Going Dada for Food Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bananas Foster

Bananas Foster also includes a sauce made from butter, cinnamon and brown sugar. Dark rum is added to the bananas and sauce and burned off. The remaining mixture is placed on top of vanilla ice cream.

The dessert was named after a man named Richard Foster, a friend of famed New Orleans chef Owen Brennan, whose chef, Paul Blangé, invented the dish.

Answer: Scotch egg

Scotch eggs are hard-boiled eggs which are wrapped in sausage meat and then baked. It is common in the U.K. for one to bring these delicacies when going picnicking.

The origins of Scotch eggs are thought to be inspired by the Middle Eastern/Indian dish "narcissus kofta", which is a type of seasoned meatball with an egg encased inside.

Answer: Rhubarb

Rhubarb is bitter in taste, which allows to balance out other flavors, especially in desserts. Of course the pun is on "barbed wire", which often tops wire fences in attempt to deter unwanted criminals from gaining access to grounds. "Rhubarbed wire", perhaps?

Answer: Paella

"Paella de marisco" is a take on traditional Valencian paella, which was made with land animals as opposed to seafood. Those Valencians living on the shore adapted the original recipe to use shrimp and other animals from the sea.

Paella wouldn't be complete without saffron, which is picked tediously from the plant. Due to the difficult nature of collection, saffron has long been one of the most expensive spices in the world.

Answer: broccoli and sunflower seeds

Woodtick salad is a rather unusual salad in that the ingredients represent other items, namely broccoli representing trees and sunflower seeds representing woodticks. Who would want to eat a salad full of fake bugs?!

Add some mayonnaise, onions, and sometimes bacon, and you can start eating woodticks.

Answer: Chile relleno

"Chile relleno" or "stuffed chile" consists of poblano chile peppers stuffed with melted cheese and occasionally diced meat. Typically, however, the peppers don't stuff themselves!

Sometimes other peppers can be used including Anaheim peppers and jalapeños. Many different types of queso are also acceptable, though Mexican cheeses such as queso Chihuahua and queso Oaxaca are especially popular.

Answer: Ratatouille

Ratatouille originates from the Provence region of France, and is generally safe for vegetarians. Though ratatouille was traditionally served as a side dish in the past, it is now very common to serve it as a dish on its own. The vegetables listed in the question are: eggplant, zucchini, garlic, tomato, onion, and bell pepper.

Answer: Tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken is a spicy chicken dish from North India flavored with chili powder and other spices, making it a colorful red or orange, unlike the boring tan hidden within its name. Its name comes from its style of preparation in which it is cooked in a tandoor, a clay oven often used in Asia.

Answer: Pho

Pho became increasingly common in Western nations when Vietnamese refugees began to bring their cuisines to these countries during the Vietnam War. It is popularly served as street food, with the simple ingredients of noodles, meat, broth, and herbs.

Answer: Blini

Blini are popular in Russia and Eastern Europe, and their consumption on Maslenitsa was adopted by the Orthodox Church. Their round shape reminded early Slavic peoples of the sun. Now they are often used in desserts!