Symbolic Fruit c/o Ellen Heath
Songs about Food
Origins
Word Differences
Types of Dessert
100
Peter, Paul and Mary sang a song about this tree whose flower is sweet but whose fruit is impossible to eat.
What is a Lemon Tree?
100
I lost this when somebody sneezed.
What is a meatball?
or
What is "my poor meatball"?
100
The modern name for this flatbread with assorted toppings was first documented in Central Italy in the year 997.
What is Pizza?
100
This is what you would get (in American language) if you ordered "chips" in England.
What are French Fries?
100
This dessert's name comes from the French verb "to blow" because it becomes puffed up when baked.
What is Soufflé?
200
This is a pejorative nickname given to countries in tropical climates with high rates of poverty
What is a Banana Republic?
200
We all scream for this.
What is Ice Cream?
200
This food was named after an Earl named John Montagu, who asked his valet to bring him his slices of meat tucked between two pieces of bread.
What is a sandwich?
200
In Spain, this is a kind of omelet, but in Mexico, it is a kind of bread. In both cases, it comes from a word meaning "little cake."
What is a tortilla?
200
"I'm as corny as Kansas in August, I'm as normal as"...this kind of pie...
What is blueberry?
300
This fruit co-stars in a famous Aesop's fable with a fox.
What is a grape?
300
This musical shares an ode to Food.
What is Oliver?
300
This popular Japanese dish actually began on the rice paddies near the Mekong river, where people mixed fish with salt and rice in order to control putrefaction.
What is sushi?
300
This is a boiled dessert in England and Ireland, but here it is another word for custard.
What is pudding?
300
This dessert is also known as "burnt cream", "Trinity cream" and "crema catalana."
What is Crème brûlée?
(accents not required...)
400
According to the Greek myth, the earth has winter because, when Hades took Persephone to the underworld, she ate six seeds from this fruit.
What is a pomegranate?
400
This rat imagines the fair is a "veritable smorgasbord."
Who is Templeton?
400
These treats gained popularity at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. A concession salesman ran out of cups and borrow waffles from a neighboring stand to help sell his desserts. Now, instead of waffles, we use these.
What are ice cream cones?
or
What are cones?
400
In the US, "pigs in blankets" are miniature hot dogs wrapped in dough. In England, however, "pigs in blankets" are hot dogs wrapped in this.
What is bacon?
400
This dessert's etymology comes from the Italian for "pick me up!"
What is tiramisu?
500
In an A. E. Housman poem contemplating the end of life, he says that he will walk in the woods to see the flowers of this fruit tree.
What is cherry?
500
Instead of buying a pickle, I bought this.
What is Chewing Gum?
(accept Gum or Bubble Gum.)
500
This vegetable has been popular in Belgium for a long time, but like other cabbages, it is native to the Mediterranean region.
What are Brussels sprouts?
500
In France they call it Lost Bread--pain perdu--, but in the United States we call it this.
What is French Toast?
500
The main ingredients in this dessert are whipped egg whites and sugar.
What are meringues?