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september tasty tester

British Food Fortnight is coming up, it’s from 22nd September to the 7th October and will celebrate all foody things that emanate from the UK.

Get all the answers right and you’ll go into the draw to win a Horrible Science Disgusting Digestion Pack. Y – UK!

Wash your Hands…
Napkin over your best jeans…
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01
 Which of these is a common garden pest seemingly formed of only a stomach and foot?
Gastronaut
Gastropod
Gastroenterologist

02
 A study by the British Cheese Board into whether eating cheese before bed gave you bad dreams concluded that 85% of women in one group had the most bizarre dreams after eating which British cheese?
Camembert
Parmesan
Stilton

03
 The eels eaten in the UK as 'jellied eels' were born in the seas north of the Caribbean. Adults swim for 5 months from European waters to the Sargasso Sea and the young are carried back to Europe in which warm water ocean current?
The Gulf Stream
The Thames
The Westerlies

04
 Wine grown on the North Downs in Surrey benefits from the same underlying rock as the champagne region in France. What calcium-rich rock is this?
Granite
Chalk
Pumice

05
 Cornish clotted cream contains a minimum butterfat content of what?
2%
55%
100%

06
 Laverbread in Wales and nori in Japan is made from the seaweed porphyra umbilicalis. Despite growing on rocks at the water's edge, its colour enables it to absorb, and photosynthesise, the type of light which penetrates into deep water. What colour is the seaweed?
Blue-Green
Red-Purple
Yellow

07
 Many traditional British meat recipes require offal. Sweetbreads are one possible option & which insulin-producing organ can these be made from?
Heart
Eyes
Pancreas

08
 What makes the holes in the top of a crumpet?
A specially designed crumpet tin
Worms
Bursting bubbles of carbon dioxide from sodium bicarbonate in the ingredients

09
 Which of these fruits contain salicylates - the active ingredient in aspirin.
Blackberries
Bananas
Limes

10
 Blackcurrants and apples freeze very well while strawberries and cherries tend to turn to mush when defrosted. Fruits that freeze well have lots of a certain substance in their cell walls. What is this substance?
Melanin
Water
Pectin

Answers

1= Gastropod • 2= Stilton • 3= The Gulf Stream • 4= Chalk • 5= 55% • 6= Red-Purple • 7= Pancreas • 8= Bursting bubbles • 9= Blackberries • 10= Pectin

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