Food quiz

More questions about Food

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1. 1 Easy

   What vegetable gives borscht soup its deep red color?

   Answer: Beetroot

   Why: Beetroots get their deep red-purple hue from betalain pigments, which stay stable in acidic broths.

2. 2 Medium

   What gas do fruits release to trigger the ripening process?

   Answer: ethylene

   Why: In ripening rooms, hard green bananas get a 24 to 48 hour dose of ethylene so a whole shipment turns yellow on schedule.

3. 3 Hard

   Which spice is the dried stigmas of a crocus?

   Answer: saffron

   Why: Each crocus yields just three stigmas, so around 150 hand-picked flowers go into a single gram of saffron.

4. 4 Easy

   What citrus fruit provides the distinct flavor of Earl Grey?

   Answer: bergamot

   Why: Bergamot is a citrus hybrid, not a wild species, and about 90 percent of the world's bergamot oil comes from Calabria in southern Italy.

5. 5 Medium

   Which nut has a shell that naturally splits open when ripe?

   Answer: pistachio

   Why: The ripe shell snaps partly open with an audible pop, so Iran calls it the smiling nut and China the happy nut.

6. 6 Hard

   What can eating large amounts of nutmeg cause you to experience?

   Answer: Hallucinations

   Why: The compound myristicin is behind it, and it is grim: nausea, vomiting, racing heart and dread that can last a day or two; never worth trying.