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Medium Food and Drink Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our food and drink set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The medium band moves into regional cooking and kitchen vocabulary: mirepoix, al dente, arborio rice, tahini, kimchi and the dishes that carry a country's name. Anyone who cooks regularly or watches food programmes should clear most of it.
14 medium food and drink trivia questions with answers
Paella is the signature rice dish of which country?
Answer: Spain It began as a field lunch in the Valencia region.
Goulash, a paprika-heavy stew, comes from which country?
Answer: Hungary Its name comes from the word for herdsmen, who cooked it over open fires.
Tahini is a paste ground from which seeds?
Answer: Sesame It is the bitter, nutty backbone of both hummus and halva.
Arborio is a well known variety of what?
Answer: Rice Its high starch content is what makes risotto creamy without cream.
Ceviche, raw fish cured in citrus juice, is most associated with which country?
Answer: Peru The acid firms the flesh in much the same way heat would.
What is the French name for the diced onion, carrot and celery base of many dishes?
Answer: Mirepoix Roughly two parts onion to one each of carrot and celery is the usual ratio.
Which gas produced by yeast makes bread dough rise?
Answer: Carbon dioxide The gluten network traps the bubbles, and the heat of the oven sets them.
Kimchi is most often made by fermenting which vegetable?
Answer: Napa cabbage Salt draws out water, then lactic acid bacteria do the souring.
Which cheese belongs on a traditional pizza Margherita?
Answer: Mozzarella Its tomato, mozzarella and basil are said to echo the Italian flag.
Dim sum is a tradition of which country's cuisine?
Answer: China The small steamed and fried plates are Cantonese in origin.
Pasta cooked 'al dente' is described as what?
Answer: Still firm to the bite The phrase translates literally as 'to the tooth'.
Moussaka, layered with aubergine and minced meat, is a classic dish of which country?
Answer: Greece A thick bechamel top is the version most restaurants serve.
Which leafy green is the base of the Indian dish saag?
Answer: Spinach Mustard greens are used just as often in northern versions.
Broccoli, cauliflower and kale are all cultivated forms of which single wild species?
Answer: Wild cabbage Centuries of selective breeding turned one plant into a whole vegetable aisle.
Answer key
- Spain
- Hungary
- Sesame
- Rice
- Peru
- Mirepoix
- Carbon dioxide
- Napa cabbage
- Mozzarella
- China
- Still firm to the bite
- Greece
- Spinach
- Wild cabbage
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