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- Q: Chinese bean sprouts are usually the sprouts of which bean?
A: Mung bean (Vigna radiata). Compared to mung bean sprouts (Vigna radiata), soybean sprouts are larger and fatter, with a much more prominent yellow head. Korean cuisine also uses them much more commonly than Chinese cooking. - Q: Which Dutch cheese has a bright red wax coating?
A: Edam cheese. A semi-hard cow’s milk cheese from the Netherlands. - Q: In Elizabethan England, “Lift-leg,” “Dragon’s milk,” and “Angel’s food” were all colourful slang nicknames for what?
A: Beer and ale. Almost everyone drank ale or beer in the Elizabethan era. - Q: What sweet pastry dessert do bakers make by layering flaky filo pastry, filling it with chopped nuts, and sweetening it with syrup or honey?
A: Baklava. Popular across the Middle East, Türkiye, Greece, and the wider Mediterranean region. - Q: Flying fish is part of the national dish of which country?
A: Barbados. Served alongside a cornmeal and okra side dish called cou-cou. - Q: What is usually added to wine to fortify it?
A: Brandy. Fortification means adding a high-proof distilled grape spirit, usually brandy or neutral grape alcohol. - Q: How is a dish served à la Bretonne traditionally garnished?
A: With white beans (such as haricot or flageolet beans). - Q: If you have impastoed a soup, what have you done?
A: Thickened or condensed it, typically by boiling it down, reducing its liquid through evaporation. - Q: What country are you in if the local brew is Castle beer?
A: South Africa (where it is one of the flagship beers of South African Breweries). - Q: What fruit is usually served “belle helene”?
A: Pears (freshly poached or sometimes canned in simpler home versions).