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Where's It From? The Food Provenance Quiz


Identify the foods and drinks here to the countries with which they are most associated: England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

A multiple-choice quiz by darksplash. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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darksplash
Time
4 mins
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390,289
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Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. Work, rest, and play: Which country is the home of 'deep fried Mars bars'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Spuds You Like: Where is the home of champ, a delicious potato-based food? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who ate all the pies?: Where would you find the home of a type of pork pie that enjoys European 'type designation'? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In days of yore working men had little time to stop for food during the day. To help them, their wives or mothers sent them off with a tasty meal of meat and vegetables baked in pastry. Which country in Europe's western islands has legal protection for one of its geographic pasties? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Feed Me 'Til I Want No More: In which country in Europe's western islands would you find the traditional food Bara Brith? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. With which country in the British Isles is the food known as "toad in the hole" associated? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I'll drink to that: Where would you find the world's oldest licensed distillery? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. I'll drink to that, again: Irn Bru is a carbonated soft drink that brands itself as its nation's other national drink. With which country is it synonymous? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Where would you traditionally find a hearty stew-like dish known as cawl? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Fish and chips make up a quintessentially British meal. Where would you expect them to be seasoned with "salt n sauce"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Work, rest, and play: Which country is the home of 'deep fried Mars bars'?

Answer: Scotland

The Mars Bar is an eponymous product of the Mars confectionary company.

The bar comprises nougat and caramel coated in milk chocolate and has been made since 1932.

While the chocolate bar hails from England, the 'deep fried' variety was created in Scotland. To make it, normal bars are coated in batter and deep fried in cooking oil.

This remarkable combination was first heard of in Aberdeen in about 1995.

"A Mars a day helps you work, rest, and play" was formerly an adverting slogan.
2. Spuds You Like: Where is the home of champ, a delicious potato-based food?

Answer: Ireland

Traditionally, champ (brúitín) was made by combining mashed potatoes and chopped scallion with butter, milk, and cheese. It was seasoned to taste with salt and pepper.

In some parts of Ireland, the cheese is no longer included in the ingredients.
3. Who ate all the pies?: Where would you find the home of a type of pork pie that enjoys European 'type designation'?

Answer: England

While you can get pork pies made just about anywhere, only those made to a specific recipe, and in a specified area, can call themselves 'Melton Mowbray' pies.

Melton Mowbray is a town in Leicestershire where pork pies to a particular recipe have been made since the 19th century.

The pies contain chopped pork inside a hand-shaped crust.
4. In days of yore working men had little time to stop for food during the day. To help them, their wives or mothers sent them off with a tasty meal of meat and vegetables baked in pastry. Which country in Europe's western islands has legal protection for one of its geographic pasties?

Answer: England

While pasties have been a tradition in many places, Cornwall developed its own variety for its hard-working tin miners.

A "Cornish Pasty" under European Union Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status is a baked pastry casing filled with beef, sliced or diced potato, turnip, and onion.

Only those that contain the specified ingredients can be called "Cornish Pasties."
5. Feed Me 'Til I Want No More: In which country in Europe's western islands would you find the traditional food Bara Brith?

Answer: Wales

Bara brith, 'speckled bread', is a traditional Welsh food.

While recipes may vary, it generally is made using mixed dried fruits, tea, self-raising flour, spice, sugar and eggs.

After baking, it is generally served buttered. With a nice cup of tea.
6. With which country in the British Isles is the food known as "toad in the hole" associated?

Answer: England

"Toad in the hole" dates from the middle of the 18th century.

Traditionally it comprises sausages baked in a batter.

It is usually eaten with mashed potatoes and vegetables.
7. I'll drink to that: Where would you find the world's oldest licensed distillery?

Answer: Ireland

They have been distilling whiskey under licence at Bushmills in Count Antrim since 1608, but production predates that.

The Old Bushmills Distillery company notes that records exist of a local landowner supplying his troops with "aqua vitae" (whiskey) in 1276. The Book of Leinster mentions a feast in the town of Bushmills in 1490 where the local spirit helped to "down the food."

If you visit Bushmills - it's on the north coast, quite convenient to the Giant's Causeway - you can tour the distillery and see whiskey being made (on production days) or simply the equipment.
8. I'll drink to that, again: Irn Bru is a carbonated soft drink that brands itself as its nation's other national drink. With which country is it synonymous?

Answer: Scotland

Irn Bru was first produced in Scotland in 1901.

It was originally known as IRONBREW, but the name was changed for legal reasons.

Ingredients include ammonium ferric citrate, however it is not brewed, so it fell foul of new literal labelling rules suggested in the 1940s and eventually introduced in the 1960s.

Irn Bru is one of the most popular non-alcoholic drinks in Scotland. The country's "national drink" is, of course, whisky.

You can learn more about this delicious drink in my quiz "Irn Bru - Made In Scotland From Girders" elsewhere on this site.
9. Where would you traditionally find a hearty stew-like dish known as cawl?

Answer: Wales

Cawl is dish made of meat, particularly lamb, and any vegetables available.

Recipes vary from town to town throughout Wales. The dish is also known as 'lobscows' in areas of north Wales.

To enjoy it best, eat from a wooden bowl using a wooden spoon with chunks of homemade bread and Welsh cheese.
10. Fish and chips make up a quintessentially British meal. Where would you expect them to be seasoned with "salt n sauce"?

Answer: Scotland

In particular it is a speciality of the Edinburgh area.

Salt n sauce is a thin mixture of malt vinegar and a brown malt-based sauce.

Many chip shops make it to their own recipe, however it can also be bought bottled in shops.

If you are ever in Edinburgh you can try it in darksplash's favourite take away, the award winning L'Alba D'Oro in Henderson Row in the New Town.
Source: Author darksplash

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