Food Around the World For Children Trivia

1. Americans call them French fries. What do the British call them?

From Quiz Global Food

Answer: chips

French fries originated in France or Belgium as early as the 1640s, but their exact origin is disputed. However, the original dish was for thinly sliced potatoes to be fried in fat. The name French fries might have its origin in the US, when President Jefferson had "potatoes served in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802. These were still discs of potatoes: it is not clear when the discs were cut into thin strips. Also French-fried had a similar meaning to deep-fried. In the UK, they too knew of "French-fried potatoes" around 1850. At some point in the next fifty years they were sliced into strips (but thicker than the American type) and called chips. This may be confusing, as what the British called "crisps" is what Americans call "chips". Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand all use the term "chips". They are nearly always salted and are often served with ketchup, vinegar, and/or mayonnaise. This question was chipped away until it was just right by Phoenix Rising team member 1nn1.

From Quiz World Foods for Kids

Answer: Italy

Italian cuisine is extremely popular around the world. It is known for its simplicity as Italian chefs use a minimum number of ingredients. Commonly used ingredients include olive oil, basil, oregano, pasta and tomatoes. Did you know that the modern pizza originates from Naples, Italy?

From Quiz Snacks Around the Globe

Answer: Australia

Tim Tam biscuits are the most popular cookie in Australia. Children and adults love the cookie that has two graham cracker type biscuits in between a creamy chocolate filling and then covered in a chocolate coating for good measure. Even though the cookie is an Australian favorite, the name "Tim Tam" comes from America. The owner of Arnott's Biscuits was looking for a name for his new cookie. He attended the 1958 Kentucky Derby horse race in the US. The winner of the race was a horse named Tim Tam. Mr. Arnott thought that was a perfect name for his new cookie and it seems he was right.

From Quiz Traditional Dishes

Answer: France

Frogs' legs are not the only strange dish served in France: the French also eat snails!

From Quiz Restaurant Hopping

Answer: Japan

Sashimi is raw fish dipped in soy sauce. Sushi, a famous Japanese dish, is small rice balls usually topped with raw fish. Soy sauce and vinegar and often served with sushi. Like most Asian countries, rice is often served at every meal, even at breakfast.

From Quiz Food From Europe

Answer: Italy

Many kinds of pasta are also Italian dishes. It is said that pizza originated in Greece.

From Quiz Global Food

Answer: rice

Rice is the main staple of the diet of people from China and many other parts of Asia, where it is one of the most important cultivations. Those parts of the world have a warm (or hot) and humid climate, and plenty of rainfall - both of which are necessary for growing rice. Rice is so important in these cultures that, in many parts of East Asia, "have you eaten rice?" is a common greeting that corresponds to our "how are you?". In China, rice (generally steamed) is eaten with every meal, much like bread is eaten in Western countries. At Chinese restaurants, rice is almost always included when you order a dish, so you do not need to order it separately, or pay extra for it. Neither steak nor salad are typical of Chinese or other Asian restaurants, while pizza is an Italian speciality that has become globally popular. LadyNym, who has always loved rice, served this question with a bow and a smile.

From Quiz World Foods for Kids

Answer: Great Britain

British cuisine is well known for its stodginess and its combinations of "meat and two veg". Did you know that British cuisine also incorporates Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish cuisine too? In Scotland, haggis served with potatoes ("tatties") and turnips ("neaps") is very popular, whilst in Wales, Welsh rarebit (cheese on toast with Worcestershire sauce) is popular.

From Quiz Snacks Around the Globe

Answer: England

Cadbury was started in 1824 as a small tea and chocolate shop by brothers John and Benjamin Cadbury in Birmingham, England. The brothers and their family eventually made Cadbury one of the largest candy companies in the world. A Cadbury Creme Egg is a milk chocolate "eggshell" with a white and yellow creamy filling that looks like the albumen (white) and yolk (yellow) of a real egg. Cadbury creme eggs are only made each year from New Years Day until Easter; but during that time are so popular that Cadbury's English plant makes over 1.5 million eggs a day.

From Quiz Traditional Dishes

Answer: English Breakfast

This breakfast is commonly known as a 'fry up', and can be served as one course or as a multiple course meal.

From Quiz Food From Europe

Answer: England

England is also known for steak and kidney pie, roast beef, and toad-in-the-hole. This is not what it sounds like. It is meat or sausages baked in batter.

From Quiz Global Food

Answer: Spain

Tapa is a Spanish word derived from the verb "tapar", meaning "to cover". In the 18th century Spanish innkeepers would put a snack on a small plate which would be then placed on top of the traveller's sherry glass. (Sherry is a sweet fortified wine popular in Spain. But the sweetness attracted flies). The snack was usually some salted meat with some bread. This was usually a sample of what a main meal would taste like to entice the traveller to buy a full meal. The saltiness of the meat encouraged travellers to buy more wine! Paella is a special dish from the Valencia region of Spain. It is a special type of rice cooked in broth on a flat really wide frying pan over 60cm (23 in) in diameter. There are many versions: meat, vegetables and seafood are added according to local recipes, but the rice is usually coloured with saffron or cumin. If it is cooked properly, there will be a crunchy crust on the bottom when served. This question was served up by Phoenix Rising team member 1nn1, who enjoys both tapas and paella.

From Quiz World Foods for Kids

Answer: Mexico

Some of the most important ingredients in Mexican cooking are tomatoes, corn, avacados and chilli peppers. Mexican food has become very popular across the world and especially in the USA, where a new fusion of American and Mexican food called Tex-Mex has sprung up. Did you know that many homes in Mexico do not have ovens? As a result, many local dishes have been designed to be cooked over an open flame.

From Quiz Snacks Around the Globe

Answer: Israel

Bamba is so popular in Israel that it makes up almost one quarter of all the country's snack food sales. To be certified "kosher" means a Jewish rabbi has inspected the place where Bamba is made and determined that the ingredients and manufacturing process meet the standards of Jewish dietary laws. According to a recent study in the UK, Israeli children have fewer reported cases of peanut allergies. Part of the reason the doctors say is that children are as young as four months old when they start eating Bamba creating a tolerance to the peanut.

From Quiz Traditional Dishes

Answer: Scotland

Black pudding is sometimes served with a full English breakfast. Black pudding is made from animal blood!

From Quiz Restaurant Hopping

Answer: Greece

Feta cheese is made from goat's milk. Lamb is the most popular type of meat in Greece. Eggplant is a type of vegetable that is very nice.

From Quiz Food Cuisines for Kids

Answer: enchiladas

Mexican food is known for being spicy and hot. Jalapeno peppers, chili peppers, and paprika are just some of the ingredients used to make foods taste hot.

From Quiz Food From Europe

Answer: Scotland

Haggis is not very popular outside Scotland. It is a sheep's stomach stuffed with the heart, liver and other parts of a sheep mixed with suet, oatmeal and other things and boiled. Apparently the Irish partake of haggis too.

From Quiz Global Food

Answer: popcorn

Popcorn is a favourite American movie snack. It is popular because it is easy to eat with your hands without making a mess. Popcorn became a movie snack during the Great Depression (1929-1939) because at 5-10 cents it was the cheapest snack that cinemas could offer. Ice cream and soda are best served cold. Most candies would get all gooey if warmed. Not all corn kernels produce popcorn. You need a kernel with 14-20% moisture inside, in order for it to actually pop. Otherwise it'd just burn. Popcorn is actually one of six major types of corn. Its scientific name is "Zea mays" variety "everta", which is native to North America. Inside the kernel of corn there is a seed which contains a lot of water. When this is heated, this water turns to steam, which causes the outside of the corn kernel, the hull, to burst. This is the pop in popcorn. Popcorn is now the favourite movie snack world-wide, but American consumption is still far higher than any other country. JAM6430 from Phoenix Rising popped up this question for a snack.

From Quiz World Foods for Kids

Answer: Japan

Traditional food in Japan often involves rice and/or miso soup. Ingredients such as soy sauce and wasabi (a spicy paste) are very popular, but it is fish that the Japanese eat in the largest quanity. As Japan is made up of a number of islands surrounded by seas full of wonderful fish, sushi has become a staple food which is now popular around the world. Did you know that chopstick ettiquette is very important in Japan? Sticking your chopsticks into rice and leaving them sticking upwards is considered offensive by some traditional Japanese people who think it looks like their incense offerings to the dead.

From Quiz Traditional Dishes

Answer: Belgian Chocolates

Belgian chocolates are very popular, especially at Christmas time! Godiva chocolates are Belgian.

From Quiz Restaurant Hopping

Answer: India

Ghee is a type of butter. Ghee lasts for a long time at room temperature. Rice in this country is also a very important main food that is often served every day.

From Quiz Food From Europe

Answer: Greece

Moussaka is layers of meat and eggplant baked in a cheese sauce. Souvlaki is another Greek dish.

From Quiz Global Food

Answer: pasta

Although various kinds of noodles are widely eaten in many parts of Asia, pasta is associated with Italy and Italian cuisine. A food of ancient origin, in its most basic form it is made of wheat flour (or semolina) mixed with water, to which other seasonings and ingredients (such as eggs, spinach or tomato) may be added. Pasta can be either fresh or dried, and is available in many different shapes that often have creative names - such as "farfalle" ("butterflies", called "bow ties" in English), "penne" ("quills"), or "orecchiette" ("little ears"). Pasta is cooked in boiling, lightly salted water, and served with a wide range of sauces, from simple tomato sauces to more elaborate, meat- or seafood-based ones. It should be firm to the bite - "al dente", as Italians say - which generally means a shorter time than indicated on the package. In Italy, cheese is never added to pasta with seafood, though people from other countries have fewer qualms about mixing seafood and cheese! Baked pasta dishes, such as lasagne, can be very rich, and are often served on Sundays or holidays. This question was served al dente by unashamed pasta fan LadyNym.

From Quiz World Foods for Kids

Answer: Germany

Germany is particularly famous for its sausages. There are over 1500 different types of "wurst" sold in Germany, including bratwurst ("fried sausage"), currywurst ("curried sausage") and blutwurst ("blood sausage"). Potatoes are also extremely popular and come in a huge number of varieties. Did you know that German cuisine takes many influences from Eastern Europe? This is because, prior to 1989, the country was divided into East Germany and West Germany. East Germany took a lot of cultural influence from the Eastern European countries around it, which was then merged with the West German culture following the fall of the Berlin Wall.

From Quiz Traditional Dishes

Answer: Spain

Paella is a fried dish, made with rice and normally including seafood such as prawns.

From Quiz Food From Europe

Answer: France

Although escargot is enjoyed by many people all over the world, another French meal, that of frogs' legs is not quite as popular.

From Quiz World Foods for Kids

Answer: India

Indian cuisine is known for its spices and in particular its curries. The majority of dishes are served with flat breads and/or rice, and important ingredients include chickpeas, lentils, chicken and vegetables. Did you know that India is one of the only countries in the world where McDonalds restaurants do not serve Big Macs? In Hinduism, Indian's main religion, cows are considered to be sacred. As most of McDonalds' burgers contain beef, no-one in India would eat there if that was what they sold. McDonalds outlets in India serve only vegetarian, fish or chicken products.

From Quiz Traditional Dishes

Answer: China

You can get different types of Chow Mein; including meat ones and vegetable ones. Chow Mein is usually made with noodles.

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