What life cycle classification applies to carrot plants?

   Answer: Biennial

   Why: If left unharvested through winter, carrots draw on stored root energy to flower in their second year.

6. 6 Hard

   In which modern-day country did the carrot likely originate?

   Answer: Afghanistan

   Why: Early carrots were purple, and the orange kind we eat today only emerged in the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century.