Loaded Questions 1/3/22 - Food/Drink
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Food trivia, just like the old days…
1. What name is given to the top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese?
2. One of the most popular desserts in Thailand is a sticky rice flavored with what ingredient? Thailand is the third largest producer of it, after India and China.
3. Yule logs are traditionally made with what type of sponge cake, named from the Italian city where it was made? Jaffa cakes also use this type of cake.
4. What French term is used to describe all of the environmental factors affecting a crop's phenotype? This term is often used for winemaking, but also for coffee, tobacco, chocolate, and chili peppers?
5. What mixture, similar to mirepoix, made of fried onion, garlic, and tomato is used as a base for cooking sauces, used in many cuisines including Caribbean cuisine?
6. "Butterburgers", frozen custards, and cheese curds are signature items of what restaurant chain, headquartered in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin?
7. Other than water, what's the main ingredient in johnnycake?
8. Probably coming from Hawaii in the 1920s, name the three fruits used in the juice drink Pog.
9. Frito-Lay owns what pretzel brand with a rhyming name? Compared to Snyder's of Hanover, this is one of the top pretzel brands in the US.
10. What name is given to grilling on a surface with raised ridges, given the food slightly charred in texture?
11. What anise-flavored aperitif is yellow-colored and popular in the south of France?
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1. Gratin
2. Mango
3. Genoise
4. Terroir
5. Sofrito
6. Culver’s
7. Cornmeal
8. Passionfruit, orange, guava
9. Rold Gold
10. Charbroiling
11. Pastis