Flashcards: Fast food

A pasty (/ˈpæsti/, Cornish: Pasti) is a baked pastry, a traditional variety of which is particularly associated with Cornwall, in the United Kingdom.

French fries (American English), chips (British English), fries, finger chips (Indian English), or French-fried potatoes are batonnet or allumette cut deep-fried potatoes.

Soba /ˈsoʊbə/ (そば or 蕎麦) is the Japanese name for buckwheat.

Instant noodles are a precooked and usually dried noodle block, sold with flavoring powder and/or seasoning oil.

A hot dog (also spelled hotdog) is a cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed and served in a sliced bun as a sandwich.

A s'more (sometimes spelled smore) is a traditional nighttime campfire treat popular in the United States and recently in Canada, consisting of a fire-roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of graham cracker.

Ramen (/ˈrɑːmən/) (ラーメン rāmen, IPA: [ɽaꜜːmeɴ]) is a Japanese soup dish.

A pancake is a flat cake, often thin, and round, prepared from a starch-based batter that may also contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or frying pan, often with oil or butter.

The muffuletta is both a type of round Sicilian sesame bread and a popular sandwich originating among Italian immigrants in New Orleans, Louisiana using the same bread.

Momo (Nepali: मम; Nepal Bhasa: ममचा, मम:; Tibetan: མོག་མོག་, Wylie: mog mog; simplified Chinese: 馍馍; traditional Chinese: 饃饃; pinyin: mómo) is .

A sausage roll is a British savoury pastry snack, popular in Commonwealth nations and beyond.

A potato chip (American English) or crisp (British English) is a thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, baked, kettle-cooked, or popped until crunchy.

Currywurst (German pronunciation: [ˈkœʁiˌvʊʁst]) is a fast food dish of German origin consisting of steamed, then fried pork sausage (German: Bratwurst) typically cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup, a sauce based on spiced ketchup or tomato paste, itself topped with curry powder, or a ready-made ketchup seasoned with curry and other spices.

A taco is a traditional Mexican dish composed of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling.

Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin consisting of fried battered fish and hot chips.

A wrap is a type of sandwich alternative made with a soft flatbread rolled around a filling.

A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which is usually made from milk, ice cream, or iced milk, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, or fruit syrup.

Poutine (/puːˈtiːn/; Québec French: [put͡sɪn] ) is a Canadian dish, originating in the province of Québec, made with French fries and cheese curds topped with a light brown gravy.

Lángos (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːŋɡoʃ]; Turkish: lalanga) is a Hungarian food speciality, a deep fried flatbread.

A gyro or gyros (Greek pronunciation: [ˈʝiros]) (Greek: γύρος, gyros, literally 'turn') is a Greek dish made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, normally pork, chicken, beef, veal, lamb or mutton, or other alternatives such as feta or haloumi cheese, and usually served wrapped in a flatbread such as pita, with cucumber, tomato, onion, and tzatziki sauce.

A croquette is a small breadcrumbed fried food roll containing, usually as main ingredients, mashed potatoes or ground meat (veal, beef, chicken, or turkey), shellfish, fish, cheese, vegetables, and mixed with béchamel or brown sauce, and soaked white bread, egg, onion, spices and herbs, wine, milk, beer, or any of the combination thereof, sometimes with a filling, e.

Junk food is a pejorative term for cheap food containing high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little fiber, protein, vitamins or minerals.

A corn dog (also spelled corndog) is a sausage (usually a hot dog) coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter on a stick.

A veggie burger is a hamburger-style, or chicken-style, patty that does not contain meat, but may contain animal products such as egg or milk.

Vada pav (Marathi: वडा पाव), sometimes spelled wada pav or vada paav or vada pao or wada pao, is a vegetarian fast food dish native to the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Corn flakes, or cornflakes, are a popular breakfast cereal made by toasting flakes of corn.

Phở or pho (pronounced variously as /fʌ/, /fə/, /fər/, or /foʊ/; Vietnamese: [fəː˧˩˧] ) is a Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, rice noodles called bánh phở, a few herbs, and meat, primarily made with either beef or chicken.

A cheeseburger is a hamburger topped with cheese.

Potato waffles are a potato-based savoury food in a waffle-like lattice shape.

A mitraillette (French pronunciation: ​[mitʁajɛt], literally "submachine gun"), is a type of sandwich which is a Belgian dish available in friterie/frietkots and cafés.

Bosna (sometimes Bosner) is a spicy Austrian fast food dish, said to have originated in either Salzburg or Linz.

A Fischbrötchen () (lit. fish bun) is a sandwich made with fish and other components like fresh white or dried onions, pickles, remoulade, creamy horseradish sauce, ketchup, or cocktail sauce.

Mystery meat is a disparaging term for meat products, typically ground or otherwise processed, such as burger patties, chicken nuggets, Spam, Salisbury steaks, sausages, or hot dogs, that have an unidentifiable source.

A value meal is a group of menu items at a restaurant offered together at a lower price than they would cost individually.

A patty melt is a type of sandwich consisting of a hamburger patty, topped with caramelized onions and American, Cheddar or Swiss cheese, between two slices of bread (traditionally rye, though sourdough is sometimes substituted).

Fast Food Mania is an American television series that airs in the United States on Destination America.

Xiaochi (Chinese: 小吃; pinyin: xiǎochī; literally: "small eats") are an important category of Chinese food, commonly found in ethnically Chinese areas in mainland China, Taiwan, and around the world.

The World Chicken Festival is an annual event held in downtown London, Kentucky, in Laurel County, on the last weekend in September.

A taquito (Spanish pronunciation: [taˈkito], lit. Spanish for "small taco"), tacos dorados, rolled taco, or flauta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈflauta], lit. Spanish for "flute") is a Mexican food dish most often consisting of a small rolled-up tortilla and some type of filling, including beef, cheese or chicken.

An Afghani burger (also known as the Kabuli burger) is a fast food wrap consisting of a piece of Afghan bread rolled around french fries, along with chutney and other condiments, vegetables, and often sausages or other meat.

Pastrami on rye is a classic sandwich made famous in the Jewish kosher delicatessens of New York City.

Fried chicken (also referred to as Southern fried chicken for the variant in the United States) is a dish consisting of chicken pieces usually from broiler chickens which have been floured or battered and then pan-fried, deep fried, or pressure fried.

A cheesesteak, also known as a Philadelphia cheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak, cheesesteak sandwich, cheese steak, or steak and cheese, is a sandwich made from thinly sliced pieces of beefsteak and melted cheese in a long hoagie roll.

A chicken nugget is a chicken product made from either meat slurry or chicken breasts cut to shape, breaded or battered, then deep-fried or baked.

Francesinha poveira, or simply francesinha, is a fast food from Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal.

A steak sandwich is a sandwich that is prepared with steak that has been broiled, fried, grilled, barbecued or seared using steel grates or gridirons then served on bread or a roll.

Pholourie, also spelled phulourie or phoulourie, is a snack food commonly eaten in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, and Suriname.

C. Stephen Lynn is an American businessman and philanthropist from Tennessee.

Onion rings are a form of appetizer or side dish commonly found in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and some parts of Asia and Continental Europe.

Tater tots are a side dish made from deep-fried, grated potatoes.

(Not to be confused with Shish kebab.) Döner kebab (/ˈdɒnər kəˈbæb/, /ˈdoʊnər/; Turkish: döner or döner kebap, [døˈnɛɾ ˈcebɑp], in English often spelled doner or donner) is a type of Turkish kebab, made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie.

A berenklauw (Bear's claw in English) is a deep-fried fast food snack from the Netherlands.

A halal snack pack, or HSP, is a dish consisting of halal-certified doner kebab meat (typically beef but also chicken and lamb), chips, and one or more sauces, especially chili, garlic and barbecue.

Kapsalon is a Dutch food item consisting of fries, topped with döner or shawarma meat, grilled with a layer of Gouda cheese until melted and then subsequently covered with a layer of dressed salad greens.

Cart noodle is a kind of à la carte noodle which became popular in Hong Kong in the 1950s through independent street vendors operating on roadsides and in public housing estates in low-income districts, using carts.

Porilainen is a sandwich and street food dish in Finnish cuisine made from white bread and a half-inch slice of thick sausage.

Wrap roti, often referred to as a roti, is popular in the Caribbean consisting of a curry stew folded tightly within a Dhalpuri or Paratha roti.

A salchipapa or salchipapas is a fast food dish commonly consumed as street food throughout Latin America, originally from the streets of Lima, Peru and also consumed in Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador.

A Michigan hot dog, or simply "Michigan", is a steamed hot dog on a steamed bun topped with a meaty sauce, generally referred to as "Michigan sauce".

A food truck is a large vehicle equipped to cook and sell food.

Cheese fries are a fast food dish consisting of french fries covered in cheese.

Chicken fingers, also known as chicken tenders, chicken goujons, chicken strips or chicken fillets, are chicken meat prepared from the pectoralis minor muscles of the animal.

Chicken and chips is a combination of foods predominantly consumed in the United Kingdom, The Commonwealth, and United States.

The horseshoe is an open-faced sandwich originating from Springfield, Illinois, United States.

A chicken sandwich is a sandwich which typically consists of a boneless, skinless breast of chicken served between slices of bread, on a bun, or on a roll.