QUESTIONS

1) This American city got its name from the American Indian word for the wild garlic that grew around a nearby body of water. Name this city.
a) Saginaw  b) Chattanooga
c) Amarillo  d) Chicago
e) Syracuse  f) Piscataway

2) On June 22, 1897 Queen Victoria celebrated her 60th year on the throne. What dessert was created for this occasion by Auguste Escoffier, who was the chef at the Carleton House in London at the time?

3) These 5 events all took place in the same year.
What year is it?
* Procter & Gamble is founded in Cincinnati.
* The outgoing U.S. president serves a 1,400 pound, 4 foot diameter cheese at a public reception in the White House's state dining room.
* Tetley Tea and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce are introduced in England.
* Delmonico's Restaurant reopens in New York after having been destroyed by fire 2 years ago.
* 'The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club' are published.

4) In early Europe, this spice was used as a dye and an aromatic. It was burnt in sacrifice for its aroma, it was used in an aromatic hair oil, 'crocinum', which also contained wine and supposedly dragon's blood. The Romans mixed it with sweet wine and sprayed it in theaters, filling the air with its costly fragrance. A Cretan wall painting suggests that monkeys may have been trained to pick it. Grown in Iran from ancient times, the highest quality comes from southern Spain today. Look hard, there are 4 fairly good clues in there. Name this spice.

5) The fruit of this plant is harvested in the immature stage, 50 to 70 days after planting. As a crop, they rank 12th in cash value among all vegetables grown in the United States. In the United States, each person consumes more than four pounds of them each year. It is just as popular in northern and eastern European cookery as in Mediterranean countries. Stuffed ones are popular in Poland. Columbus brought the first ones to the New World, planting them in Haiti in 1494. There are reddish brown, green, long, egg shaped, smooth and rough skinned varieties.
Name this vegetable.

ANSWERS

1) d) The Windy City - Chicago, from the local Indian word 'chicagaoua' referring to the wild garlic that grew around Lake Michigan. The meaning of this word has been disputed by some though; two other possibilities are skunk or powerful.

2) It was Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and the dessert was Cherries Jubilee.
It consists of cherries flamed tableside with sugar and Kirsch (cherry brandy) spooned over vanilla ice cream.

3) 1837. (President Andrew Jackson served the cheese, and Charles Dickens wrote the 'Pickwick Papers'.)
http://www.foodreference.com/html/thefoodchronology.html

4) Saffron.
The 4 fairly good clues:
* 'costly' - it is the most expensive spice.
* 'used as a dye' the tiniest pinch colors rice yellow.
* why train monkeys to pick it? - because it is labor intensive to pick - 80,000 flowers to make a pound.
* the highest quality comes from Spain.
http://www.foodreference.com/html/dangerous-tastes.html

5) The cucumber.