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----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:32 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: Food Trivia quiz This was cool. I got two right. Woohoo.!! LOL. Becky -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:43 AM To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Food Trivia quiz > > Food Trivia Quiz > FoodReference.com > 1) This member of the squash family is known by at least a dozen names. > It is a pear shaped fruit, has a single seed and a taste similar to > zucchini. The > young root tubers are also eaten. It is native to Mexico and Central > America and was a popular vegetable with the Mayas and Aztecs. It's > cultivation has > spread all over the world, including Algeria, Madagascar, Polynesia, > southern U.S., China, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia. How many of > its name can > you list? > > 2) The Stage Deli (which names its sandwiches after famous people) has a > sandwich on its menu that consists of two rolls stuffed with corned > beef, pastrami, > coleslaw, and Russian dressing. What is the name of this sandwich? > > 3) In what year was the one billionth can of spam sold? > > 4) In what year were instant mashed potatoes introduced? > > 5) Why do pigs wallow in water and mud? > > 6) Red ones existed before and after, but they did not exist from 1976 > to 1987. What are these red ones? > > 7) What would you be if you lived in Japan and were fed large quantities > of beer and massaged with sake each day? > > 8) Who was the first to use ground sassafras leaves as a seasoning? > > 9) What do these cheeses have in common: cottage cheese, pot cheese and > farmer's cheese? > > 10) How do botanists classify the eggplant? > > Answers > > 1) Chayote (Sechium edule), also known as: custard marrow, christophene > (France, Caribbean), chouchoute (Madagascar, Polynesia), brione (France, > West Indies), > vegetable pear, cho-cho, soussous, chuchu, choko, pipinella, xuxu, > mirliton (southern U.S.), mango squash, and huisquil. For all these > exotic names, this > is simply a subtropical member of the squash family, eaten as a > vegetable. > > 2) The Dolly Parton. > > 3) 1959. > > 4) Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potatoes) were introduced > commercially in 1955. Just add milk. > > 5) Pigs have no sweat glands, they wallow in water or mud to keep cool. > > 6) M&Ms > > 7) Kobe beef is a special grade of beef from cattle raised in Kobe, > Japan. These cattle are massaged with sake and fed a diet that includes > large quantities > of beer daily. This produces well-marbled, very tender, full flavored > beef. It is also expensive, costing about $100 per pound! There is some > beef being > produced in the U.S. now, using these same techniques. > > 8) The Choctaw Indians of Louisiana were the first to use dried, ground > sassafras leaves as a seasoning, what we now call filé, or gumbo filé, > used in Creole > cooking. > > 9) Cottage cheese is the fresh drained curds of slightly soured, low fat > pasteurized milk. When the curds are drained, the cheese is called > cottage cheese; > allow the curds to drain longer and it is called pot cheese. Press the > remaining moisture out so it becomes drier and crumbly, and it is called > farmer's > cheese. > > 10) Eggplants are actually fruits, and classified botanically as > berries! > > Courtesy of > FoodReference.com. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
