Sweet
Spicy
Savoury
Weird
Meat
100
Baklava is a dessert made with this sweet substance made by bees
Honey
100
True or False: Chilli Peppers are all members of the "capsicum" family?
True
100
Is a casserole fried or baked?
Baked
100
Frog legs are readily available in restaurants in this country:
France
100
True or False: Ham, Bacon and Pork are all from a pig
True
200
Sucrose refers to the sweet part of sugar, Fructose is the sweet part of fruit. What is the name of the sweet part of milk (to which some people have an intolerance)?
Lactose
200
True or False: According to Han dynasty scholars, people in Szechuan China ate food so spicy they were described as "spitting poison".
True!
200
in a shish-kebab, which word refers to the meat?
kebab.
Shish is cooking on skewers over charcoals
200
True or False: In Scotland, you can buy a meal called "Pizza Crunch" which is a piece of frozen pizza then deep fried.
True:
200
Venison comes from which animal?
Deer or Elk
300
In Australia we have a spun sugar treat called "Fairy Floss". It has lots of names in other countries, give one.
Cotton Candy, Candy Floss
300
What is the name of the scale against which a food's "spicyness" is measured?
Scoville Scale
300
What is the difference between a shepherd's pie and a cottage pie?
In a cottage pie, the top of the pie is made of mashed potatoes, rather than pastry.
300
Witchetty Grubs are an insect eaten in this country
Australia
300
Bacon comes from what part of the pig?
Belly or Back
400
This fruit, from a palm tree, is a common sweet additive to food from Western Asia and North Africa.
Dates
400
What part of a chilli holds the majority of the 'heat'?
The inner white pith.
400
What are the core layers in a Beef Wellington?
Beef, Mushroom and Pastry.
400
Fugu, or pufferfish, is a dangerous dish prepared in which country's cuisine?
Japan
400
Calamari comes from what animal?
Squid
500
What is this, which is used to make a common confectionary:
Cacao tree, used to make chocolate
500
What is the technical cooking term that refers to the savoury flavour?
Umame
500
Casu Marzu is a type of pecorino cheese that is allowed to decompose and inhabited by maggots. Which country is this weird food from?
Italy
500
Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish made with unusual meats and prepared in a strange way. Name one of the meats involved or the preparation method.
Chicken heart, liver, lung. Prepared by boiling or broiling in a sheep's stomach.