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1. The Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda: our party decides to taste the national dish of the country, fungie. Most of this dish is made from what?
2. Panama is where the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean are an hour apart. Many of the vendors were selling a fruit called plantains. I was surprised to find that fried plantains are very similar tasting to french fries. Even though it taste like a potato, the plantain resembles and is related to what fruit?
3. For our first taste of Scandinavian food we visited Sweden. We sat down in the restaurant, and knew our meal would be prepared by a fine Swedish Chef. After placing my order, the waiter yelled at me 'Bork, bork, bork!' (translated from Swedish meaning 'Would you please exit the restaurant immediately!') I later found out that he was escorting our party to dine al fresco, due to the strong odor of my selection. What meal could I have ordered?
4. While visiting Laos in southeast Asia, we learned that things can be called different names. In Laos, this is refered to as 'Laotian coriander', 'Lao cilantro', and 'Phak See'. What herb am I talking about?
5. While eating in the capital of Djibouti, Djibouti, I was able to eat the staple food of the country, 'injera'. Injera is able to be used on many different dishes, including spiced vegetables to chicken drumstics. What best describes the food of 'injera'?
6. Eating in a royal kitchen in South Korea, our dinner party was able to enjoy a popular Korean food, Korean barbecue. The barbacue is made of beef (unlike popular belief) and is marinated in sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and kiwifruit. It was even cooler how the barbecue was grilled right in front of us! What do the Koreans call this barbecue?
7. As we travel to Carnival in Rio in Brazil, I was able to taste some of the delicious acai fruit berries. These fruits are used in many different ways, from ice cream to smoothies to liqueur to just plain fruit. What color is a standard ripe acai berry?
8. As I travel to the tiny country of Liechtenstein in Europe, I notice that most of the meat products sold have an underlining theme. What meat is the mostly used in the dishes of Liechtenstein?
9. Even though the journey is nowhere near over, we arrive finally (alphabetically) at Zimbabwe. I was able to enjoy the local dish 'sadza', a cornmeal porridge. Which of these foods is NOT usually a side to sadza?
10. We stop in the country of Slovenia, where I'm able to taste some foods like the stew called 'obara' and a pork dish called 'bujta repa'. While there are many foods, does the country of Slovenia have a very distinct, purely Slovenian taste?
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