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- Q: Which Italian city gave its name to a type of cheese and a type of ham?
A: Parma. Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (also produced in Reggio Emilia) and Prosciutto di Parma (“Parma ham”), both given Protected Designation of Origin status. - Q: What type of soup did cooks traditionally make from the saliva of a swiftlet?
A: Bird’s Nest Soup. The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet, is a small bird of the swift family that inhabits Southeast Asia. The bird builds its opaque, whitish nest exclusively from solidified saliva, which is the main ingredient in bird’s nest soup, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. - Q: What is the name of the Cantonese dish of barbecued pork, usually coated beforehand with a seasoning of honey, spices and soy sauce?
A: Char Siu - Q: Which commonly eaten vegetable has the Latin name ‘Solanum tuberosum’?
A: Potato - Q: What type of food is a Bedfordshire clanger?
A: It is an elongated suet crust dumpling with a savoury filling at one end and a sweet filling at the other. - Q: Cambridge Favourite and Cambridge Vigour are types of what?
A: Strawberries - Q: What is the outer layer of a Baked Alaska made from?
A: Meringue – toasted meringue. - Q: What is a champignon?
A: Mushroom – “Champignons de Paris” are button mushrooms. - Q: From what continent did the tomato originate?
A: South America, thought to have come from the Andes Mountains of Peru and Ecuador. - Q: Which ingredient is often described as the diamond of cookery, black queen, fragrant nugget, black pearl?
A: The truffle