Delicious UK – (01)January 2021

Indiantechniqueofflavouringfoodwithspicesheatedinoilorghee(5)

Old-fashionednamefordeerentrails– theysoundmodest!(6)

Swedishcoffeeculture– meetup,chat,havea pieceofcake(4)

Typeofancientwheat,becomingmorefashionablenow(5)

Addlemonjuice/vinegartowatertostopfoodbrowning(9)

Squashwitha goldenyellowinterior(9)

Australiancampfiresodabread(6)

Japanesefilleddumpling,usuallyfried,thensteamed(5)

Grapevariety– alternativenameforshiraz(5)

Workthefoodinyourmouthwithseveralof 17 across(4)

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coffee time.

a – both 6)c 5) a 4) Hovis (hominis vis) 3) Sage 2) b QUIZ ANSWERS: 1)

False 7) have about 130 kcals per 100g (and bread has roughly twice that)

• it’s too high in potassium and low in sodium, but it has been used in

a (the milk chocolate variety came in 1987) 10) c 9) Lincoln 8) emergencies

b (36 million bottles of wine had to be destroyed 13) b 12) It’s square 11)

after diethylene glycol – a component of antifreeze – was discovered in

a (from the Ancient Greek for 19) a 18) c 17) c 16) b 15) a 14) some wine)

a-Joyce, b-Hemingway, c-Plath, d-Woolf20) chef/butcher)

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Japanesekelpusedtomaketheclassicstock,dashi(5)

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Whatanoysterpearlstartslifeas(4)

Dropletsinsidea glasswhenyouswirla wine(4)

Classicsaladmadeusinganchovies,parmesanandrawegg(6)

Smallcalcifiedstructureinthemouth.Canbesweet?(5)

Pain_ _ _ _ _:a wonderful,gentlysweetwaytouseupstalebread(5)

Heritagebreedpigwitha lovelyred-goldcolouring(8)

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12 Wing 14 Hotpot 17 Links 18 Biker 19 BanoffeeDOWN 1 Babka 2 Oxymel 3 Nice 4 Equal

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What spice is usually
used in Chinese
five-spice powder and Indian
panch phoran (five spice)?
a) Cumin seeds
b) Cinnamon
c) Fennel seeds

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When a cheesemaker
‘irons’ a stilton, they...
a) Use a metal tool to
remove a plug of cheese
and see if it’s ready
b) Put a hot metal disc on the
outside of the truckle to kill
any harmful bacteria

c) Push copper wires into

the cheese to introduce the

stilton mould

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Mageirocophobia

is a fear of...?

a) Cooking

b) Eating insects

c) Choking on a fish bone

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Match the author to

the words... Sylvia

Plath, Ernest Hemingway,

James Joyce, Virginia Woolf

a) “Her griddlecakes done

to a golden-brown hue and

queen Ann’s pudding of

delightful creaminess had

won golden opinions from all”

b) On oysters... “As I drank

their cold liquid from each

shell and washed it down

with the crisp taste of the

wine, I lost the empty feeling

and began to be happy and

to make plans.”

c) “Baked a lemon meringue

pie, cooled lemon custard

and crust on cold bathroom

windowsill, stirring in black

night and stars.”

d) “The beef, the bayleaf, and

the wine – all must be done

to a turn. To keep it waiting

was out of the question.”

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