Food and Drink
You can eat rice as a grain or ferment it to make this alcoholic drink, the national beverage of Japan
Sake
The Brits say "sweetcorn" to refer to edible kernels; the growing plant is this 5-letter stuff
maize
In Japan you use the broad end of these utensils to pick up food from a communal dish
Chopsticks
These crunchy cubes come in a Parmesan version for your Caesar salad
croutons
Types of these include http-only, session & zombie, but none of them go very well with a glass of cold milk
cookie
Terms like stir fry & this dumpling were introduced when Buwei Yang Chao created one of the USA's first Chinese cookbooks
Pot Sticker
This N'awlins version of a sub is made with French bread
po'boy
As a noun, it's a wire utensil for beating eggs; as a verb, it means to move quickly
whisk
In the same genus as broccoli, it's grown for its large, white curd, or head
cauliflower
Related to Old Norse "hvina", it's a complaining cry or sound
whine
If you see melanzane on an Italian menu, know that you are getting this
Eggplant
Melt some Gruyere, add cornstarch, some spices & a little white wine & it's time for this
fondue
A taste of home cookbook of "Soups, Stews & More" mentions this utensil & 300+ recipes on its cover
Ladle
They're not technically nuts, though so called, but the curved edible seeds of a tropical evergreen
cashew
Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870s
petroleum jelly
These units measure the heat of peppers; the Carolina reaper scores a scary 1.5 million
Scoville
It's another name for the garbanzo bean
chickpea
A sieve is good for getting the clumps out of flour; you can use this hole-y bowl-shaped utensil for straining pasta or rinsing lettuce
colander
Boston cream pies are traditionally filled with a layer of this, vanilla flavor
custard
While playing, Neil Peart would hold one of these in each hand, but he'd get little nutrition from them
drumsticks
Wolfberry is another name for this sour Asian fruit that's high in antioxidants
goji berrry
This soft cow's "C"heese from Normandy resembles brie but has a more intense flavor & a bit less fat
camembert
Pizza cutters are for more than just pizza! Chop herbs & make strips of pastry for this fancy top for a pie crust
lattice
This darling member of the mandarin family has a thin peel & is often seedless
clementine
It sounds like you're making pasta when engaging in this activity that involves catching catfish with your bare hands
noodling