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Foods by Country of Origin #2

Try to name the countries where these foods originated.
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First submittedJune 19, 2013
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Food
Country
Gazpacho
Spain
Quiche
France
Wontons
China
Burritos
Mexico
Pierogis
Poland
Sauerbraten
Germany
Spanakopita
Greece
Plum pudding
United Kingdom
Food
Country
Bulgogi
Korea
Jambalaya
United States
Ceviche
Peru
Saag paneer
India
Coffee
Yemen
Borscht
Ukraine
Tempura
Japan
Jerk chicken
Jamaica
Food
Country
Shawarma
Turkey
Sisig
Philippines
Fondue
Switzerland
Satay
Indonesia
Couscous
Algeria
Tom yum
Thailand
Kabsa
Saudi Arabia
Osso buco
Italy
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Level 82
Jun 19, 2013
I've eaten all of these things before, often in the countries where they originated, or at least somewhere nearby.
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Level 82
Jun 19, 2013
Burritos, gazpacho, and empanadas I've had at authentic ethnic restaurants in the USA or UK. Borscht I had in Poland where it's basically the same. Shawarma and Kebab I have eaten in Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. But all the rest of these I've sampled in their respective countries of origin...
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Level 82
Jun 27, 2013
QM changed some of the answers so empanadas aren't on here anymore... and now there are a few things I've never tried before, as well. Never heard of Spanakopita or Moules-frites.. though I was able to guess where they were from just based on the sound.
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Level 39
Sep 5, 2013
I thought the shawarma clue was a little misleading. I don't dispute that it originated in Turkey but it's not called shawarma there; in Turkey it's called doner kebab -- I know because that's how it's printed on the menu (if there is one) and I've eaten it there dozens of times.
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Level 82
Sep 6, 2013
I think you may be right. The bias in my life experiences is shining through a bit. I've never been to Turkey but have spent a lot of time in Arab countries and in the USA where most restaurants call it shewarma.
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Level 75
Jun 15, 2014
I love spanikopita - filo dough with spinach and feta cheese filling.
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Level 82
Jun 16, 2014
Sounds very similar to something that is very popular here in Saudi, but that's not surprising as a lot of the popular food here comes from Turkey and Syria/Lebanon and those cuisines are very similar to Greek food.
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Level 69
Apr 11, 2015
I've only heard doner kebab myself
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Level 82
Jun 9, 2017
I've now had borscht in Ukraine, and doner kebab in Turkey, and spanakopita in Greece.
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Level 82
Oct 21, 2022
It’s called doner kebab in the UK.
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Level 57
Feb 6, 2023
And we call it "Donair" in Canada.
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Level 82
Jul 25, 2013
Hope everyone enjoys the quiz. Click on my name to find many more that I've designed. Have fun and comment.
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Level 82
Mar 14, 2014
hm... I never put any links on this quiz. I guess I'll at least throw this one out there, even though it's old hat by now:

Pork Loving Countries

Seems appropriate.

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Level 36
Aug 4, 2013
12/21 i thought borscht was from russia
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Level 69
Apr 11, 2015
I had thought it was stereotypically Polish due to polandball
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Level 69
Sep 15, 2015
We think of it as being from the old "Russia", which was really the USSR; when the USSR broke up and became individual counties, some of the things we thought of as stereotypically Russian wound up being from one of the new small countries – for instance, apparently borscht! And I still can't get used to the fact that Minsk Is in Belarus. :-)
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Level 67
Jan 3, 2015
Cool quiz. Thanks!
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Level 29
Jul 31, 2015
and also you say shawarma is turkish but i havent heard such thing in my life
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Level 82
Jul 31, 2015
If you are Turkish it's what you call doner kebab. Try visiting some other countries.
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Level 76
Nov 24, 2022
Maybe at least accept some other countries of the Levant that have definitely eaten it for the same amount of time (and from whose language the word shawarma comes).
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Level 82
Jul 31, 2015
or.. actually.. try visiting a few more places in your own. I remember seeing shawarma, by that name, being sold at 5M Migros food court in Antalya.
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Level 77
Nov 16, 2015
Also need to learn that "US" is never the accepted answer even though it spells out "United States". In the abbreviation you need "America" too.
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Level ∞
Nov 17, 2015
USA is an accepted type-in.
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Level 65
Apr 18, 2020
I think that is what he was trying to say, you need the A in USA. USA is accepted on this site and US is not, therefore you need the A of "America"
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Level 75
Jun 5, 2016
Fun quiz and I learned new things, even the second time I took it. Thanks.
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Level 65
Feb 5, 2017
great quiz. thanks
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Level 68
Jun 7, 2017
Bulgogi - oh yum yum yum! I could eat it forever!
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Level 54
Jun 15, 2017
Just so we're clear, I work with immigrants from Mexico everyday and they would probably laugh at you for calling a burrito authentic. Think of it sort of like General Tso's chicken in an American Chinese restaurant. You could pick a much better example, like pozole or huaraches(the latter being very authentic as it can be traced back to the Aztecs).
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Level 82
Jun 15, 2017
Why would you even think that makes it more "authentic?" People who lived in Mexico after the fall of the Aztec Empire are not authentic Mexicans? Wouldn't they actually be *more* authentic?? Since the country of Mexico did not exist at the time of the Aztecs? That's kind of beside the point anyway, as MesoAmericans have been wrapping food in tortilla shells since prehistory. Just so we're clear, I think your comment is silly. Tell your Mexican immigrant friends to do some reading on the subject sometime.
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Level 39
Oct 8, 2017
ummm.... ??

while i appreciate your knowledge of history, i do wonder if some of the cultural elements elude you.

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Level 82
Oct 8, 2017
Please educate us. I hope you've got a better source than "I know an immigrant."
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Level 67
Jan 30, 2023
Apparently (what I thought I knew and then looked up and was confirmed by wikipedia) the burrito originated in Ciudad Juarez. CJ is of course in Mexico. So technically you're right. But the burrito spread in the USA a lot more than in Mexico. All the examples of local variations of the burrito are from the US (California Burrito, LA Burrito, San Diego Burrito etc). So even though you're technically right that it's Mexican, you could have chosen a dish with which a lot more Mexicans identify with. Chilaquiles, Enchiladas, Huaraches, to name a few. The burrito is too Tex-Mex and too on the fence in my opinion.
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Level 82
Jan 30, 2023
it's either Mexican or it isn't. Seems like it is.
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Level 39
Oct 8, 2017
i'm with you. burritos are an american version of mexican food. spend enough time with immigrants & you know this.
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Level 25
Jul 6, 2017
8% got sisig correctly I'm shocked
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Level 81
Jul 29, 2023
I went by countries Kalbahamut has mentioned he lived in, or I wouldn't have gotten it.
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Level 37
Nov 30, 2018
This is really a great quiz! Corrected a few misconceptions. Thank you.
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Level 60
Feb 14, 2019
Totally guessed on sisig. Still mostly ignorant, I should google it. Good quiz!
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Level 66
Mar 17, 2019
thank you for giving me correct by guessing Yemen on Coffee
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Level 45
Mar 18, 2019
Hm. I think this is very problematic for many of these answers (some are just fine), but I don't have enough knowledge of world food culture to actually argue.
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Level 56
Mar 20, 2020
Burritos are part of the Tex-Mex cuisine, but a Mexican usually will prefer to be related to tacos than to burritos. Most of them do not take burritos as a Mexican dish...
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Level 77
Oct 22, 2022
As a point of information, "pierogi" is already the plural form (a single dumpling is "pieróg"). "Pierogis" is akin to "mices" or "geeses".
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Level 81
Oct 24, 2022
Portugal should be accepted for Tempura as it was introduced by the Portuguese. Tempura is derived from the Catholic term "tempora", a period of abstaining from eating meat.
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Level 80
Nov 1, 2022
Great quiz this one
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Level 77
Jan 30, 2023
How about accepting "Yemen" for Kabsa, that's where it originated.
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Level 67
Jan 30, 2023
Pierogi is already plural.
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Level 67
Jan 30, 2023
Also, interesting fact about Fondue is that pre 1930s fondue was a pretty niche dish. It was popularized as a Swiss national dish by the Swiss Cheese Union between the wars as a way of increasing cheese consumption.
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Level 71
Jan 30, 2023
*Newman voice*

Jambalaaayya

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Level 75
Jan 30, 2023
Kabsa is from Yemen, not Saudi Arabia.
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Level 66
Jan 30, 2023
No Brazil, 0/10
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Level 49
Jan 31, 2023
Shawarma is the Arab version of doner kebab. It doesn't really make sense to say that it originates from Turkey when you are specifically using the Arab name. Shawarma, doner, gyros, and al pastor are all very similar. I'm not familiar with kabsa, but according to Wikipedia it originates from Yemen.
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Level 45
Jan 31, 2023
Burritos are not from Mexico
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Level 82
Feb 11, 2024
If by "burritos" you mean little donkeys, you are correct, they are originally from Africa.
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Level 67
Feb 1, 2023
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