UCAT Question Analysis - Verbal Reasoning Question 5
TEXT
"Coq au Vin" is a traditional French dish whose main ingredients are red wine, lardons, onion and occasionally garlic. The word "coq" means -rooster". Traditional recipes use older roosters to produce a richer broth; however, roosters are not easily Found and can be tough to eat. Conse-quently most home cooks use chicken as a substitute. Lardons are fre-quently used in French cooking and consist of thick slices of pork belly cut in cubes or thick strips. They are often smoked and are a main ingredient for a wide range of dishes including Quiche Lorraine. Although they can be found in some UK supermarkets, lardons are in sparse supply and thick bacon can be used as a substitute. However, bacon is not as fatty as lar-dons and therefore may taste drier. The original recipe uses the bird's blood, which is added at the end to produce a thick black colour. The faint-hearted leave the blood out, though it produces a less rich sauce.
Quiche Lorraine is a dish that dates back to the 16th century, and consisted of an egg, cream and lardon mix on a crust of bread dough. Because of its primarily vegetarian ingredients, it was historically considered a somehow unmanly dish, hence the expression 'real men don't eat quiche". There is controversy as to whether cheese formed part of the original dish (although the locals believe it didn't, some food historians do). Today, the Quiche Lor-raine is not always served with cheese.
Its name comes from the German "Kuchen", meaning "cake", with "Lor-raine" signifying that it comes from the Lorraine region in Eastern France. Lorraine, a region bordering Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg, was first taken by France in 1648, was annexed by the Germans in 1871, and handed back to the French in 1918 following World War I. Its symbol is the Mirabelle plum (a yellow cousin of the greengage), which is often used to make pastries and to make a very refined liqueur.
Q5.1 Bacon is an essential ingredient of Coq au Vin.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Q5.2 Bacon can be used as a substitute for lardons in Quiche Lorraine.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Q5.3 Most home cooks don't follow the traditional Coq au Vin recipe.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Q5.4 If bacon is used instead of lardons, then garlic should be added to compensate for the dryness.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Q5.5 Quiche Lorraine is a vegetarian dish.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Q5.6 Originally, Quiche Lorraine was not a French dish.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Q5.7 The Lorraine region has remained French since it was handed back by Germany in 1918.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Q5.8 Mirabelle liqueur is yellow.
❑ True
❑ False
❑ Can't tell
Answer and Explanation
Q5.1 — FALSE.
The list of main ingredients in the first sentence does not contain bacon. Bacon may be used as a substitute for lardons and therefore cannot be labelled "essential'.
Q5.2 — TRUE.
The first paragraph is dear in suggesting that thick bacon can be used as a substitute for lardons.
Q5.3 —TRUE.
The traditional recipe uses rooster. The first paragraph states that most home cooks use chicken as a substitute. Therefore, It follows that most home cooks don't follow the traditional recipe.
Q5.4 — CAN'T TELL.
The text says that using bacon makes the dish drier. The text also says that occasionally garlic is used. What we don't know is what the effect of garlic is. Although there does not seem to be much logic behind the statement, we cannot actually say whether there is a link be-tween the two.
Q5.5 — FALSE.
We are told that Quiche Lorraine is made with lardons. The first paragraph clearly states that lardons are made of pork, so Quiche Lor-raine contains meat.
Q5.6 — TRUE.
Quiche Lorraine comes from the Lorraine region, which, the text states, was first taken by France in 1648 (i.e. the 17th century). The first sentence of the second paragraph says that the dish dates back to the 16th century, I.e. before it became French.
Q5.7 — CAN'T TELL.
The text does not state what happened to the Lorraine region after 1918 and does not state anywhere that it has remained French since then (Note: in fact it briefly became German again during WWII, but this is not information which can be found in the text). Therefore we cannot conclude either way.
Q5.8 — CAN'T TELL.
The Mirabelle fruit is yellow, but there is no indication of the colour of the liqueur.
Drafted by Juno Wong(UCAT Prep)