Food & Drink Flashcards
1
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Salad with a “kitchen” name
Greens with julienned meat & cheese
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CHEF SALAD
2
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Supposedly named for the Brown Derby’s owner Bob
“Chopped” salad, often with turkey, egg, cheese, or bacon
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COBB SALAD
3
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Cheese named for a wisconsin town
Similar to cheddar
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COLBY
4
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The two components of “cojack” cheese
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COLBY
MONTEREY JACK
5
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French for “completed”
Clarified meat broth
For “carmen”, use tomato puree
For “madrilene”, use tomato juice
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CONSOMME
6
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Japanese “grilled bird”
Grilled chicken skewers
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YAKITORI
7
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Japanese “shiny grill”
Grilled/broiled meat with glaze of soy, sugar, & mirin/sake
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TERIYAKI
8
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One-pot stir fry of meat & vegetables in soy sauce
Alternate title to the song “Ue o Muite Arukō”
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SUKIYAKI
9
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Japanese “metal plate grill”
Restaurant type with tableside preparation
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TEPPENYAKI
10
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Sauce with citrus, mirin, soy, & bonito flakes
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PONZU
11
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Japanese “rice wine” (though closer to beer in fermentation)
Typically more alcohol and less sugar than mirin
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SAKE
12
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Japanese melon liqueur
Name means “green”
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MIDORI
13
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Yellow-green herbal liqueur made by French Carthusian monks
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CHARTREUSE
14
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Gaelic for “the drink that satisfies”
Scotch whisky, heather honey, herbs & spices
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DRAMBUIE
15
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Drambuie + Scotch
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RUSTY NAIL
16
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Italian almond-flavoured liqueur (though often made with apricot pits)
DiSaronno, e.g.
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AMARETTO
17
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Italian hazelnut liqueur
300 year old recipe from a monk
Name comes from Italian for “brother”
Bottle wears a cord
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FRANGELICO
18
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Wormwood & anise spirit
Often enjoyed with sugar on a spoon
“The Green Fairy”
Legalized in the U.S. in 2007
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ABSINTHE
19
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Scandinavian spirit
“Water of life”
Aalborg is one brand
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AKVAVIT
(AQUAVIT)
20
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With Bronfman family, founded Canadian distillery
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SEAGRAM
21
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Two ingredients in a 7 & 7
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SEAGRAM’S 7 CROWN WHISKEY
7UP
22
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Beer + whiskey
Also an occupation & an Indiana school mascot
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BOILERMAKER
23
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Butter substitute aka “oleo” (“oil”)
Invented by Hippolyte Mege-Mouries in 1869 for French army needs
Brands include Blue Bonnet, Chiffon, & Imperial
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MARGARINE
24
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Margarine brand
“Everything’s better with ____ on it.”
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BLUE BONNET
25
Margarine brand.
"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."
CHIFFON
26
Flatbread of Turkey, Iran, Armenia, & Azerbaijan
LAVASH
27
Brewery in Pottsville, PA
Founded 1829
YUENGLING
28
To cut into long, thin "matchsticks"
Sounds like a French woman's name
Used for the meat in a chef's salad, e.g.
JULIENNE
29
Chocolate cake with chocolate icing & apricot jam layer in middle
Named for Vienna hotel/family
SACHERTORTE
30
Country that Montrachet cheese is from
FRANCE
31
Rolled or folded pizza dish
Named for a movie named for an Italian island/volcano
STROMBOLI
32
Italian for "little moustaches"
Small penne noodles
MOSTACCIOLI
33
Italian for "quills/feathers"
Tubular, slanted noodles
Sometimes served "alla vodka"
PENNE
34
Italian for "grooms"
Tubular noodles
Often "baked" in a sauce
ZITI
35
Italian for "ridged/furrowed"
Tubular, ridged pasta
RIGATONI
36
Italian for "little sleeves"
Large pasta tubes, stuffed
MANICOTTI
37
Peach schnapps & orange juice
FUZZY NAVEL
38
2 main ingredients of a fuzzy navel
PEACH SCHNAPPS
ORANGE JUICE
39
Vodka, Galliano, orange juice
HARVEY WALLBANGER
40
Martini relative
Gin & dry vermouth garnished with an ONION rather than olive
GIBSON
41
Yellow herbal italian liqueur
Used in a Harvey Wallbanger
GALLIANO
42
Bourbon, sugar, water, ice, mint
Traditional drink at the Kentucky Derby
MINT JULEP
43
Vodka + cranberry juice + lime wedge
(Cranberry juice is Massachusetts' state drink)
CAPE CODDER
44
Amaretto, orange juice, & soda
Sounds like a game
BOCCE BALL
45
Champagne & orange juice, equal parts
Associated with brunch, air travel, & rail
MIMOSA
46
Rum, lime juice, & sugar cane juice
"Punch" claimed by a Charleston, SC hotel but may actually be from Jamaica
PLANTER'S PUNCH
47
Rum, lime juice, sugar/syrup, & ice
Named for an area of Cuba near Santiago
Can be strawberry, banana, or "pink" (grenadine)
(FROZEN) DAIQUIRI
48
Rum, lime juice, & cola
Named for a Caribbean island
CUBA LIBRE
49
"Capital" rum brand founded in 1934
HAVANA CLUB
50
Cuban rum brand founded in 1862
Bat logo represents prosperity
BACARDI
51
Citrus juice & peel spread
Name from the Portuguese for "quince jam"
Favourite of Paddington Bear
Describes the sky in a Beatles song
MARMALADE
52
French Provencal spread with olives, capers, & anchovies
TAPENADE
53
Beef tenderloin cut
Often prepared in Bearnaise sauce
Named for Vicomte Francois Rene, writer & statesman
CHATEAUBRIAND
54
Purim cookies named for the holiday's villain
HAMANTASCHEN
(HAMAN)
55
Plum-apricot hybrid
PLUOT
56
Italian, "foam"
Ice cream
Layered, with fruit & nuts
SPUMONI
57
Crookneck is a variety of this alliterative gourd
SUMMER SQUASH
58
Chicken dish that celebrates Napoleon's victory in a battle of 1800
CHICKEN MARENGO
59
Pungent root vegetable
Varieties include watermelon and daikon
RADISH
60
White radish with Japanese name
DAIKON
61
Root vegetable
White carrot relative
PARSNIP
62
Larger, yellower relative of the turnip
RUTABAGA
63
Orange taproot of the parsley family
CARROT
64
Salad dressing from San Francisco
Named for 1920s play
Chive, parsley, & tarragon
Alliterative & "colourful"
GREEN GODDESS
65
"100% vegetable juice" created by W. G. Peacock in 1933
Owned by Campbell's
Has a Spicy Hot version
Tomato, celery, carrot, spinach, watercress, beet, lettuce, & parsley
"Should've had a..."
V8
66
Thick parsley herb sauce from Argentina
Used with grilled meat
CHIMICHURRI
67
Spicy fermented/pickled radish/cabbage dish from Korea
KIMCHI
68
Kind of wheat
Used in tabbouleh
BULGUR
69
From Arabic
Middle Eastern crushed bulgur salad with tomato, parsley, oil, and lemon juice
TABBOULEH
70
Pasta wheat
From Latin, "hard"
Ground into semolina
DURUM
71
Ground durum wheat
used to make pasta and couscous
SEMOLINA
72
North African steamed semolina dish
Served with hot harissa sauce
COUSCOUS
73
From Quechua
Andean "Supergrain"
Complete protein
QUINOA
74
White kidney beans
Sounds like a pasta
CANNELLINI
75
Italian pasta
"Tubes" or "large reeds"
Sounds like kidney beans
CANNELLONI
76
Sicilian dessert
Fried pastry tube filled with ricotta, possibly also chocolate or fruit
The Godfather - "Leave the gun, take the ____"
CANNOLI
77
French
Carrot, celery, & onion sauteed in butter
MIREPOIX
78
Cereal
Italian, "flour"
FARINA
79
1st "lite" beer
"Tastes great, less filling"
MILLER LITE
80
"Champagne of beers"
Since 1903
MILLER HIGH LIFE
81
Greek anise-flavoured liqueur/aperitif
Barbayanni and Aphrodite are brands
OUZO
82
Greek wine with pine resin
Turpentine-like
RETSINA
83
Cognac/whiskey/bourbon + absinthe/Pernod + sugar + Peychaud's bitters
Originated in New Orleans
SAZERAC
84
Stout (usually Guinness) plus wine (usually champagne)
Dark fabric
BLACK VELVET
85
Fortified wine named for Sicilian town
Used to make a veal or chicken dish
Used in zabaglione
MARSALA
86
French anise aperitif
Created when absinthe was banned
PERNOD (RICARD)
87
Named for New Orleans bartender Henry
Gin, cream, egg white, lime juice
RAMOS FIZZ
88
Aka "green onion" or "spring onion"
Immature or mild allium
SCALLION
89
Flavoured like licorice/fennel/tarragon
Used in sambuca, ouzo, & absinthe
ANISE
or ANISEED
90
Chinese plant similar in flavour to fennel or licorice
Named for shape and similarity to a mediterranean herb
STAR ANISE
91
Often a garnish
Mentioned in "Scarborough Fair" with sage, rosemary, & thyme
"... is gharsley" - 3-word Nash poem
Family of carrot, parsnip, hemlock, dill, fennel, anise, celery, caraway, coriander, cumin
PARSLEY
92
Fungus that converts carbohydrates (sugars) to CO2 and alcohol
YEAST
93
Fleischmann has sold this organism for baking since 1870
YEAST
94
Process catalyzed by zymase
Converts carbohydrates to alcohol & CO2
FERMENTATION
95
Biological leavener
Cold bottom-fermenting produce lagers
Warm top-fermenting produce ales
Used in bread, kombucha, beer
YEAST
96
Sour beet soup of Eastern Europe
Hot or cold
Often served with sour cream
"Belt" in the Catskills
BORSCHT
97
Italian dessert beverage
Egg yolk, sugar, and Marsala wine, whisked into a frothy custard
ZABAGLIONE
98
Upside-down cooked tart with caramelized apples
Created by sisters at their hotel
TARTE TATIN
99
Chicken or veal served with lemon juice, butter, and capers
PICCATA
100
Gin, egg white, lemon juice, & grenadine (which gives it its colour)
Also an apple variety and a Grease gang
PINK LADY
101
Name means "strained pineapple"
Rum, coconut, & pineapple
Mentioned in the subtitle of "Escape" (1979)
PINA COLADA
102
A pina colada with vodka in lieu of rum
CHI CHI
103
Peruvian (or Chilean) brandy used in a "sour" cocktail
PISCO
104
Lemon/lime juice, syrup, egg white, bitters, and a Peruvian/Chilean brandy
PISCO SOUR
105
Dutch beer est. 1870
Acquired by Heineken in 1968
Named for a river
AMSTEL
106
Dutch lager (or "Pilsener") est. 1873 by Gerard
Green bottle with a red star
Heiress Charlaine is now the richest person in the Netherlands
Acquired Amstel in 1968
Now has an "Experience" in Amsterdam
HEINEKEN
107
A top-fermented ale that's dark, dry, and strong
e.g. Guinness
Also means "heavyset" or "resolute"
STOUT
108
A pale/light lager served in a tall, tapered glass
e.g. Tuborg
Named for a Czech city
PILSENER
109
Indian rice variety
Aromatic
From Hindi, "Queen of Fragrance"
BASMATI
110
Named for a Louisville, Kentucky hotel
Open-face turkey, ham, & bacon sandwich with a Mornay sauce
HOT BROWN
111
Bechamel sauce with cheese
Used on a hot brown and florentine dishes
MORNAY
112
Dish such as eggs with spinach and a Mornay sauce
Or a chocolate dipped biscuit
Named for an Italian city
FLORENTINE
113
From Japanese, for "Japanese cow"
Cuts of beef such as Kobe
WAGYU
114
Beef named for a city in Hyogo
Wagyu steak from well-treated cows
Well-marbled
KOBE BEEF
115
Bread made with egg & butter
Fluffy & rich
French
Made "a tete"
BRIOCHE
116
From German "Kuchen"
French savory egg tart/pie
Often with cheese
"Real Men Don't Eat" it per a 1982 title
QUICHE
117
Quiche with bacon
From northeast France
QUICHE LORRAINE
118
Yiddish, "stuffed"
Ground carp/whitefish/pike with egg & matzo
GEFILTE
119
Mardi Gras treat with a plastic baby inside
KING CAKE
120
Herb with a licorice-like flavour
Used in Bearnaise sauce & Green Goddess dressing
From "dragon"; in French, "estragon"
TARRAGON
121
Sauce of butter, egg yolk, vinegar, & tarragon
Used on Veal Oscar & Chateaubriand
BEARNAISE
122
Supposedly named for Swedish king
Veal with Bearnaise or Hollandaise, crab meat, & white asparagus
VEAL OSCAR
123
Name from Japanese
Tea fermented with yeast & bacteria
KOMBUCHA
124
German, "lion's brew"
One of Munich's "big 6" brewers
LOWENBRAU
125
"Premium" lager from Anheuser-Busch, since 1896
MICHELOB
126
"King of Beers"
Recipe includes rice, as well as beechwood aging
Represented by Clydesdales (since 1933), frogs (in a Superbowl ad), Spuds Mackenzie, and sponsored Dale Earnhardt Jr.
BUDWEISER
127
Consistently America's best-selling beer
BUD(WEISER) LIGHT
128
Balkan plum brandy
SLIVOVITZ
129
California-based soda
Named for a northern California mountain
It "Hasta be..."
SHASTA
130
Chinese beer brand named for a city in Shantung
Popular in USA
Official domestic beer of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
TSINGTAO
131
Scottish pudding
Sheep organs cooked in stomach
"Chieftain o' the pudding race" - Robert Burns
HAGGIS
132
From the Greek for "turn"
Spit-roasted lamb in a pita with tzatziki
Similar to shawarma
GYRO
133
Greek, "skewer"
Marinated lamb, skewered & grilled
SOUVLAKI
134
Greek dish
Layers of ground beef & eggplant topped with bechamel (white sauce)
MOUSSAKA
135
Greek sauce of yoghurt, cucumber, & herbs
TZATZIKI
136
Arabic, "pepper"
Deep-fried ground chickpea (or fava) patties (or fritters) often served in a pita with tahini
FALAFEL
137
Arabic, "chickpea"
Dip made of chickpeas, tahini, olive oil, and lemon
Sabra is a popular brand
HUMMUS
138
Arabic, "pampered daddy"
Dip made of eggplant, tahini, olive oil, and lemon
BABA GHANOUJ
139
Ground sesame paste used in Middle Eastern cooking
Component of hummus & baba ghanouj
TAHINI
140
Thick Japanese wheat noodle, often served in soup
UDON
141
Thin Japanese buckwheat noodle, served hot or cold
SOBA
142
"National" dish
Greens, poultry, crunch (e.g. nuts, noodles, wonton skins) & sometimes mandarin oranges
CHINESE CHICKEN SALAD
143
German for "cake"
Possible root of "quiche"
KUCHEN
144
Hulled grain kernels, usually of buckwheat or oats
Rhymes with oats
GROATS
145
Word from Yiddish
Think pancake filled with cheese and/or fruit
BLINTZ
146
Russian buckwheat pancake
Often served with sour cream or caviar
BLINI
147
Italian
Means "thick soup" (from "that which is served")
Veggies, beans, and pasta or rice
MINESTRONE
148
Scotch, sweet vermouth, & bitters
Also called a "Scotch Manhattan"
Created in 1894 in New York for the opening of an operetta about a Scottish outlaw
ROB ROY
149
From Latin, "elderberry"
Clear Italian anise-flavoured liqueur
May be served "con la mosca" ("with flies"), meaning coffee beans
SAMBUCA
150
Danish beer
Copenhagen-based
Jutland horse mascots
CARLSBERG
151
Bourbon brand from Kentucky
Named for a Washington Irving character
PAPPY VAN WINKLE
152
Ottoman pastry
Layers of phyllo, nuts, & honey
BAKLAVA
153
Greek pastry
Phyllo, cheese, & spinach pie
SPANAKOPITA
154
Thin unleavened pastry of Middle East & Balkan cuisine
Means "leaf" in Greek
PHYLLO
FILO
155
Poached egg, artichoke, creamed spinach, & Hollandaise
Created in New Orleans
Named for French dramatist Victorien
EGGS SARDOU
156
"Semi-soft" sweet of sugar, butter, & milk
Also means "cheat" or "alter"
FUDGE
157
Edible bud, usually pickled
Also means a crime or antic
CAPER
158
Burger with Swiss cheese and onions on rye bread
PATTY MELT
159
Indian cheese
Often used in saag
PANEER
160
American brand
Makes matzo, kosher wine, and other Jewish foods
MANISCHEWITZ
161
2 words, 4 letters each
Carbonated water
Used in egg cream, wine spritzer, Tom Collins, Gin Fizz, rickey, Bocce Ball, mojito
CLUB SODA
162
Carbonated water
Comes from spring water from the town of Selters in Hesse, Germany
SELTZER
