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Mu shu pork is a food item of what type of cuisine?
Asian. Mustard seed is grown in Tibet and is featured in much of Tibetan cuisine.
What spice is used to flavor licorice candy?
Anise. Anise is a flowering plant native to the Mediterranean region and a relative of carrots and dill.
What is the most expensive form of caviar?
Beluga. Beluga caviar consists of the roe (or eggs) of the Beluga sturgeon.
What food is immortalized by the poem about its musical prowess and its ability to make you toot?
Beans. Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat, the more you toot, the more you toot the better you feel, let's have beans for every meal.
What is on a box of Boo Berry cereal?
A Ghost. Boo Berry cereal was introduced in 1973.
Which was not one of the original colors of "Reese's Pieces" candies?
Green. "Reese's Pieces" were featured in the "E.T." movie.
Salsa is a food item of what type of cuisine?
Mexican. Mexican food is considered the world's first fusion cuisine.
Which fruit is grenadine made from?
Pomegranates. Grenadine was originally thick, sweet French syrup made from pomegranates and used as a flavoring, especially in cocktails.
Which German city and capital of Bavaria was the home of the original Oktoberfest?
Munich. On average, six million people attend Munich's Oktoberfest each year.
Which of the following vegetables grows as a root?
Carrot. Carrots, along with onions and celery, are part of the mirepoix used in cooking.
What baked Italian dish is made of ripple-edged noodles, tomato sauce, and ricotta cheese?
Lasagna. A BŽchamel sauce, instead of tomato sauce, is used to make lasagna in Northern Italy.
Who invented Dutch process chocolate?
Hendrik Van Houten. "Dutching" is a process that defats and alkalizes chocolate, resulting in a more pure chocolate.
"Can't Beat The Real Thing" has been which company's ad slogan?
Coke. The first Coca-Cola recipe was developed by John Stith Pemberton in Covington, Georgia in 1885.
What plant is ground up to make flour?
Wheat. Flour is made from grains, beans, nuts and mesquite.
Spaghetti is not the name of an entree but rather a variety of what food?
Pasta. Spaghetti refers to noodles that are long and thin, but thicker than angel hair pasta.
What food product is advertised as "Vermont's finest"?
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Ben & Jerry's Homemade ice cream shop opened in a renovated gas station in downtown Burlington, Vermont, on May 5, 1978.
Which of these meals does not contain protein?
Salad. Arugula, a peppery lettuce, is called "rocket" in the U.K.
A Spanish wine cellar might also be referred to as what?
Bodega. A sparkling white wine made from red grapes is called a "blanc de noirs".
What's the best way to know when a cranberry is ripe?
By Its Bounce. The name cranberry probably derives from being a favorite food of cranes.
What beverage is called "cerveza" in Mexico?
Beer. Cerveza Preparada is a mixed beer drink with juices or sauces.
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