Food Chain: The Quiz
How much water does it take to make one egg? What links a 19th-Century electrician to modern pet food? To find out take part in our ultimate test of culinary knowledge.
Have you ever wondered how many litres of water it takes to make one egg, or what links a 19th-Century electrician to modern pet food? Whose job was it to eat a corpse cake, what really happens when you burn your toast, and what are the world鈥檚 most powerful chili peppers?
For the answers to these and many more questions, join us for the ultimate test of culinary trivia in The Food Chain鈥檚 inaugural quiz. Get your pens ready and play along with our studio panel: 麻豆社 technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones; 麻豆社 Radio 4 correspondent Matthew Price; Jozef Youssef, chef and founder of Kitchen Theory in London; and 麻豆社 World Service presenter Jackie Leonard.
(Photo: Flour plus egg equals spaghetti. Credit: Ryan Michael Rodrigo/EyeEm/Getty Images)
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