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1. These little soup dumplings, with their characteristic topknot, are eaten all over Georgia and come with a variety of fillings. If you wanted to try some, what would you ask for?
2. Lobiani is a type of bread stuffed with beans, or lobio. Which type of bean is usually used in lobiani?
3. Jonjoli is a type of plant that features in Georgian salads and other vegetarian dishes. Its Latin name, as pictured on the stamp here, is Staphylea colchica, but by what name do English speakers know it?
4. Kharcho is a thick meat soup, similar to curry. It can be made with different types of meat - this one here is a lamb kharcho - but which meat would you NOT find in Georgian kharcho?
5. Pictured here is a beef and tomato stew, similar to goulash. Its name literally means 'stewed'. Can you guess the name of this dish?
6. This eggy, cheesy bread is one of the most famous dishes to come out of the Caucasus. It has many regional variants around Georgia (the one pictured here is from Adjara), but what is it called?
7. Vegetarians need not worry - Georgia has plenty of vegetarian dishes too. Pictured here is pkhali, a chopped vegetable paste (this one is made of spinach and walnuts) that is similar to pâté. True or false: it can also be served in ball form.
8. This deep red sauce is tkemali, a Georgian condiment. Which fruit is used to make it?
9. How about some dessert? This sweet here is churchkhela, one of Georgia's most eye-catching sweets that has been compared to Snickers bars. It's made of a row of nuts strung together, but what is used to glue them together?
10. Georgia not only has plenty of signature foods, but it is a notable producer of wines, with the black saperavi grape being a popular choice for red wine. Georgia is also the world's oldest known producer of wine. True or false?
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