Explore hidden meanings and unusual ingredients from cryptic culinary traditions around the world in this challenging crossword.
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Enigmatic Flavors of Ancient Cuisines
Explore mysterious ingredients and hidden cooking methods through cryptic culinary traditions around the world.
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- 1. Soft cornmeal dish with a cryptic Southern US origin
- 3. Cast-iron skillet brand iconic in cryptic cooking methods
- 4. Bulbous vegetable with a cryptic name, related to cabbage
- 5. Tangy pod used in many cryptic sauces
- 6. Expensive spice derived from crocus stigmas
- 7. North African slow-cooked stew served in a special pot
- 11. Latin American dish of raw fish cured in citrus juice
- 13. Traditional Japanese fermented soybean paste
- 14. Sweet or spicy condiment from Indian cuisine
- 15. Small portions of savory dishes from Cantonese cuisine
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- 2. Spicy condiment popular in Indonesian cooking
- 8. A fragrant Indian spice blend
- 9. Edible seaweed used in sushi wrapping
- 10. Preserving food in vinegar or brine
- 12. Savory taste often described as the fifth flavor
- 16. Process turning sugars into flavorful acids or alcohol
- 17. Outer colored peel of citrus fruits used for flavor
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