Questions tagged [food-identification]
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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Help in identifying Scandinavian dessert recipe
Background -- I made this recipe as part of a group project (in college) that was preparing different foods from around the world. My group had Scandinavia, but as I didn't find this recipe (one of ...
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What kind of soup is this lady most likely making?
I was watching Gordon's Great Escape: Vietnamese and they do a scene with an old lady selling soup. However, it isn't clear what kind of soup she actually makes only that it at the very least contains ...
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What is Balkan bread?
A few years ago, I went to a restaurant on the water in Tel Aviv-Yafo called Manta Ray. They served this most exceptional bread they called Balkan bread. It reminded me a little of a focaccia in ...
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Food Identification: Restaurant outside Batu Caves in Malaysia, what did we eat?
I had a meal in one of the restaurants at the base of the Batu Caves in Malaysia that served a dish that I quite liked, but I failed to record what I ordered. I'm looking on Google Maps and I believe ...
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Help identifying Turkish dessert
Anyone familiar with Turkish cuisine know what this is? I had this in Istanbul. All I could gather from the owner was that it is made of milk.
The texture was like a very moist cake. The taste was ...
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How can I tell the difference between a rabbit and a cat?
I received a shipment of prefabricated skinned rabbit last week and the shipment seemed unusual. Rabbits have a very close resemblance to cats once their “hair” and skin have been removed. Is there a ...
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How can I tell the difference between instant yeast and active dry yeast?
I have a jar containing yeast but I'm not sure whether it is instant or active dry. Is there any way to tell the difference?
Thanks.
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Can you help me identify these cookies?
Can you help me identify all the cookies in this picture?
General name is fine, like 2 is Gingerbread. Sorry if it is unclear from the picture, but this is all the info I have.
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What are 'boiling potatoes'?
If a recipe calls for 'boiling potatoes', what variety(ies) is it referring to, and why?
Example Recipes:
Punjabi-Style Cauliflower and Potatoes with Ginger (Aloo Gobi)
Potato and Cauliflower Curry
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What is the type of cheese in “chips and cheese” UK fast-food? (with photos)
I went to England a few years ago for a couple months. I took pictures of a fast-food dish, "chips and cheese" that is uncommon where I live. More than that, the taste of the cheese intrigued me. The ...
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What is the name of this french food?
One of my friends is in Paris (France), and he posted this photo from a restaurant there . Does anyone know the name of this dish ?
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Can someone identify this food?
I saw my friend eating this Asian snack, either Japanese or Chinese, which I've seen before in those Asian markets. It is hard to describe, but it looks like a ball of dough, with a clearish color. It ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Can anyone identify this RED GINSENG CANDY?
Can anyone identify this RED GINSENG CANDY? Do you know where to buy?
In 1992, a realtor in Edison, NJ, gave me one of these wonderful candies. She didn't know where to buy more because the ...
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What is this dipped powder cookie called?
After hunting around online for "black and white cookies" and "powdered sugar and cocoa powder cookies", I can't find what kind of cookie I am looking for.
Not the black and white glazed cookie:
I ...
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Can anyone tell me what kind of squash this is?
Last year we planted some hybrid yellow round zuchini. We had one going bad and my husband pulled it and just threw it in the garden. This year we had some volunteer plants from the seeds. I ...
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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 ...
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How can I make 'Santon sauce'
My local Chinese restaurant (Happy Chef on King St, Sydney for anyone who's interested) does a very simple dish of a half crispy skin chicken, served with rice and a sauce that they call 'Santon sauce'...
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What is this really tasty part of a chicken found in a cavity in the hip?
About once per month, my mother prepares chicken with rice and a currysauce with pineapple. I don't know exactly what the method of preparation is of the chicken because it's prepared by one of those ...
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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 ...
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How to prepare this (Chinese) snack?
I've bought a bag of small dried and salted fish at my local Chinese market. My guess was that the thingies could be eaten right out of the box, but they are too bony and salty.
I guess they need ...
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Identify this unusual spicy appetizer
A friend of mine years back related a story about an appetizer that he ordered at an Asian restaurant that was apparently quite unusual. It was a bowl of something (possibly peppers or another ...
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Szechuan fish soup ingredient — what is it?
I got a fish-and-pickled-cabbage soup the other day at a Szechuan restaurant that had these things in it that looked kinda like this. They were translucent off-white, about 2 inches long, and maybe an ...
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Anyone knows how this seed/fruit is called? (bush)
If someone can help me would be good.Thanks in regard.
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What kind of steak is this?
I'm trying to identify what this steak is typically called, so I can know whether I am trimming and preparing it properly. I've been unable to find any photos of similar cuts.
I recently purchased 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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What is the puffy bread shown in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
My son is infatuated with the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," and there's a delicious looking bread shown in a breakfast scene. It looks like a giant popover about the size of Dick Van Dyke's head (...
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Help wanted to identify this food item (oriental)
I found this item at a Chinese supermarket.
Hints:
It was in a fridge
It was humid (almost wet) and fresh
The "slices" were 2-3 mmm thick
I googled for "Chopin", "Chopin food", "Chopin Chinese", ...
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Name of the sauce/salad eaten with roast dinners up north UK
Its a sauce that contains lettuce and vinegar to eat with roast dinner and can be eaten with chips and cold meat in Newcastle, UK.
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Are these vestigial seeds in a “seedless” orange?
Two recent organic navel oranges had a lot of these 2-x-head-of-a-pin-sized seed-like things. Each orange had maybe 25 of them clinging to the very center membrane in the orange. I allowed them to dry ...
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What is this sushi?
I'm trying to identify what kind of sushi is featured at the bottom right of this picture of a display of what seems to be mainly nigiri sushi. The yellow, spongy looking one. Can anyone name what ...
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Crunchy/fried grapefruit?
One day when I was young, we went to the doctor’s office for a checkup. While we sat in the waiting room, I was struck with curiosity by another family that was waiting. The children were eating some ...
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Black/purple ingredient in stir fry?
I've had stir fry a few times lately and have noticed this strange ingredient in it. It is a blackish purple color, and looks a lot like a noodle! The other seasonings have mostly overpowered it so I ...
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What is “Irish Moss”?
I'm trying to reproduce a recipe mentioned in a novel for a beverage, and it mentions that the main character threw in some "irish moss". I assume this isn't literally just moss from Ireland. What is ...
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Can anyone identify this chocolate?
A recent date left this for me to find...a surprise gift, how sweet! I'd love to know just how sweet :)
It's 1 3/8 inches, 3.5 cm thick. The larger piece weighs 143 grams or 5 ounces.
It tastes ...
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Looking for the name of a sweet green drink
A long time ago I tasted an alcoholic drink which was green and tasted very sweet (possibly like banana, definitely not mint), and it had a long french name, something like (pesong, pisang, ...). Does ...
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Who knows what this fruit is called?
It has a slightly thick skin like an apple, semi-dry and grainy texture, with a slight apple flavor, about the size of a large grape, with one pit, reminiscent of that of a date.
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Name of an Indian dish with stuffed whole potatoes
I had a lovely Indian meal which I would like to find the name of. There were small whole potatoes with a little hole cut into them and filled with spices and (I think) some lamb mince. They were ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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 ...
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Cabbage Slaw w/ Teriyaki?
I recently had some spicy chicken teriyaki. It came with a side of what was just cabbage in some clear liquid. I've not had luck identifying it online, any idea what it may have been?
It was a bit ...
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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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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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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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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, ...
