Food Flashcards
Which Japanese dish consists of cold cooked rice dressed with vinegar that is shaped into bite-sized pieces and topped with raw or cooked fish?
SUSHI
The classic recipe of which sauce contains an emulsion of egg yolks vinegar and melted butter?
HOLLANDAISE
Simnel cake is traditionally eaten during which festival and holiday?
EASTER
Which cheese granted the status of a protected designation of origin by the European Commission can only be produced in the three counties of Derbyshire Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire?
STILTON
Which apple which originated in Australia in 1868 is named after Maria Ann Smith?
GRANNY SMITH
Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish made with eggs cheese black pepper and which meat product?
BACON
Which Greek dish which usually has a pink colour is made from fish roe olive oil lemon juice grated onions and bread?
TARAMASALATA
Meaning ‘mixed pieces’ in Chinese which dish consisting of meat cooked quickly with vegetables is believed to have been invented in America?
CHOP SUEY
The top of a Dundee cake is typically decorated with concentric circles of which type of nut?
ALMOND
The restaurant preparation of which dish (the Japanese word for ‘pufferfish’) is strictly controlled by law in Japan as it can be lethally poisonous?
FUGU
Which North African Berber stew is named after the earthenware pot in which it is cooked?
TAJINE
Named after the Austrian inventor which cake consists of a dense chocolate cake with a thin layer of apricot jam on top coated in dark chocolate icing on the top and sides?
SACHERTORTE
Which cut of meat from the breast or lower chest of beef is tough as it contains a large amount of connective tissue?
BRISKET
Mozzarella is a southern Italian cheese traditionally made from milk from which animals?
BUFFALOES
What name is given to the thymus or pancreas glands of veal young beef lamb and pork which are often breaded and fried?
SWEETBREADS
Often topped with tomatoes which antipasto consists of grilled bread rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt?
BRUSCHETTA
Grown in Jamaica which large citrus fruit is a hybrid of the grapefruit the orange and the tangerine?
UGLI FRUIT
What is the main ingredient of the North African dish couscous?
SEMOLINA
Known as ‘Scotland’s National Soup’ which soup dish consists of leeks and peppered chicken stock often thickened with rice or barley?
COCK-A-LEEKIE
Which curry dish takes its name from the Persian for ‘two onions’?
DOPIAZA
The name of the pasta orecchiette comes from its shape which resembles which organ of the human body?
EAR
Used as a skin ointment as well as for eating which expensive honey produced in Australia and New Zealand is named after the tree that produces the nectar which is fed on by European honey bees?
MANUKA
Which unleavened flatbread that is part of Jewish cuisine forms an integral element of the Passover festival?
MATZO
Sometimes known as ‘speckled bread’ which Welsh bread is traditionally flavoured with tea dried fruits and mixed spices?
BARA BRITH
What name is given to a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine?
BENTO
Sometimes known as ‘squashed fly biscuits’ which biscuits made with currants are named after an Italian leader?
GARIBALDI
Which savoury dish is made of oysters wrapped with bacon?
ANGELS ON HORSEBACK
Cornish Yarg cheese is wrapped in the leaves of which plant to form an edible rind before being left to mature?
NETTLE
Which Greek fast food consists of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer?
SOUVLAKI
Similar to the kipper and the bloater what name is given to a herring that is hot-smoked whole?
BUCKLING
Which ingredient of Chinese cuisine commonly consists of star anise cloves Chinese cinnamon Sichuan pepper and fennel?
FIVE-SPICE POWDER
Pho is a noodle soup and a popular street food in which Asian country?
VIETNAM
Also known as Italian chicory which leaf vegetable with a bitter and spicy taste usually has white-veined red leaves?
RADICCHIO
Which Indian vegetarian curry dish consists of peas and a soft white cheese in a tomato-based sauce?
MATTAR PANEER
Paella is regarded as one of the identifying symbols of which Spanish city?
VALENCIA
Created at the Savoy Hotel in London the omelette containing smoked haddock Parmesan cheese and cream is named after which Staffordshire-born novelist?
ARNOLD BENNETT
What is the name of the Australian sponge cake cubes coated in a layer of traditionally chocolate icing and then rolled in desiccated coconut?
LAMINGTONS
Several dishes in haute cuisine are named after which mistress of Louis XV most of which include the use of cauliflower?
MADAME DU BARRY
What is the common North American term for the root vegetable known in Britain as a swede or turnip?
RUTABAGA
Which Italian rice named after a town in the Po Valley is commonly used to make risotto?
ARBORIO
A carpetbag steak is stuffed with which shellfish?
OYSTERS
Which soup often made with a calf’s head was created in the 18th century as an imitation of another soup that was viewed as a delicacy?
MOCK TURTLE SOUP
In the cuisine of the Indian Subcontinent what type of dish is kheer?
RICE PUDDING
Named after the Minister of Food which pastry dish of vegetables was widely served in Britain during the Second World War due to meat rationing?
WOOLTON PIE
Popular in the Ashkenazi Jewish community which dish is made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish and is typically eaten as an appetizer?
GEFILTE FISH
Bigos also known as hunter’s stew consists of meat stewed with sauerkraut and cabbage and originated in which European country?
POLAND
A stargazy pie is filled with which fish which retain their heads and poke through the pastry top?
PILCHARDS (OR SARDINES)
Potato cabbage and onion are the main ingredients of which traditional dish from the Scottish Borders which is similar to bubble and squeak?
RUMBLEDETHUMPS
What is the name of the upside-down tart in which the fruit (usually apples) are caramelized in butter and sugar before the tart is baked and is named after the hotel in France where it was created accidentally by two sisters in the 1880s?
TARTE TATIN
E numbers E200-E299 are used by which class of food additives?
PRESERVATIVES
