Cooking Lessons Global Cuisine Identification 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A dish of marinated grilled meat shaved from a vertical rotisserie and served in flatbread is called shawarma in which culinary tradition?
- Middle Eastern (Correct answer)
- Greek
- Indian
- Mexican
Correct answer: Middle Eastern
Shawarma is a Middle Eastern preparation of spit-roasted meat, related to Greek gyros and Turkish doner.
Question 2: Which cuisine uses a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven, to cook naan bread and marinated chicken?
- Ethiopian
- Indian (Correct answer)
- Moroccan
- Thai
Correct answer: Indian
The tandoor oven is central to North Indian cuisine, producing naan and tandoori chicken.
Question 3: Poutine, a dish of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, originated in which cuisine?
- American (Southern)
- Belgian
- British
- Canadian (Quebec) (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Canadian (Quebec)
Poutine originated in rural Quebec, Canada, in the 1950s.
Question 4: A cook wraps seasoned rice and fillings in seaweed, slices it into rounds, and serves it with pickled ginger. Which cuisine is this?
- Korean
- Hawaiian
- Japanese (Correct answer)
- Chinese
Correct answer: Japanese
Sushi rolls (makizushi) made with nori, vinegared rice, and pickled ginger are Japanese.
Question 5: Which cuisine is famous for goulash, a paprika-rich meat stew?
- Czech
- Russian
- German
- Hungarian (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Hungarian
Goulash originated with Hungarian herdsmen and paprika is its defining spice.
Question 6: Jerk chicken, seasoned with allspice and Scotch bonnet peppers and cooked over pimento wood, comes from which cuisine?
- Jamaican (Correct answer)
- Cuban
- Creole
- Brazilian
Correct answer: Jamaican
Jerk seasoning and cooking style are signature elements of Jamaican cuisine.
Question 7: Pierogi, dumplings filled with potato, cheese, or sauerkraut, are most associated with which cuisine?
- Polish (Correct answer)
- German
- Hungarian
- Ukrainian
Correct answer: Polish
Pierogi are Poland's national dish, though similar dumplings exist across Eastern Europe.
Cooking Lessons Global Cuisine Identification 4
A dish of marinated grilled meat shaved from a vertical rotisserie and served in flatbread is called shawarma in which culinary tradition?