This Menu Has Gone Wild! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Corn (maize)

Hush puppies are made with cornmeal, which is ground dried corn, and fried until crisp outside and soft inside. Many recipes also include wheat flour, onion or other seasonings. They are often served with fried fish. Stories about cooks using them to quiet barking dogs are popular, but their accuracy is disputed.

Answer: A rice-flour paste spread on before baking

The baker spreads a rice-flour paste over the dough before it goes into the oven. As the bread rises, the topping dries and cracks. This leaves a crunchy crust over the soft bread. Despite the name, those patches can look more like a leopard's spots than a tiger's stripes.

Answer: Puff pastry

Palmiers are made from puff pastry. Its thin layers of dough and fat give the cookies their light, flaky texture. Sugar turns golden as they bake and adds crunch. Folding both sides of the pastry toward the middle creates the two curls. The fried "elephant ears" sold at some American fairs are a different treat.

Answer: Almond

Almond paste is the traditional filling for this Danish-style pastry, and sliced almonds often go on top too. Cuts along one edge spread apart to form the "toes." The pastry is buttery and flaky, with a thick, sweet filling. Bakeries also sell other versions, but almond is the classic choice.

Answer: Glass noodles

The pork sticks to glass noodles, looking like little ants climbing along branches. There are no actual ants in the dish! Its Chinese name is ma yi shang shu. The noodles soak up the sauce, carrying the flavor through the dish. There are meat-free versions too, but pork is the usual choice.

Answer: Napa cabbage (Chinese cabbage)

Napa cabbage, a type of Chinese cabbage, is often cooked with these large pork meatballs. The soft leaves around each ball can look like a lion's mane. They also soak up the cooking juices. There are several ways to make this dish, so the sauce and other ingredients can vary.

Answer: By stretching and folding the sugar over and over

The candy maker pulls and folds the sugar again and again, forming thinner and thinner threads. These become the "beard." They can be wrapped around a filling of crushed peanuts or sesame seeds for a crunchy center. Unlike cotton candy made in a spinning machine, this traditional sweet is pulled by hand.

Answer: Long, thin, crisp butter cookies

These butter cookies get their name from their long, narrow shape. The batter is squeezed from a piping bag in strips and spreads in the oven. The cookies turn crisp as they cool. They are often served with ice cream or other soft desserts, adding a little crunch to each bite.

Answer: Powdered sugar

Powdered sugar gives puppy chow its white coating. You may also know this sugar as icing sugar or confectioners' sugar. Underneath it is a layer of chocolate and peanut butter covering the cereal. The snack is also called Muddy Buddies. Despite its name, it is a treat for people, not puppies.

Answer: Separate pieces of dough are baked together

Monkey bread is made from separate pieces of dough baked together in one pan. You can pull off a bite-sized piece instead of cutting a slice. Sweet versions often use butter, cinnamon and sugar. There are also versions with cheese or herbs. You may hear it called "bubble bread" or "pull-apart bread."