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Spices and Herbs

Bark, buds, berries and leaves: sniff your way through the spice rack and find out whether your palate is seasoned or still a little bland.

🍜 Food medium 20 questions ~7 min

What this quiz asks

Cinnamon comes from which part of its tree?
Which spice gives many curries and American mustards their bright yellow colour?
Which compound makes the pepper shown taste hot?
Which herb is used to make the classic British sauce served with roast lamb?
Black, green and white peppercorns can all come from the same plant.
Cloves are the dried form of which part of their plant?
Black pepper is native to which part of the world?
Which herb tastes of soap to some people, partly because of their genes?
Select ALL of these that come from the root or underground stem of a plant.
Mace is the lacy red covering that wraps around which other spice?
Is allspice a blend of several different spices?
Paprika is a national spice of which central European country?
Vanilla pods grow on which kind of plant?
Cardamom belongs to the same plant family as ginger.
Which herb's name comes from the Latin for 'dew of the sea'?
Order these peppers from mildest to hottest.
Which herb gives béarnaise sauce its distinctive aniseed flavour?
In 1667 the Dutch kept the nutmeg island of Run and let the English keep which former Dutch colony?
In what year did Edmond Albius, a 12-year-old boy on Réunion, invent the quick way to hand-pollinate vanilla?
Select ALL of these spices that originally come from Asia.