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Food Trivia Quiz

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1) What was supposedly invented at Strickler's Drug Store in Pennsylvania in 1904?

2) This additive is used as a texturizing agent, emulsifier, stabilizing agent and thickener in ice cream, sherbets, jellies, soups, sauces, canned soups, and canned meat & fish. It is used as a clarifying agent in wine-making and brewing, to fill the pores in cloth and paper manufacturing ('sizing'), as a medium for growing bacteria; in dentistry and cosmetics; film and adhesives. It is prepared from several species of red algae (or seaweed). It is a vegetable gelatin, and is therefore used by vegetarians because true gelatin is made from calf's feet.
What is it?

3) What liqueur is flavored with orange zest, herbs and spices, contains flecks of real gold leaf, and has been claimed by some to be the oldest cordial made.?

4) What is the difference between dried currants and fresh currants?

5) How did 'bounceberries' get their name, and what is their more common name?

6) How many 'squirts does it take to get a gallon of milk from a cow?

7) 'The Flower of Kent' is a variety of what fruit? What historical event is it supposedly connected with?

8) This large vegetable is best eaten when about 18 inches long, although they can grow to twice that size. They are related to the black eyed pea, and are popular in China.
Name this vegetable.

9) These fungi are common on plant leaves and in the intestinal tracts of warm blooded animals. They are also found in the soil and in saltwater. Some are also used in food and vegetable production.
Name this fungi.

10) The seeds and leaves of these evergreen trees and shrubs contain poisonous alkaloids that stop the heart of an animal so quickly that no symptoms are seen; the animal just drops dead. The flesh of the berries are the least poisonous parts. These trees were sacred to the Druids, and wood from the trees was formerly used to make long bows.
Name this tree.

11) Who was Murat Bernard 'Chic' Young, and what is his connection to the Hawaiian Islands, a British politician, gambling, newspapers and a classic American food?

12) Bone and stuff a pig's leg with minced pork, herbs, truffles, and bacon. Cure it and smoke it; then soak it in water for 10 hours, simmer it in water and vinegar for several hours, and serve with lentils.
Name this dish and the country of origin.

13) The oil from what edible nut is used in insecticides, brake linings, rubber and plastic manufacturing?

Answers

1) The banana split.

2) agar (agar-agar) (also called Japanese Isinglass, Bengal isinglass, and Japanese moss).

3) Goldwasser or Danzig Goldwasser.

4) Dried currants are not the same thing as fresh currants. Dried currants are actually small raisins - the dried fruit of the Zante grape, originally from Corinth, Greece.

Fresh currants (red, pink, black and white) are the fruits of plants in the gooseberry family, genus Ribes.

5) Good, ripe cranberries will bounce. Bounceberry is another name for them.

6) It takes about 350 squirts for each gallon of milk from a cow.

7) The "Flower of Kent" is a large green skinned apple variety, and is said to have been the variety that supposedly struck Sir Isaac Newton.

8) Yard long beans, also known as Asparagus bean, dow gauk, Chinese long beans, Peru bean, and Snake bean.

9) Yeast.

10) The Yew. Native Americans used the bark and twigs of the Canadian Yew to make a tea used to treat influenza, and the Pacific Yew is currently being studied as the source for a drug to treat some cancers.

11) Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, named them the Sandwich Islands, for British politician, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who invented sandwiches as a quick meal while he gambled at cards. 'Chic' Young was the cartoonist who created the comic strip 'Blondie'. Blondie's husband Dagwood created the 'Dagwood Sandwich.'

12) Zampone, a specialty of Modena, Italy.

13) Oil from cashew nut shells. The milky sap from the tree is also used to make a varnish.

Courtesy of FoodReference.com.

This news arrived on: 10/09/2009

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