WEIRD FOOD
If you order your beef tartare, this is the way it will be served to you.
What is raw?
Beef tartare is traditionally made from very finely chopped raw beef and may be served with onions, mustard and a raw egg yolk.
Reaching lengths of about 30 metres and weighing more than 100 tonnes, this marine mammal is the largest animal known to have ever lived.
What is the blue whale?
A blue whale's heart can weigh hundreds of kilograms, and its tongue alone can weigh roughly as much as an elephant.
Native to the southern United States and northern Mexico, this tree nut resembles a walnut and is a favourite ingredient in pies and other desserts.
What is a pecan?
Pecans are the only major tree nut native to North America and were an important food for Indigenous peoples long before European settlement.
This chemical element is commonly used to disinfect swimming pools and help keep the water clean and sanitary.
What is chlorine?
Chlorine-based disinfectants work by killing many bacteria and other microorganisms in pool water.
Located on the Tagus River near the Atlantic Ocean, this city has been the capital of Portugal since the 13th century.
What is Lisbon?
Lisbon is one of Europe’s oldest capitals and is famous for its steep hills, and historic neighbourhoods.
Escargot is a French dish, with this main ingredient cooked in butter and garlic.
What are snails?
Long before they became a fancy French food, they were farmed by the ancient Romans over 2,000 years ago, who even fattened them on wine and milk.
This fast-swimming ocean fish is a favourite in sushi and is also commonly sold canned, especially for sandwiches and salads.
What is tuna?
Some species can maintain body temperatures warmer than the surrounding water, helping them remain active in colder ocean environments.
This is a person who submits a formal request to be considered for a job.
Who is an applicant?
The word applicant comes from the Latin applicare, meaning “to attach” or “to join.”
This element has been added to table salt since 1924, originally for the purpose of reducing the incidence of goiter.
What is iodine?
Iodine is now known to be a critical element for heart, nerve, and metabolic health. It’s also critical to intellectual development in babies.
Bern is the capital of this landlocked European country.
What is Switzerland?
Bern is officially known as Switzerland’s “federal city” rather than its capital.
Despite its name, this traditional cold cut contains no dairy; it is made from cooked meat and tissues from an animal's head, often including the cheeks and tongue.
What is head cheese?
Head cheese is also known by names such as brawn in Britain and parts of the Commonwealth.
This crustacean is known for walking sideways and has a hard shell with jointed legs and claws.
What is a crab?
Crabs don't necessarily have to walk sideways, but it is efficient because of the way their legs are attached and their joints bend.
This large waterbird often flies low over the water and uses its long bill and expandable pouch to scoop up fish.
What is a pelican?
A pelican's throat pouch works like a fishing net. After catching a fish, the bird drains out the water before swallowing its meal.
This metalloid is the second-most abundant element in Earth’s crust and is the foundation of modern semiconductor technology, including computer chips.
What is silicon?
The name comes from silex, the Latin word for flint or hard stone.
This city, located between Sydney and Melbourne, is the national capital and home to Parliament House.
What is Canberra?
Canberra was purpose-built as Australia’s capital after Sydney and Melbourne both wanted the honour.
This expensive delicacy consists of the salted and cured eggs of a sturgeon.
What is caviar?
True caviar comes specifically from sturgeon roe. Salmon eggs and other fish roe are sometimes called “caviar,” but technically they are not true caviar.
This marine mammal is the largest member of the dolphin family and is also known as the killer whale.
What is an orca?
Orcas live in every ocean, including waters off Canada's Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
A substance that affects a person's brain function and behaviour; alcohol is a common example.
What is an intoxicant?
The word intoxicant comes from a Latin root meaning “to poison.”
This metal, an excellent conductor of heat, is used in high-quality cookware and is often incorporated into the base of pots and pans to promote even heating.
What is copper?
Copper conducts heat exceptionally well, second only to silver among metals, so it heats cookware quickly and evenly.
This capital, formerly known as Peking, is home to the Forbidden City.
What is Beijing?
Beijing has served as China’s capital for much of the past eight centuries, although the capital has changed several times throughout Chinese history.
This food from Iceland is made from fermented shark and is famous for its strong ammonia-like smell.
What is hákarl?
Greenland shark meat contains compounds that make it toxic when fresh; traditional fermentation and drying make it suitable for consumption.
This marine mammal is sometimes called the “unicorn of the sea” because males commonly have a long spiral tusk.
What is a narwhal?
Narwhals live primarily in Arctic waters, including northern Canadian waters. The famous tusk is actually an elongated tooth that can grow several metres long.
This sweet melon, with yellowish-green skin and orange flesh, is a popular addition to fruit salads.
What is cantaloupe?
The name comes from Cantalupo, a town near Rome where the seeds were planted in papal gardens.
This silvery metal was once commonly used in thermometers because it remains liquid at ordinary room temperatures.
What is mercury?
Its chemical symbol, Hg, comes from the Greek-derived name hydrargyrum, meaning “liquid silver."
This German capital, which was divided during the Cold War, is home to the Brandenburg Gate.
What is Berlin?
The Brandenburg Gate was completed in 1791 and became a symbol of German reunification after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.