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Eggs Benedict - Quiz
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  • 1. What type of dish is Eggs Benedict commonly served as?
A) Dinner entree
B) Dessert
C) Breakfast or brunch dish
D) Late-night snack
  • 2. What forms the base of traditional Eggs Benedict?
A) Pancakes
B) Two halves of an English muffin
C) Slices of sourdough bread
D) Buttermilk biscuits
  • 3. What meat is traditionally placed on top of the English muffin halves?
A) Crisp turkey bacon
B) Pulled pork
C) Canadian bacon or sliced ham
D) Smoked salmon
  • 4. What type of egg preparation is used in Eggs Benedict?
A) Poached egg
B) Fried egg
C) Hard-boiled egg
D) Scrambled egg
  • 5. What sauce covers Eggs Benedict?
A) Mornay sauce
B) Bordelaise sauce
C) Hollandaise sauce
D) Béchamel sauce
  • 6. Where is the dish believed to have originated?
A) Boston
B) Chicago
C) New York City
D) Philadelphia
  • 7. Which New York establishment claims on its menu to have first created Eggs Benedict in 1860?
A) Zellers
B) Delmonico's
C) The Waldorf Hotel
D) The Plaza
  • 8. Who was the former chef at Delmonico's who published the recipe for Eggs à la Benedick in 1920?
A) Oscar Tschirky
B) Charles Ranhofer
C) Edward P. Montgomery
D) Lemuel Benedict
  • 9. Who claimed in a 1942 interview that he ordered the dish at the Waldorf Hotel in 1894 to cure a hangover?
A) Commodore E. C. Benedict
B) Lemuel Benedict
C) Craig Claiborne
D) Charles Ranhofer
  • 10. Who was the maître d'hôtel at the Waldorf Hotel who put Lemuel Benedict's requested dish on the menu?
A) Edward P. Montgomery
B) Craig Claiborne
C) Charles Ranhofer
D) Oscar Tschirky
  • 11. What did Lemuel Benedict originally ask for instead of an English muffin?
A) A buttermilk biscuit
B) A Holland rusk
C) A croissant
D) Buttered toast
  • 12. What meat did Lemuel Benedict originally order before the Waldorf Hotel substituted it with ham?
A) Streaky bacon
B) Canadian bacon
C) Peameal bacon
D) Crisp bacon
  • 13. Who made a later claim to the creation of Eggs Benedict on behalf of Commodore E. C. Benedict in 1967?
A) Lemuel Benedict
B) Oscar Tschirky
C) Charles Ranhofer
D) Edward P. Montgomery
  • 14. To which food columnist did Edward P. Montgomery write a letter regarding the commodore's recipe in 1967?
A) Craig Claiborne
B) Charles Ranhofer
C) Lemuel Benedict
D) The New Yorker editor
  • 15. What unusual ingredient was included in Commodore Benedict's hollandaise sauce preparation?
A) Maple syrup and mustard
B) Hot, hard-cooked egg and ham mixture
C) Bordelaise sauce and truffle
D) Creamed spinach and caviar
  • 16. What are the ingredients used to make modern hollandaise sauce for the dish?
A) Mayonnaise, lemon, and butter
B) Milk, cheese, and egg yolks
C) Eggs, lemon, and melted butter
D) Cream, butter, and flour
  • 17. What variation replaces the bacon with spinach?
A) Eggs Cochon
B) Eggs Royale
C) Eggs Neptune
D) Eggs Florentine
  • 18. What variation replaces the bacon with smoked salmon?
A) Eggs Royale
B) Eggs Blackstone
C) Eggs Sardou
D) Eggs Balmoral
  • 19. What variation replaces both the bacon and the muffin with spinach and artichoke?
A) Eggs Neptune
B) Eggs Sardou
C) Eggs Blackstone
D) Eggs Hebridean
  • 20. What variation replaces the bacon with crab?
A) Eggs Royale
B) Eggs Florentine
C) Eggs Cochon
D) Eggs Neptune
  • 21. What variation replaces the bacon with pulled pork and the muffin with a buttermilk biscuit?
A) Eggs Woodhouse
B) Eggs Balmoral
C) Eggs Hussarde
D) Eggs Cochon
  • 22. In Avocado toast eggs Benedict, what replaces the English muffin?
A) A buttermilk biscuit
B) Toast
C) A Holland rusk
D) A toasted scone
  • 23. What addition characterizes California eggs Benedict?
A) Sliced Hass avocado
B) Black truffle and caviar
C) Crayfish and Creole mustard
D) Haggis
  • 24. What does Eggs Balmoral substitute in place of Canadian bacon?
A) Corned beef
B) Haggis
C) Streaky bacon
D) Black pudding
  • 25. What does Eggs Blackstone substitute in place of Canadian bacon and add to the dish?
A) Streaky bacon and a tomato slice
B) Smoked salmon and capers
C) Pulled pork and sliced avocado
D) Fried chicken and hot sauce
  • 26. What sauce is substituted in place of hollandaise in Eggs Blanchard?
A) Béchamel sauce
B) Bordelaise sauce
C) Bearnaise sauce
D) Mornay sauce
  • 27. In Canadiana Eggs Benedict, what replaces the Canadian bacon and what is mixed into the hollandaise?
A) Montreal smoked meat and maple syrup
B) Taylor pork roll and Creole mustard
C) Irish bacon and sundried tomato
D) Haggis and hot pepper sauce
  • 28. What does Eggs Chesapeake substitute in place of Canadian bacon?
A) A small steak
B) Tofu
C) A Maryland blue crab cake
D) A grilled flat mushroom
  • 29. Where are Eggs Cochon (or eggs cochon de lait) traditionally served?
A) New Orleans restaurants
B) Boston seafood houses
C) Scottish pubs
D) New York City diners
  • 30. What type of sauce is added to traditional Eggs Florentine along with spinach?
A) Cheese gruyère mornay
B) New England clam chowder
C) Bordelaise sauce
D) Salsa roja
  • 31. What does Eggs Hebridean substitute in place of Canadian bacon as a Scottish variety?
A) Black pudding
B) Irish bacon
C) Haggis
D) Corned beef
  • 32. What does Eggs Hussarde substitute in place of the English muffin?
A) Buttermilk biscuits
B) Sliced potato
C) Toasted scones
D) Holland rusks
  • 33. What sauce replaces the hollandaise in Eggs Mornay?
A) Béarnaise sauce
B) Mornay sauce
C) Béchamel sauce
D) Bordelaise sauce
  • 34. What sauce sometimes replaces the hollandaise in Steak Benedict?
A) Béchamel
B) Bordelaise
C) Béarnaise
D) Mornay
  • 35. What is added to the hollandaise in Eggs Trivette?
A) Maple syrup
B) Sundried tomato
C) Creole mustard
D) Hot salsa
  • 36. What seafood is used as a topping in Eggs Trivette?
A) Crayfish
B) Lobster
C) Smoked salmon
D) Maryland blue crab
  • 37. Which luxury ingredients are included in Eggs Woodhouse?
A) Montreal smoked meat and maple syrup
B) Maryland blue crab and crayfish
C) Iberico ham, black truffle, and beluga caviar
D) Smoked salmon and cream cheese
  • 38. In which book and television-inspired media is the Eggs Woodhouse recipe featured?
A) Craig Claiborne's Cookbook
B) The New Yorker
C) Talk of the Town
D) How To Archer
  • 39. What type of bacon and bread are used in Eggs Zenedict?
A) Streaky bacon and a buttermilk biscuit
B) Irish bacon and Holland rusks
C) Canadian bacon and sliced potato
D) Peameal bacon and a toasted scone
  • 40. At which defunct Canadian retail chain's restaurants was Eggs Zenedict a specialty?
A) Zellers
B) Commodore's
C) Delmonico's
D) The Waldorf
  • 41. What toppings are added in Huevos Benedictos?
A) Creamed spinach and artichoke hearts
B) Black truffle and beluga caviar
C) Sliced avocado or Mexican chorizo and salsa
D) Crayfish and Creole mustard
  • 42. What does Irish Benedict substitute in place of Canadian bacon?
A) Montreal smoked meat
B) Black pudding
C) Taylor pork roll
D) Corned beef or Irish bacon
  • 43. What does Miner's Benedict substitute in place of Canadian bacon?
A) Streaky bacon
B) Slices of fried black pudding
C) Grilled flat mushrooms
D) Fried chicken
  • 44. What does Mushroom Benedict substitute in place of Canadian bacon?
A) Grilled flat mushrooms
B) Sliced avocado
C) Spinach
D) Tofu
  • 45. What does New Jersey Benedict substitute in place of Canadian bacon?
A) Peameal bacon
B) Corned beef
C) Taylor pork roll
D) Irish bacon
  • 46. What alternative breads might replace the English muffin in some variations?
A) Croissant, tortilla, or bagel
B) Flatbread, wrap, or pita
C) Cornbread, brioche, or waffle
D) Toast, sliced potato, or a biscuit
  • 47. What are some alternative meat options that can replace Canadian bacon in meat variations?
A) Turkey breast, pepperoni, or salami
B) Venison, bratwurst, or chorizo
C) Meatball, gyro meat, or duck
D) Lobster, corned beef, or steak
  • 48. What ingredients can replace the Canadian bacon in Meatless Eggs Benedict?
A) Avocado, tomato, mushroom, or tofu
B) Salmon, crab, or crayfish
C) Bacon, ham, or pork
D) Haggis, black pudding, or steak
  • 49. How can Eggs Benedict be transformed into a breakfast sandwich?
A) By wrapping it in a flour tortilla
B) By pressing it in a panini press
C) By adding an additional English muffin half on top
D) By serving it between two pancakes
  • 50. What does Eggs Halifax substitute in place of hollandaise sauce?
A) Béchamel sauce
B) New England clam chowder
C) Bordelaise sauce
D) Mornay sauce
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