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Curing is similar to…….
a) drying                                               

b) freezing
c) pickling                                            

d) both a and b


c

Explanation:Pickling is defined as the process of preserving a food by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar.


In addition to salt and acid, which of the following are used in curing?
a) sulphates                         

b) nitrates
c) phosphates                      

d) alkalis                

b

For which of the following foods, curing is specially used?
a) vegetables and grains    

b) fruits and nuts
c) meat and fish                 

d) milk

c

Who for the first time find out that heating at a certain temperature makes the food microbe free?
a) A. Flaming                       
b) Joseph Lister

c) Louis Pasteur  

d)Charles Darwin

c

Louis Pasteur was…chemist and microbiologist.
a) English                             
b)French
c) German                                            

d) American

b

Heating food at certain temperature to make it microbe food is called…….
a) drying                                               

b) freezing
c)pickling                                              

d)pasteurization

d

Explanation:Pasteurization (or pasteurization) is the process by which heat is applied to food and beverages to kill pathogens and extend shelf life.