Louisiana Cuisine Quiz

What is a King Cake?

• Sandwich of Italian meats and a pickled vegetable salad

• Lean meat found in the swamps

• Dessert with a surprise inside eaten on Mardi Gras

• Fluffy doughnut

What is a Muffaletta?

• Sandwich of Italian meats and a pickled vegetable salad

• Lean meat found in the swamps

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Spanish influenced rice dish

What is Jambalaya?

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Spanish influenced rice dish

• Refined cuisine of Louisiana

• Style of cuisine common of the poorer people in Louisiana

What is Creole Cuisine?

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Refined cuisine of Louisiana

• Style of cuisine common of the poorer people in Louisiana

• Dish meaning smothered, used with crawfish, shrimp, etc.

What is Cajun Cuisine?

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Style of cuisine common of the poorer people in Louisiana

• Dish meaning smothered, used with crawfish, shrimp, etc.

• Lean meat found in the swamps

What is Gumbo?

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Lean meat found in the swamps

• Dark roux based stew served over rice

• Starchy vegetable used in Gumbo

What is Alligator?

• Lean meat found in the swamps

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Sandwich of fried fish or roast beef

• Dish using leftover bones to help flavor the legumes

What is Red Beans and Rice?

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Dish using leftover ham bones to help flavor the beans

• Dessert with a surprise inside eaten on Mardi Gras

• Dark roux based stew served over rice

What is a Roux?

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Dark roux based stew served over rice

• Starchy vegetable used in Gumbo

• Thickener making the base of many dishes

What is the Holy Trinity?

• Mixture of onions, celery, and green pepper

• Style of cuisine common of the poorer people in Louisiana

• Dish meaning smothered, used with crawfish, shrimp, etc.

• Lean meat found in the swamps