Memorize these and you could recognize 12.4% of all Food clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swiss cheese | 21 | What is known in various parts of Europe as Gruyere or Emmentaler is called this in the U.S. |
| 2 | Rice | 16 | Risotto is a popular Italian dish that features this grain cooked in broth |
| 3 | caviar | 15 | Sturgeon was once so plentiful in the U.S. that this treat was given away free with nickel beer |
| 4 | Wonder Bread | 15 | Continental Baking introduced sliced bread under this brand name in 1930 & it's been around ever since |
| 5 | butter | 13 | Government graded AA, A, B, or C, the best is composed of at least 80% fat & has 12-16% water |
| 6 | Taco Bell | 12 | Si, it's the only one of the top 10 fast food chains with a Mexican food in its name |
| 7 | Sourdough | 11 | If you mix 1 cup flour, 1 cup water & yeast & keep it warm, in 2 or 3 days you'll have this "starter" |
| 8 | corn | 11 | Known to grow not only as high as an elephant's eye, but over 31 feet |
| 9 | Clams | 11 | Ipswich, Massachusetts is famous for this type of shellfish |
| 10 | cheddar | 11 | 1st brought to the New World by English colonists, it's America's most popular cheese |
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| 12 | an apple | 11 | 1 of these a day won't keep the teacher away, but kids keep trying |
| 13 | salmon | 10 | Ketchikan, Alaska is world's largest center for the canning of this food item |
| 14 | mustard | 10 | You can spread it on your hot dog or put a plaster of it on your chest when you have a cold |
| 15 | yogurt | 9 | Lactobacillus bulgaricus is added to milk to make this thick semi-solid dairy product |
| 16 | Roquefort | 9 | Blue-veined cheese that, by law, can only be ripened in caves near its namesake French town |
| 17 | oysters | 9 | To make the dish these Rockefeller, Galatoire's in New Orleans goes through about 2,000 of the bivalves a day |
| 18 | a mushroom | 9 | The most widely eaten fungus |
| 19 | Wendy's | 8 | Fast food franchise named for founder R. Dave Thomas' daughter, not Peter Pan's pal |
| 20 | veal | 8 | Beef is manzo & this related meat is vitello |
| 21 | truffles | 8 | More types of these expensive fungi have been found in Pacific Coast woodlands than anywhere else |
| 22 | shrimp | 8 | "Crevette" is the French word for this shellfish |
| 23 | mushrooms | 8 | Ancients thought thunder caused this delicacy to grow since it sprang up after thunderstorms |
| 24 | Meatballs | 8 | In Germany, you might serve spatzle, not spaghetti, with these "klops" |
| 25 | ham | 8 | The upper hind leg of a porker that's salted, smoked & sometimes aged becomes this meat |
| 26 | Brie | 8 | The town of Meaux is reputed to produce the best of this soft French cheese |
| 27 | a tomato | 8 | Thomas Jefferson was 1st American known to cultivate this fruit - or is it a vegetable? |
| 28 | kidney beans | 8 | Green beans are simply the unripened pods of these red beans |
| 29 | Subway | 7 | Sandwiches & wraps/seven with 6-grams of fat/6-inch or footlong |
| 30 | spinach | 7 | Challenging Crystal City, TX, Alma, Ark put up its own Popeye statue & claimed to be world capital of this |
| 31 | salt | 7 | Normally equal to about 2% of flour weight, this compound is basically used to improve the flavor of bread |
| 32 | potatoes | 7 | In 1976, a pound of potato chips cost 200 times more than a pound of this related item |
| 33 | milk | 7 | It's what Campbell's asks you to add to their condensed New England clam chowder |
| 34 | McDonald's | 7 | Worldwide, it serves about 145 B.P.S.- burgers per second |
| 35 | Gouda | 7 | This Dutch cheese is similar to Edam but contains more butterfat |
| 36 | Feta | 7 | Most widely produced Greek cheese, it's white, sharp, & marinated in brine |
| 37 | fat | 7 | Heavy cream has a much higher content of this than light cream |
| 38 | eggs | 7 | Ovo-lacto vegetarians eat dairy products, vegetable products & these |
| 39 | chicken | 7 | Country captain is a curry dish made with green peppers, almonds, currants & this poultry |
| 40 | tomatoes | 6 | Manhattan clam chowder gets its color from this vegetable--or is it a fruit |
| 41 | tea | 6 | The mint type of this beverage is considered the national drink of Morocco |
| 42 | Switzerland | 6 | Emmentaler cheese originated in the Emmen Valley in this country |
| 43 | Stilton | 6 | A glass of port wine pairs nicely with this British "king of cheeses" |
| 44 | soup | 6 | "Potage" is a fancy name for this type of dish, especially a thick one |
| 45 | rye | 6 | When used alone, this grain produces a black bread like pumpernickel |
| 46 | rhubarb | 6 | The leaves of this dessert vegetable, also called pieplant, are poisonous |
| 47 | quiche | 6 | From German for "little cake", the Lorraine style includes cheese & bacon bits |
| 48 | pepper | 6 | The "poivre" in steak au poivre |
| 49 | pancakes | 6 | It's said Churchill called these "the good companions", but IHOP would call them their bread & butter |
| 50 | Guacamole | 6 | The mashed avocado dip that puts the zip in eating tortilla chips |