When you can provide photos or description of a food you've seen or heard of but don't know its English name.
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What is this fungus/lichen in my Garam Masala? (“Trifle”/truffle?)
I just bought a lovely bag of Garam Masala, and was all ready to grind some when I got home! But when I opened it, I found something I didn’t recognise — at first I thought something had gone mouldy, ...
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How do I determine the cut of a pork steak prior to purchasing it?
Pork steaks can be (quoting Wikipedia):
cut from the Loin, Leg or shoulder of the pig.
When looking at a pork steak, is there some way that I can visually determine where the cut came from, ...
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Name the vegetable from Nilgiri hills
I bought this in Ooty market and was told that it is a Nilgiri hills specific vegetable. It is pink on the outside and white inside with two hard black seeds in the upper half of it. It tastes sour, ...
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Can you identify this Serbian street food?
Yesterday in Niš, southern Serbia I bought this street food pictured:
It looked and tasted like deep fried batter, how fish from a fish and chip shop might look in Australia where I'm from.
It had ...
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Identify this seafood from the Black Sea known in Romanian as “rapane”?
Here on the Black Sea in Romania people are eating a shellfish called in Romanian "rapane" which they translate as "oyster" when I ask.
But they are elongated spiral shells which to me look nothing ...
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Can you identify these chiles on sale in Serbia and Macedonia?
In the market in Niš, Serbia yesterday there were the most beautiful capsicums (bell peppers, red peppers) and chiles on display that I've ever seen.
But also on sale were these "ugly" ones that I ...
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What is the name of this Israeli street food?
When I was in Israel a few years back I tried this really great street food. I had gotten the recipe, but now have lost it and don't remember what it was called. It is a cross between a pancake and a ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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What is this sandwich-salad dish?
I found this open-faced sandwich-like creation in several French-style bakeries in East Asia.
The bottom is a narrow piece of toast.
On top of this toast the dish is a bit like a salad. This salad ...
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What is this Vietnamese Food?
Several years ago, I had a friend of Vietnamese descent. She went back to visit her home country and returned with gifts. I was given a box (possibly yellow) containing several foil-wrapped cubes or ...
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Saw this at my local chinese grocery
This was near the seafood section in a big vat of ice at my local chinese grocery. What the heck is this?
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help identify a strange root vegetable
The other day i ventured into a grocery store that sold a lot of root vegetables that i have never seen before.
one of the vegetables was a large round thing, and when i poked it, grey 'smoke' came ...
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Can anyone identify this Chinese candy?
We just grabbed our customary mint on our way out of the Asian Bistro by our house but when we opened it, it wasn't a mint and the wrapper was almost all in Chinese (I think). It was an Asian bistro, ...
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Name of a Chinese sweet
In the past I have bought this Chinese sweet which name I cannot recall.
It is shaped in little cubes of some sort of trasparent dark jelly (not sure if it is actually gelatine, but it has a ...
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Is there a cake similar to Black Forest but made with strawberries/citrus?
Once while overseas, I had a cake with the following properties:
It had a French name, if I recall, and the cake was bought in Italy, so I tend to think the cake has a name beyond a description of ...
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Creating meal plans [closed]
I really do not know where to place this question but since this is food related might as well post it here. I am currently making a web application regarding meal plans where the User will input his ...
