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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What kind of cheese "skin" is this?
I regularly buy Frico's Beech Wood Smoked Processed Cheese but there's this outer layer, kind of like a skin that I don't understand what it is really.
Label, just in case:
The cheese is, firstly, covered in some sort of protective, dark, plastic…
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Bean curd that is spiraled
I'm looking for a particular type of bean curd which I used to get from a Chinese restaurant a few years ago before it closed and I haven't been able to find it anywhere (The servers there didn't know what it was called either, we just called it…
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What is this beanlike thing?
I had a meal today with beanlike things I was unable to identify. They tasted something like a hard green bean, and it was about 1cm long.
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Can Of Tomato Soup in England
I’m using a recipe that includes a can of tomato soup but i don’t know how much to use. I can’t find cans of it because I use cardboard boxes for it.
How much is in a can of tomato soup in milliliters or cups?
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What Aromatic Fragrance that can be used in mouth fresher?
i am making mouth fresher(Paan Mukhwas in Hindi) in my home and for that one of ingredient is written as Aromatic Fragrance and i am confused what are the exactly.please could someone pls tell what is the Aromatic Fragrance that can be used to make…
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Can powdered citric acid be used instead of baking soda?
So I couldnt find baking soda anywhere, went to a shop and the guy gave me citric acid saying its the same thing? I bought it anyway but I want to know if its same because I use baking soda in face masks as well.
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What is this food "cr of leek and pot 21814"?
I was given some food, one of which is named "cr of leek and pot 21814"
I am not sure what it is. Can anyone tell me how to cook it? Is it vegetable, staple, or ...?
should I store it in freezer or the warmer part of a refrigerator?
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US food label of organic lemon juice
100% Juice 59 servings 1 tsp per serving (5ml) Ingredients: Organic Lemon Juice
Calories zero, everything is zero on the nutrition facts and nothing mentioning sugar.
Is only organic maple syrup required to state the sugar content but not organic…
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Help identify a chicken peruvian (?) dish
In 2019 a dish was served to me (in the Iquitos area if it helps), which I can't find anywhere, since I don't know it's name. I only remember that it was chicken thighs (maybe also wings), in a brown gravy (it was rather creamy & sticky). My wife…
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What are the layers in this cake?
I want to make this cake (image below), but I can’t figure out the third layer.
Obviously it is 2 layers of chocolate cake and 1 of chocolate mousse, but what is the caramel-like layer?
Can anyone identify it, please?
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Need help in identifying a specific italian salami/sausage for pizza
I came across a very intense and savory salami recently at a great pizzeria in Frankfurt (Germany). The pizza guys however are from Napoli and sell their amazing and traditional pizza since ages with a salami I have never seen somewhere else and…
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What are these stones?
I am a fan of some YouTube channel, and back in 2018, he posted this video: Slav snacks - Slav party tutorial and I really want to try these foods because I'm an Asian.
In timestamp 7:00, he shows off these stones, which are sugar-covered. I'm…
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Baked chocolate cake type dessert with 'sticky' top
I am in the UK and in my 60's. My Mum used to make a cake in the oven that was heavy cake like at the bottom, but was still slightly sticky on top.
Can anyone tell me if they know of this and what it is called please? She was given the recipe by a…
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Exact food category of a food item
Can you point me to some good source where I can find exact food category of a food item.
Example;
Homestyle Potato Salad -> food|deli|ready_to_eat_meals|prepared_deli_salads|potato_salad
V/K Veggie Egg Rolls ->…
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