When you can provide photos or description of a food you've seen or heard of but don't know its English name.
Questions tagged [food-identification]
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Cabbage Slaw w/ Teriyaki?
I recently had some spicy chicken teriyaki. It came with a side of what was just cabbage in some clear liquid. I've not had luck identifying it online, any idea what it may have been?
It was a bit tangy and sweet, but nicely balanced out the spicy…
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What is the food that James Woods eats in "Best Seller" (1987)?
This is a screenshot of the food. What is it?
It appears in the original movie in at 49:28.
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Fruit that has been mistaken as olive fruit?
What fruit is this? I can't find it online. Can someone please help me identify it?
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Identify this brownie-like dessert
When I was a kid, there was a dessert that would frequently be at pot-lucks that was a brownie-like dessert. It's been a long time since I had it so don't remember the details exactly but it was like a brownie with a greenish mint cream/marshmallow…
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Is there a name for this French Toast variation?
Recently we made french toast for lunch at home. However there was come miscommunication, and my better half made pikelet mixture instead of prepping the milk/eggs mix one would normally expect.
Pikelet mix would be similar to pancake or flapjack…
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How do I tell guar gum from xanthan?
I purchased both guar gum and xanthan gum in little unmarked baggies from the bulk section of my local health foods store.
This was months ago and since I foolishly forgot to label them, now I have no idea which is which. How can I tell? Are there…
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How to tell pre-sliced, raw mutton from beef?
Given two plates of raw, thinly sliced meat (e.g. hot pot or Korean BBQ), how can one reliably disambiguate beef from mutton?
Both appear as thin slices of red meat, with similar texture and marbling. Tasting them is not an option, nor is asking…
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Mushroom soy sauce, brand identification or substitution
I am hoping someone knows what brand this. A few years ago I found this mushroom soy sauce. It was exceedingly thick, very darkly colored (almost stained one's fingers, it was so dark and concentrated, and dripped black on lightish foods till it…
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Please help identifying this herb
I can’t figure out what herb this is. It tastes kind of bitter!
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French (?) pastry on the cover of a book
Georges Lefebvre's "The French Revolution" has this lovely pastry on its cover (see below).Does anyone know what this is and how to make it?
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Fruit identification - Fruit bought in China
Does anyone know what this fruit is? I bought some from a lady in Yangshuo, China. It’s sweet and crunchy. Tastes a bit like an apricot mixed with a peach... Fruit and seed shown in picture.
I have asked locals who say it is a type of plum, and…
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What's the name of this dish (or name of fish) in these pictures?
the following dish calls for Roasted Tomato and Saffron Vinaigrette (also called bouillabaisse?). My cookbook says they're excellent for fish dishes. Do you know what's the name of the fish (or dish) in the following pictures? I'm trying to recreate…
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What would you call this cut of pork?
I got a cut from an asian grocery store yesterday that was labeled as Pork Belly, but what I got is this:
That's the top-down view; the cut is under an inch thick. There's a portion in the upper right that looks similar to the fat on pork…
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Help me find a chinese recipe from "Green Tea" restaurant in Beijing
Some years ago I went to Beijing for a business trip. My chinese hosts took me out for dinner to a restaurant called Green Tea (it was exactly this restaurant at this location).
Amongst many delicious meals I ate there, there is this one I am trying…
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Sweet and sticky potato
I have just made very simple french fries (cutting and frying in oil) with some potatoes bought today that turned out to be very different to my usual potatoes. They taste quite sweet, almost in the middle between a normal potato and a sweet…
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