This highly popular orange-fleshed fish is famous for its incredible migratory journey, swimming upstream against strong currents to spawn.
What is salmon?
First traded on the Chicago Board of Trade in 1865, the futures contract for this primary U.S. feed grain represents the largest acreage of any crop grown in the United States.
What is corn?
This common laundry additive uses sodium hypochlorite to chemically oxidize stains, turning fabrics brilliant white.
What is bleach?
It takes approximately 10 pounds of milk to make just one pound of this solid dairy product, often served in blocks, slices, or melted.
What is cheese?
Known for its rich flavor and high fat marbling, this popular steak gets its name from the center of the primal rib section it is cut from.
What is a ribeye?
This creamy emulsion of oil and egg yolks is said to originate from the town of Mahon in Menorca, Spain.
What is mayonnaise?
This popular sports drink is currently under recall by the FDA for using unapproved food dyes.
What is Gatorade?
This red, heart-shaped fruit is the only fruit that wears its seeds on the outside—typically carrying about 200 of them.
What is a strawberry?
A groundbreaking 2008 study analyzing protein peptides extracted from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex femur concluded that the fearsome dinosaur's closest living relative is this common fowl.
What is chicken?
This crispy, shredded pastry dough went global after being mixed with pistachio cream to fill the viral "Dubai chocolate bar.”
What is kataifi?
While Americans use this six-letter word for the square of cloth or paper used at the dinner table, people in the UK and Australia typically refer to it as a "serviette."
What is a napkin?
This heavy, armored-looking vegetable is actually the immature flower bud of a large thistle plant.
What is an artichoke?
This famous Italian dry-cured ham is typically thinly sliced and served raw; its name stems from a Latin phrase meaning "to suck out the moisture."
What is prosciutto?
The flaky texture of a croissant is the result of repeatedly folding butter into the dough, creating alternating layers in a process called this
What is laminating?
Because the plants require highly specific tropical climates to thrive, nearly all of the global commercial supply of this crop is grown in a geographic band known as the "Bean Belt."
What is coffee?
Botanically a large berry, this popular yellow fruit grows in hanging clusters and is technically classified as a herb.
What is a banana?