Are you a complete Food Geek?

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We all tend to think we are "normal", and everyone else "neurotic" or "idiotic". Take this to see how you fare against your fellow food fanciers!

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You watch Iron Chef because
- The set is so cool - you long to cook in Kitchen Stadium
- You wish you had skill enough to use Giant Sea Cucumber in every course - including dessert
- You wish you had a sous chefs at home
- You want to use the industrial strength ice cream maker
2

How much do you actually like to learn from Cooking Shows?
- You like your food with a ridiculously sweet and cutesy host who makes dishes like Grandma's Secret potato salad
- You like your food to be in exotic places with celebrity chefs, perfectly plated
- You pine for the good old days with cooking shows from PBS - Julia Child, Jeff Smith and Martin Yan
- You are old school - you watch the "Great Chefs" series, where the chef cooks and a polite voiceover explains cooking techniques
3

How much do you need to know about the science of your food?
- You think cooking is art - too much thinking ruins the dish
- You just need to know if you do it the same each time, it turns out the same
- You like Alton Brown - a mix of food, fun and education
- You think Harold McGee is God, and ask your friends "What do you mean you haven't read "On Food and Cooking?"
- You like "Molecular Gastronomy" and approach cooking with a blowtorch and Xanthan Gum powder
4

What kind of pots and pans do you use?
- You buy the $9.99 3-piece non stick set from Walmart
- You have copper core sandwiched between aluminum - you crave the heat distribution of copper, but are sensible that those shiny copper pots never stay so, well, coppery
- You own All-Clad all the way - and hang them in the rack above your kitchen island
- You lust after Le Creuset - nothing but cast iron is good enough, and it comes with a lifetime guarantee!
5

What do you think is the silliest kitchen gadget?
- Avocado slicer
- Egg timer
- Food Dehydrator
- Anything made by Ronco (salad shooter, rotisserie, etc)
- There are no silly kitchen gadgets, you love them all
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What is your most beloved kitchen appliance?
- The ever classic white Kitchen Aid Mixer
- Rice cooker - surely a BILLION people can't be wrong
- Industrial blender for all things smoothie
- Bread Maker - for the smell alone
7

How obsessed are you about your knives?
- You buy the $7.99 set, including a chef knife, paring knife and 6 steak knives
- You invest in a decent set of knives - but forget to sharpen your knives professionally once a year and wonder what happened
- You use your sharpening steel every time to "realign at the molecular level"
- You travel with your knives to avoid the pain of using your friend's/relative's crappy ones
8

You've made a Betty Crocker mix for brownies and they turn out like dense concrete bricks. You
- think you're an incompetent cook - these were supposed to be foolproof!
- cover it in frosting and ice cream - no one will notice
- go and buy an oven thermometer, because it MUST have been the equipment
- call the Betty Crocker hotline and tell them their mix is terrible
9

When someone is eating your food and requests salt and pepper, you
- fetch it quickly for your guest, a little embarassed that it's not already on the table
- give them a lecture about daily sodium intake
- grudgingly hand them salt and pepper - your food is perfect as seasoned and they're just going to ruin it
- ask your guest whether they'd like fleur de sel, kosher salt, iodized table salt or salt imported from the Dead Sea
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When you have a dinner party, you
- find the take out menus and go to Whole Foods
- make the main course, but buy precut salad and dessert
- make the reliable old standbys - after all, you want to have time to host your guests
- make a new recipe for each course, driving yourself nuts and barely having time for a 5 minute shower before the roast duck comes out of the oven, the port sauce is reduced and you need to carmelize the the French apple tartine

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Are you a complete Food Geek?

You watch Iron Chef because

How much do you actually like to learn from Cooking Shows?

How much do you need to know about the science of your food?

What kind of pots and pans do you use?

What do you think is the silliest kitchen gadget?

What is your most beloved kitchen appliance?

How obsessed are you about your knives?

You've made a Betty Crocker mix for brownies and they turn out like dense concrete bricks. You

When someone is eating your food and requests salt and pepper, you

When you have a dinner party, you

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