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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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I had these empanadas recently in Cambridge, MA, USA, and the dough is unlike empanadas I've seen before. Most recipes I see online use a pastry-style dough, similar to a pie crust, and this is what I'...
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I am especially interested in the ones on the bottom right of this picture. What are these? Also, any suggestions about the other visible ones?
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I'm not sure if dish identification is on-topic with this site, so feel free to correct me if it isn't. I have some older German-descended family members who make a traditional dish I would like to ...
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I bought stuffed grape leaves, but I cannot find the expiration date on the package at all. I would like to know what the expiration date is and make sure that the items are safe to consume. There is ...
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I found two organs in a fish. I heard the fish us called pacific herring. The two organs are large compared to the fish size. It looks like liver, but pale and large. Some said it is male reproductive ...
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The Indian market in my neighborhood carries these pictured onions. They have violet skin, white flesh, and light violet layer surfaces. Their flavor is about the same as spherical (ordinary to me) ...
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My family member have left these seeds behind. I am not sure what is it, any one could help in identifying? I have compared to Sesame, Chia. These seeds seed have no smell and completely black if ...
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I am trying to identify the dessert shown in this stock image. It appears to be some sort of cake with chocolate base and grainy looking cream on top, maybe cheese based. According to the descriptions ...
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I just, out of nowhere, remembered cookies I used to regularly make and I need help identifying what they were. I hope this is an actual memory and I'm not imagining things. The cookies in question ...
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I bought this leafy green at H-Mart, a Korean supermarket. It was labelled "Monchoy", but I can't find anything online for that term! Both raw and sautéed, it has a slimy texture reminiscent ...
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This is a screenshot of the food. What is it? It appears in the original movie in at 49:28.
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A Thai restaurant in Los Angeles I frequent serves red peppers on many of their dishes. They are mild to medium spicy, very sweet, and likely pickled. Does this condiment have a name? I'm going to ask ...
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100% Juice 59 servings 1 tsp per serving (5ml) Ingredients: Organic Lemon Juice Calories zero, everything is zero on the nutrition facts and nothing mentioning sugar. Is only organic maple syrup ...
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In the German survival show "7 vs Wild", one of the participants opened a coconut seed to find it filled with something he calls a "cake" (the light-yellowish part in the image ...
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In Luang Prabang, Laos, I was served this mystery herb on the side of a dish of green papaya salad (ຕຳຫມາກຫຸ່ງ tam mak hung, aka som tam on the Thai side of the border). What exactly is this? The ...
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