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 are the transparent strands in this salad?
What are the transparent, irregularly winding strands at the bottom of the following picture? They can obviously be had cold together with salad. They are very crispy.
They are much firmer and crisper than any "pudding jelly" I have met. They do not…
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Canadian meat/fat "candy"
In the 1970's in Canada (Ontario), I ate this food, it was referred to as "candy". However, it was some sort of fatback/bacon type of stuff (though I don't remember any meat, it was just soft fat inside the crispy outer shell; also I don't remember…
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What is the Chinese celery and cabbage appetizer called and how is it made?
My favorite Chinese restaurant for 30 years closed a few months ago. Back many years ago they had an appetizer that they served when you were seated that was excellent.
It was very simple, only fresh, crispy celery and cabbage. It usually came in a…
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What exactly are Bamboo shoots?
http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/vegetable-hot-and-sour-soup.aspx
Are we here talking about Bamboo trees?
Can we have a picture of Bamboo shoot? In what forms is it available?
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Need help identifying 2 ingredients in homemade chicken biryani
I am very fortunate to work in an office where I am one of about 3 caucasians for around 100 people originating from Asia. Yesterday, we had a pot luck, and one of the dishes was a fantastic chicken biryani. I got to bring home some leftovers!…
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What is this fruit?
It was bought in southern China. At first I mistook it for a ripening date..same size, color and similar shape. However it has a fuzzy and thicker skin. The skin has a very green flavor, the flesh is citrus flavored. There's no pit. And the skin is…
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Arugula is very salty, and doesn't look like arugula
I recently bought some arugula, partially to make salads with. I tasted some leaves though, and it's incredibly salty. It also doesn't look like any arugula I've ever had before:
I'm used to more "serrated spear"-shaped leaves. This looks more like…
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What is tofu that's crispy outside and fluffy inside called?
I sometime eat asian dishes having tofu cubes. The tofu looks a bit fried, it is a bit crispy on the outside but quite soft and fluffy inside. I love this texture combo, I would eat a whole wok of it! Unfortunately I know neither how this kind of…
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What is the name of a dish where meat is doused with brandy and lit on fire?
In about 1972 as a new bride, I made something with beef in the oven (had to have been from a cookbook) and then poured brandy over it and lit it on fire before serving. As we were college students, it would not have been an expensive cut of meat. …
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What is the "Kamchin" can on the photo and what can I do with its contents?
I found this can in my pantry - I don't recall buying it, but the date seems valid and I like the ingredients on the label (chives, coriander, parsley, fenugreek, vegetarian oil (?) and salt). Googling for "Kamchin" does not return anything…
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Looking for the name of an orange crunchy snack
The snack I'm talking about has an exterior similar to Chinese sweet and sour pork.
However, its shape is long and spindly. There is no meat in it. It is just the dough part. It is a bit sour and it is really sweet. It was sold in a box of the…
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What's this yellow plum-like fruit with a spiky stone? West Africa
I recently bought a couple of these from a fruit seller in Sierra Leone. On the right is the stone after eating the fruit. They're small-ish, a similar size to a lime or a kiwi fruit.
I asked the lady what it was called, but she just looked at me…
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What is the spicy kick in "Kraft Tangy Spaghetti" box meal?
So, since I've lived at home, there has been a boxed spaghetti mix that has always been especially good to me. The thing I like about it is a subtle heat of some kind of pepper or spice. I've tried recreating it but have never even came close. I…
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What is this seed/fruit from a tree in Greece called?
I picked this up from a tree in Greece, where the landform was plain. It is about 2.5cm (see other objects for scale). I would like ot know its name
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Help Identifying a pale green, spherical squash-y like vegetable
Got it from the local co-op, no idea what it is! I assume it's some sort of squash.
It's about the size of a medium-large orange.
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