A to Z Food Trivia

1. Probably one of the favorite C foods of many, this food has been used in cooking for centuries. The Aztecs even used this to make a drink, adding a bit of cayenne to it. The drink was bitter, but now bars of this are sweet. What could this be?

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - C

Answer: Chocolate

Chocolate is derived from the cacao plant. The cacao pod carried dozens of seeds, which are yet smaller pods. In these smaller pods is what is eaten. A long and tedious process is involved to make the chocolate we know today. The cacao seeds dry out in the sun, go through long processes, and cocoa powder is made. Cocoa butter, made from a completely different process, is added to cocoa powder to make chocolate. Cocoa butter is really what gives chocolate its sweet flavor. If there is more cocoa powder than cocoa butter, it will be more bitter, and dark chocolate is formed. If no cocoa powder is used at all, and just the cocoa butter is eaten, that is white chocolate.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - B

Answer: Bok Choy

Bok choy is related to the turnip, but looks more like celery. The vegetable is of Chinese descent, and is often called Chinese cabbage. It is little wonder, then, that it is also related to cabbage.

From Quiz Food and Drink "A"

Answer: Aberdeen angus

The black angus is a breed of black hornless steer oeiginally bred in Scotland. It was brought to the U.S. in 1837 and replaced the longhorn as a beef steer.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - C

Answer: Candy Corn

Candy Corn is known to be in the shape of a kernel. That is why it is named after corn. The candy has three colored stripes, the lower part being white, the middle being orange, and the tip of the "kernel" is yellow.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - B

Answer: Bechamel

Bechamel sauce is known as white sauce. To make Bechamel sauce, scalded milk is whisked into a roux, which is a butter and flour mixture that is the thickening agent to many sauces.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - A

Answer: Artichokes & Artichoke

An artichoke is a green vegetable with meat on the inside. The leaves are not usually eaten, but you can scrape at the leaves to eat the meat. When you get to the inside of the artichoke, you will find a heart. This is usually eaten by peeling or scraping out the fuzzy hairs and eaten dipped in butter, or cooked in different types of sauces. My mom's favorite way to eat artichokes is in artichoke dip, sometimes with spinach. This is a dish that is made with artichoke hearts, spinach, and a cream cheese mixture.

From Quiz Food and Drink "A"

Answer: Bitter

It is an Anise flavored, bitter green cordial. It was discovered to have harmful effects on health and to be habit forming. The U.S. banned it in 1912. It was replaced in cocktails by Anise flavored liquors like Ojen and Herbsaint.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - C

Answer: Guinea Pig

Cuy is the meat of a guinea pig. Guinea pigs are common pet rodents. They are similar to hamsters, but they do not bite as often and they have a tail. Cuy is described of as tasting like chicken (but then again, what ISN'T), but with much more protein.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - B

Answer: Bernaise

Bernaise sauce is yellow in color. It is thought of as a very simple sauce, although it is difficult to perfect. The sauce is made of egg yolk and butter, and is flavored with shallots and tarragon.

From Quiz Food and Drink "A"

Answer: Franks and Beans

It was a World War II army slang for frankfurters and beans. Many military foods were given special names such as bug juice for Kool Ade.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - B

Answer: Broccoli

Broccoli resembles, and is related to, cauliflower. Broccoli and cauliflower both look like little trees, and broccoli is green and cauliflower is white. The flavor differs greatly despite the close resemblance, however. A very popular way to serve broccoli is with cheese sauce.

From Quiz Food and Drink "A"

Answer: Pork

It is a highly seasoned smoked pork sausage. It is commonly made from neck and stomach meat. It is a speciality of Cajun cooking and is used to flavor gumbo's and jambalaya's.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - C

Answer: Sour cream

Although Creme fraiche is described as being similar to sour cream, it is much sweeter. Many eat it with strawberries, to make strawberries and cream. Creme fraiche more often replaces yoghurt in recipes than it does sour cream. Because it is more sweet than sour, it is much more preferable on fruit than it is on a taco!

From Quiz Food and Drink "B"

Answer: Hip

Primal round is from the hind leg, primal flank is from the belly and primal shank is from the shin section of the front leg.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - C

Answer: Chamomile

Chamomile tea has chemicals in it that puts people to sleep. It probably doesn't work so well when it is chock full of honey and sugar, though. A famous American brand of tea is Celestial Seasonings, with dozens of different tea flavors. Chamomile is one of their most popular.

From Quiz Food and Drink "B"

Answer: New Amsterdam

It was set up in New Amsterdam by the Dutch in 1612. Governor Peter Minuit established the first public brewery in 1632.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - C

Answer: Champignon de Paris

The portobello, or champignon de Paris, is known as having a very large top. Common mushrooms, known as button mushrooms, have very tight caps that are also very small. The cap on the portobello is gigantic. It is big enough that the portobello replaces hamburger patties to make portobello burgers, and it can replace bread to make a mushroom sandwich.

From Quiz Food and Drink "A"

Answer: Philadelphia

In June of 1902. It became an important part of city life when it opened in New York City, in the Times Square area in 1912. The last automat closed in New York City in 1991.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - B

Answer: Barbecue sauce

Barbecue sauce is a very common ingredient to many foods cooked on a grill. Barbecue sauce is very easy to make. It involves tomato paste, vinegar, mustard, spices, and sugar or other sweeteners to keep it a bit tangy. Barbecue sauce makes a myriad of foods, like barbecue ribs, pork, chicken, pizza, etc.

From Quiz Food and Drink "B"

Answer: Catfish

Also known as a grindle, mudjack, prane bass, speckled cat, scaled king and choupique among others. It is generally considered not good eating.

From Quiz Food and Drink "A"

Answer: Fish

It is a large eyed, silvery Hawaiian fish. Its name derives from the Hawaiian "to strip away", because the fish were used to drive away evil spirits.

From Quiz Food A-Z Quiz Series - B

Answer: Bourbon chicken

Cordon bleu is a chicken stuffed with ham and cheese. Bourbon chicken is an American dish that is often found in Chinese restaurants. It was first invented in Louisiana, which is why the food fits in the "cajun" category.

From Quiz Food and Drink "B"

Answer: Squirrel

It is now made from chicken or other meats. The squirrel was dropped from most recipes after the turn of the century.

From Quiz Food and Drink "A"

Answer: Almond

It has the flavor of almonds and is often made from apricot pits. As a liquor it was imported into the U.S. in the 1960's and by 1980 it was second to Kahlua. It is also sometimes used for toppings and in flavoring pies, cakes and coffee.

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