Grey's Anatomy - Animal (Food) Style Quiz

Answer: Reindeer

Eskimo ice cream, called 'akutaq' or 'akutuq' in the Inuit language, is made of reindeer fat, seal oil, berries, and freshly fallen snow. Traditionally it was a special celebration food, and versions made today can also contain refined sugar and 'crisco' shortening.

Answer: Haematologist

A haematologist deals with disorders of the blood.
"Blutwurst", or blood sausage/pudding, is more usually called "black pudding" in the UK. In Berlin, hot Blutwurst served with liverwurst and potatoes goes by the delightful name of "Tote Oma" or "Dead Grandma"...

Answer: Sweetbreads

Sweetbreads are the thymus glands of lambs, pigs or cows. The thymus is located in the neck of the animal 'owner'. Because the "heart" ones are said to taste sweeter, they are more expensive than "throat" ones, even though they are all technically part of the same gland.
A human thymus is behind the breastbone, in the chest cavity.

Answer: Caviar

In 2007, obtaining black caviar from sturgeon was banned in Russia, in a bid to allow fish stocks to recover from over-production. Black caviar is roe (eggs) of the sturgeon, and red caviar comes from salmon.
It is possible to "milk" the fish of the caviar without harming it, thus allowing it to live and produce more, but this is a quite rare practice as few producers know how. Caesarian section can also be used to get at the caviar without killing the adult female fish.
Although these methods may seem to be hard on the fish involved, traditional methods of collecting caviar involved killing them, usually by a blow to the head.

Answer: Brawn

Head cheese is known as "tête fromagee" in France, "Sulz" in Germany, and "cabeza de jabali" in Spain. The Spanish name translates literally to English as "head of the boar".
In the Caribbean particularly, head cheese is pickled in a mixture of lime juice, water and vegetables, and is known as "souse".

Answer: Indonesia

Although most people tend to think of frog's legs as a French dish, they are also eaten in Asia. Anywhere up to 200 million frogs are prepared as food each year, and consumption has increased rapidly in recent times.
Indonesia alone exports over 4500 tons each year. The main importers of frog meat are France and the USA. France imports anything up to 4000 tons a year.

Answer: Coltsfoot tart

Crispy chicken feet are a popular snack food in the Far East, and are exactly as the name suggests, crispy deep fried chicken's feet.
Calf's foot jelly was often used as a 'tonic food' for invalids in years gone by. It is made by boiling up the feet with gelatin and sometimes flavourings such as sugar, lemon, or seasonings.
Pig's trotters can be cooked in a variety of ways; boiled in a soup or stew, the meat can be removed and fried, or breaded and baked in a casserole type dish.
Coltsfoot is a plant, Tussilago farfara. It has traditionally been used to help cure coughs, oddly enough by smoking it! It can be eaten in a salad, pie or tart too, and lotion made from the flowers has been used to treat various skin conditions.

Answer: Gastrologist

All the names listed are used for various varieties of tripe. Most tripe comes from the rumen, the omasum, and the reticulum; three of the four chambers of a cow's stomach.
The fourth chamber, the abomasum, is the source of reed tripe, but this is not eaten as often as it is made of different tissues and has a much tougher texture.
Green tripes are those which still have some of the stomach contents on them, and are generally unfit for human consumption. They are often used in pet foods.
As well as from cows, tripes can also be obtained from the stomachs of pigs, goats, and deer, and are eaten all over the world, often in soups and stews.

Answer: Haggis

Haggis is made from the offal of a sheep, boiled up in its stomach for several hours. Haggis is traditionally eaten on Burns Night, 25th January. Served with "neeps and taties" (turnip and potato), the haggis is piped to the table by the bagpipes, and then 'addressed' by the host. After drinking a toast of scotch whisky, the haggis is then eaten. At the end of the night, the company will sing "Auld Lang Syne" together.

Answer: Eyes

"Dog's Eyes, Owl Meat, and Man Chop" is a song by the English folk band The Men They Couldn't Hang. It featured on their "Domino Club" album released in 1990. The words of the song are about Dylan Thomas and his homeland in Wales.