dr. strangefood or how i learned to stop worrying and love the buffet
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QM – Siddharth Mishra
B.Tech(Mechanical), Second Year
10 traditional breakfasts from around the
world.
+10 for a correct answer.
+20 for five correct answers.
+40 for ten correct answers.
Simply FITBs.
+10 for each correct.
+20 for all five correct.
A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X Y
Z
Q. This is a type of container of a characteristic shape and size, descending from at least as early as the Neolithic Period. A’s were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. It is most often made of ceramic.
Q. The Federal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits state that _________ made for U.S. consumption must be:
Produced in the United States Made from a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn Aged in new, charred oak barrels Distilled to no more than 160
(U.S.) proof (80% alcohol by volume) Entered into the barrel for aging at no more than
125 proof (62.5% alcohol by volume) Bottled (like other whiskeys) at 80 proof or more
(40% alcohol by volume)
Q. A _______ is a smoke dried jalapeno
pepper, primarily used in Mexican and
Mexican inspired cuisine. FITB with a word
that is making waves in the fast food
industry as well.
Q. What is this type of
sandwich called,
named after a famous
comic character?
Q. This popular brunch is said to derive its
name from Lemuel ________. One day,
Lemuel walked into the Waldorf Hotel
trying to find a cure for his morning
hangover, and ended up ordering “buttered
toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and
a hooker of Hollandaise”.
The maître d'hôtel was so impressed that
he added the dish to the hotel’s menu –
albeit with a small change. He substituted
the bacon for ham, and a English muffin for
the toast.
Q. A brined cheese, it is made by soaking
freshly pressed curds in salt water. It is
one of the many cheese worldwide to be a
protected designation of origin product –
which means that a cheese may be called
_____ only if it comes from mainland
Greece or Lesbos, and is madde with
atleast 70% sheep’s milk and remainder
goat milk.
Q. A Vodka or Flying _________ substitutes vodka for fresh cream.
A Brown _________ contains coffee.
A Frozen _________ additionally contains Mint Ice Cream to further its dessert qualities.
Popular variations of which cocktail?
Q. This snack derives its name from the Civil
War times. Soldiers of the Union in hiding
were often discovered by Confederacy
dogs. So Union soldiers used to keep
these and toss them to dogs in order to
quell the barks of Confederate dogs.
Identify.
Q. Simple. Just identify
what is being
described here.
Q. Name the drink
being shown here
Q. Its predecessor was a fruity concentrate
called Fruit Smack made by Edward
Perkins. It was first sold through the mail
for 10 cents apiece. In order to reduce
shipping costs, Perkins discovered a way
to remove the liquid from the concentrate,
leaving behind only powder.
Q. Fentanyl is a potent, synthetic opoidanalgesic with a rapid onset and short duration of action. It is approximately 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine and many times more potent than heroine.
While it can be taken by digestion of a pill, digestion through the small intestine is slow. A more effective method would be to absorb it directly by the mouth’s mucosa and the rest more slowly by the small intestine. This gave rise to the fentanyl _________.
Q. While this drink
derives its name from
the Tahitian word for
‘good’, people often
associate it with the
wrong part of the
world due to its name.
Identify.
Q. Which pizza is being described here?
Q. When Transformers : Age of Extinction
was released, a famous brand tied up with
the Transformers movie franchise for
promotional purposes. This brand created
an ad which showed that a fallen Optimus
Prime is revived by getting a certain
product of the brand. ID the product.
Q. P is a meringue base
dessert, named after
the famous Russian
ballet dancer Anna P.
This dish is believed
to have been created
after one of her tours
to Australia and New
Zealand.
Q. It is a savoury, open-
faced pastry crust with
a filling of
savoury custard with c
heese, meat, seafood,
and/or vegetables.
This dish takes its
name from Kuchen,
the German word for
cake.
Q. Popular in European cuisine, R is a dish
of rolled meat or pastry. This dish takes its
name from the French word rouler which
means ‘to roll’.
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Q. It is a type of Scandinavian meal
served buffet-style with multiple hot and
cold dishes of various foods on a table,
originating in Sweden. It is typically a
celebratory meal and guests can help
themselves from a range of dishes laid out
for their choice.
Q. ID this dish, with a famous ent connect.
Q. Floyd Cardoz is a celebrated Indian
American chef. Chef Cardoz was most
recently Executive Chef of North End Grill.
In the 2011 version of Top Chef Masters,
Cardoz won the final by reinventing a very
famous, unassuming Indian dish – a dish
that has been said to resemble the Italian
polenta.
Q. What is the name of the martini 007 is
ordering?
Q. ID the drink being referenced here. For
no additional points, ID the movie.
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Q. It was discovered by an extensive research effort by Allene Rosalind Jeanes and her research team at the United States Department of Agriculture, which involved the screening of a large number of biopolymers for their potential uses. It was brought into commercial production by the Kelco Company under the trade name Kelzanin the early 1960s. It derives its name from the strain of bacteria used during the fermentation process.
Q. While traditionally Scottish whiskies are
considered to be the best, in recent years
other whiskies have started to overtake
them. Whisky aficionados across the globe
are starting to look forward to Japanese
whiskies, a trend boosted when Jim
Murray's Whisky Bible 2015 awarded the
title of World Whisky of the Year to
__________, a Japanese distillery.
Q. Visually, people often confuse between Zs and cucumbers. This is because they have the same shape, same dark green colour skin and pale looking flesh. But on touching, it becomes apparent that cucumbers have a cold and waxy bumpy exterior and Zs have a rough and dry exterior. Furthermore, cucumbers are classified as fruits whereas Zs are commonly known as vegetables.