Middle Eastern Cuisine
A Hebrew term applied to many foods, meaning "pure"
What is kosher?
The number of herbs and spices claimed to be in Kentucky Fried Chicken
What is 11?
Shitake is one type of this
What is a mushroom?
Botanists believe that pineapple originates in the area where Argentina, Paraguay, and this large country meet; some believe that the Spanish then introduced pineapple to Hawaii
What is Brazil?
A coffee-flavored Italian dessert that translated roughly to "pick me up" or "cheer me up"
What is tiramisu?
Challah bread is mainly associated with this religion
What is Judaism?
The ''Scoville scale" measures this
What is spiciness, or heat?
Clarified butter used in Indian cooking
What is ghee?
A handmade food so loved in El Salvador that every second Sunday in November is declared a national holiday for it, said to be first created by the Pipil tribes
What are pupusas (or pupisio)?
Cambozola is this type of food
What is cheese?
The main ingredient in baba ghanoush
What is eggplant (or aubergine)?
The decade in which McDonald's was founded
What is the 1940s?
An Asian bird embryo that is boiled and eaten from its shell, sometimes considered a challenging or "gross" food by westerners
What is balut?
The specific type of legume, including color, which is most commonly the main ingredient in the Brazilian staple feijoada
What are black beans, or black turtle beans?
The modern-day Iberian country in whose territory the rice dish "paella" originated
What is Spain?
This sesame-based substance is one of the main ingredients of hummus
What is tahini?
This US President served hot dogs to the Queen of England at a state dinner; the Queen had no idea how to eat a hot dog at the time
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt, or FDR?
A south Asian flat bread traditionally cooked in a tandoor sometimes flavored with spices or nuts
What is naan?
In the southern half of South America, this drink is often called a type of tea, but contains no camellia sinensis; it's rich in caffeine, may be considered an acquired taste, and is sometimes drunk with a special metal straw-like tool
What is yerba mate?
This Italian dish, originating in Naples, translates to ''trouser'' or "stocking"
What is calzone?
The most expensive spice in the world
What is saffron?
This popular American item, created in the 1920s, comes in a box and is known by the brand name "Rice Bubbles" in Australia and New Zealand
What are Rice Krispies?
It sounds poisonous to many Americans, but it's not related to the similarly-named ivy or oak, so this red or reddish spice is perfectly safe and is often sprinkled on hummus
What is sumac?
Practically all of South America shares a love for this Italian-inspired dish: beef, pork, or chicken breaded with eggs, salt, and breadcrumbs and then deep fried; it's a variation of cotoletta, or schnitzel
What is milanesa?
Kippers, which are sometimes eaten for breakfast in the UK and some parts of North America, are this type of whole fish
What is a herring?