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So You Think You Know … Gourmet Food?

You’ve dined at the best restaurants in the area, you’ve sat for hours in Barnes and Noble paging through the latest cookbooks, you’ve attempted to become a “master” chef in your own kitchen, but really how much do you know about gourmet foods? Here’s some questions to test your knowledge or spark the conversation and break up that lull in conversation: 

1. In the 1900’s, which of the following laced with mercury, was thought to cure syphilis?
   • Chocolate
   • Salmon
   • Bread
   • Oysters
2. You’re at the local sushi bar, and the chef recommends hamachi. He’s suggesting you eat:
   • Sea urchin
   • Mackerel
   • Yellowtail
   • Crab
3. Italian prosciutto di parma is so good in part because the pigs are fed:
   • Corn
   • Brandy
   • Chestnuts
   • Whey
4. Tempura is originally
   • Japanese
   • Chinese
   • Portuguese
   • Italian
5. In which country would you most likely enjoy street “hawker” foods such as curry puffs, sambal stingray, fish head curry, and chili crab?
   • Singapore
   • Burma
   • Sri Lanka
   • Indonesia

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Questions courtesy of Smarts Co.

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