Hors D'oeuvre Hour
This appetizer is the most popular food on Super Bowl Sunday, with 1.4 billion of them consumed on this day alone each year, enough to circle the Earth's circumference three times.
Chicken Wings
This country's ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second largest country by total area.
Canada
This instrument has historically been used as a signaling device in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC.
Trumpet
With an incredible array of birds, amphibians, mammals, fish, and reptiles, and an astronomical amount of plant species, this country is the most biodiverse country in the world.
Brazil
This meat is rich in iron, copper, the B vitamins, and preformed vitamin A, but daily consumption can be harmful and can lead to vitamin A toxicity.
Liver
This term refers to the traditional first course of a formal meal, its purpose being to stimulate the appetite, with typical ingredients including cured meats, olives, peperoncini, mushrooms, anchovies, artichoke hearts, various cheeses, pickled meats, and vegetables in oil or vinegar.
Antipasto
This country is known for its beaches, volcanoes, and biodiversity, with roughly a quarter of its area made up of protected jungle, teeming with wildlife including spider monkeys and quetzal birds.
Costa Rica
This instrument is an internal duct flute, distinguished from other duct flutes by the presence of a thumb-hole for the upper hand and seven finger-holes, three for the upper hand and four for the lower.
Recorder
The only country in South America with coastlines and islands along both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Colombia
This meat can be boiled, pickled, roasted, or braised in sauce, and is used for taco fillings in Mexico and for open-faced sandwiches in the United States.
Tongue
This appetizer can be traced back to Ancient Rome, when olive growers would bring their olives to a local olive press and taste a sample of their freshly pressed oil using a slice of bread.
Bruschetta
This country is the second most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants.
Cuba
This instrument is colloquially referred to as a squeezebox, an expression referring to any musical instrument of the general class of hand-held bellows-driven free reed aerophones.
Accordion
This country is a federal state subdivided into 23 provinces, and one autonomous city, and is the second largest country in South America, the fourth largest country in the Americas, and the eighth largest country in the world.
Argentina
This meat is usually made from part of a pig and may be filled with a forcemeat to make sausage, and is popular in many parts of Europe as well as the southern United States.
Chitlins
This appetizer, popularized in Las Vegas casinos in the late 1950s, was the most popular hors d'oeuvre in Great Britain, as well as in the United States, from the 1960s to the late 1980s.
Shrimp Cocktail
Revenue from canal tolls continues to represent a significant portion of this transcontinental country's GDP, although commerce, banking, and tourism are major and growing sectors.
Panama
This instrument is the highest pitched woodwind instrument, which has given rise to the name ottavino, by which the instrument is called in Italian and thus also in scores of Italian composers.
Piccolo
This landlocked country's geography varies from the peaks of the Andes in the West, to the Eastern Lowlands, situated within the Amazon basin, with one third of the country located within the Andean mountain range.
Bolivia
This meat has a mushy texture and very little inherent flavor, which is why it's typically flavored with sauce, and it's considered a delicacy in many cultures, as well as being a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids.
Brain
This appetizer, served along with crackers or chips, became prominent in the 1950s when eating in front of the TV became more common, and became widespread as they do not require any utensils, going on to become one of the most popular appetizer menu items of all time.
Spinach Artichoke Dip
This country is home to volcanoes, rainforests, and ancient Mayan sites, and its capital features the stately National Palace of Culture and the National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Guatemala
This instrument is a long pipe, doubled in half, made of wood, with many keys, and is the largest member of the woodwind family and with the lowest pitch.
Bassoon
This country, known for its verdant interior and beach-lined coast, ranks first in Latin America in democracy, peace, low perception of corruption, and e-government.
Uruguay
This meat refers to the thymus or pancreas, typically from calf or lamb, and has a rich, slightly gamey flavor and a tender, succulent texture.
Sweetbread