Food Quiz 22 | Food Trivia
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Questions – Food Quiz 22
- What popular fast-food item was originally considered a mistake by the restaurant’s owner before becoming a signature dish?
- Which cookie is named after a city in Australia, despite not being invented there?
- What ingredient in Coca-Cola was phased out in 1929?
- Which famous beer was originally brewed to survive the long sea voyages from England to India?
- What was unique about the invention of the Caesar salad?
- What brand created the first “TV dinner”?
- What dish was invented as a means of using leftover bread by an eighteenth-century French army officer?
- Which popular pizza chain got its start by converting a broom closet into a restaurant?
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ANSWERS – Food Quiz 22
- McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish was originally considered a mistake by Ray Kroc, but it was created by franchisee Lou Groen in 1962 to cater to Catholic customers during Lent.
- The Anzac biscuit is named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). It wasn’t invented in Australia but commemorates soldiers from there.
- Cocaine was a key ingredient in Coca-Cola until it was removed in 1929 due to health concerns and changing social attitudes towards the drug.
- India Pale Ale (IPA) was developed in England with higher alcohol content and more hops, both of which are natural preservatives, to survive the long sea voyage to India.
- The Caesar salad was invented in 1924 by Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who owned restaurants in Mexico and the U.S. It was created on a busy Fourth of July weekend when he was low on supplies.
- Swanson revolutionized the American meal with the introduction of the first TV dinner in 1953, making it possible for millions to enjoy a full meal while watching TV.
- Pain perdu, or French toast, was created by an eighteenth-century French army officer as a way to use stale bread rather than waste it.
- Pizza Hut began when two brothers borrowed $600 from their mother to convert a small broom closet in Wichita, Kansas, into a pizzeria in 1958.
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