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