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 is tamur (ingredients)?
My mate brought some sweets from UAE, it's something like Turkish delight, I think. It says it contains tamur, among other things. I believe tamur is the main thing it's made of, but I couldn't google out what it actually is. Does it contain gluten…
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Help in identifying a Thai condiment
At my favorite local Thai restaurant, they have a trio of spicy condiments available to add to your food. Of the three, one is chile-garlic sauce, one is a crushed dried red pepper of some kind, and the third is very mysterious to me.
It is a thick,…
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What is fat tripe?
I was just in Santiago, Chile and had a mixed grill. One of the tasty items was "Tripa gorda" or fat tripe. But, I wasn't able to get a clear answer about exactly what fat tripe is.
Does anyone know what fat tripe is specifically?
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What is this crustacean on my plate?
In Spain, I had this crustacean on my plate in a fidea dish. It was about 1.5 cm wide, around 10 cm long and did not really contain any meat worth eating. I’m wondering what this crustacean is called.
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What was this mysterious food/dessert product in 1990s Finland?
Throughout the 1990s, I often visited Southern Finland with my family. More specifically, Hanko/Hangö.
In the stores, in the refrigerated area, they sold these yummy-looking desserts, or possibly food products. I'm not fully sure what they were, and…
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How do I ask for eggs, sunny-side-up, but with the top cooked more thoroughly?
If I ask for eggs, sunny-side-up, they will have yellow barely cooked yolks. At home I avoid this by placing a lid and creating hot air or steam that cooks the top more thoroughly. How do I ask for this style at a restaurant? What term do I use?
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What's 香茜 or 芫荽 in English?
Many Hong Kong Cuisine restaurants use 香茜 or 芫荽 in soup dishes. Please see the picture below.
Are 香茜 or 芫荽 the same species of plant?
What's the correct English translation? I'm hankering to buy it in the USA. Different Hong Kong waiters…
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What is this seafood that I bought in a Chinese market?
Can someone tell what is the food here?
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Help identifying squash
Hi, everyone – – I’m wondering if I could get some help identifying this type of squash. I grew it in my garden, and the plant seedling was marked as a pattypan squash, which it’s obviously not! The flesh inside is green, and I had to scoop out the…
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What's the name of this Indian dish I had?
I had a dish recently at an Indian restaurant called Andhra(?) chicken.
It was written in marker so I'm not sure about the h in there.
The dish consisted of breaded pieces of chicken that were fried and then seemingly cooked in some spice mixture…
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What is the English name of these sea snails?
What is the English name of sea snails sold in Vietnam that the Vietnamese labelled as Ốc bông & Ốc tỏi (Vietnamese)?
Ốc bông
Ốc tỏi
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What is the name and preparation style of this type of tofu?
I am looking for the name of and the preparation style of a type of "shredded tofu" found in Vietnamese vegetarian style garden/spring rolls.
This is the style of roll I am talking about.
Shredded tofu vegetarian garden/ spring roll
This tofu has a…
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What is the difference between kosher dill pickles and Polish dill pickles?
What is the difference in taste between kosher dill pickles and polish dill pickles? Do they have any visual distinctions that would make it possible to differentiate between them on sight?
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What is this bean called?
Please identify these. The beans are very large as you can see in relation to the iphone.
Inside:
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What is this type of (Greek?) chilli pepper?
The chillies pictured below are fairly common in Greece (particularly the north of the country). They are known as "kafteres" (καυτερές) which roughly translates as "spicy".
I'd like to have a steady supply of them, however I don't know what they…
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