Cooking Lessons Global Cuisine Identification 4

Question 1

A dish of marinated grilled meat shaved from a vertical rotisserie and served in flatbread is called shawarma in which culinary tradition?

Accepted Answer

Middle Eastern

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Indian

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Canadian (Quebec)

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Japanese

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Hungarian

Answer

Goulash originated with Hungarian herdsmen and paprika is its defining spice.

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