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Food Trivia Quiz

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1) A pungent Eurasian herb (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum) of the mustard family, growing in freshwater ponds & streams; used in salads & as a garnish.

2) European and American varieties of this fish migrate and lay their eggs in the Saragasso Sea.

3) These tropical American plants have basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves & flowers in tall spikes. They are mainly used in making alcoholic beverages.

4) This cross between a blackberry & raspberry was developed in 1881 in Santa Cruz, California.

5) Any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally.

6) Aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc.

7) Small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors.

8) Small grains of semolina cooked by steaming or boiling and served like rice.

9) Any of various herbs in the parsley family, having small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels, whose roots and fruits are used in flavoring liqueurs and whose stems are candied and eaten.

10) A city of northwest Italy southeast of Turin noted for its sparkling wines.

11) An English dish originally from India, it will contain rice, lentil, and hard cooked eggs, with a rich cream sauce (bechamel), sometimes with curry. The English version usually contains smoked fish, or cooked fish.

12) One of the few native American cheeses, this is a pungent, surface ripened cheese, with a pale yellow crust and semi soft interior. It was developed by Emil Frey of New York in 1882, and was named after a singing society.

Answers

1) Watercress.

2) Eels.

3) Agave.

4) Loganberry.

5) Plantain.

6) Sage.

7) Bay (leaves).

8) Couscous.

9) Angelica.

10) Asti.

11) Kedgeree, kegeree, kitchari.

12) Liederkranz (after the Liederkranz Club).

Courtesy of FoodReference.com.

This news arrived on: 10/26/2009

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